Hi,
I tow a Bailey Bordeaux (1360kg) with a Sorento 2.5 diesel automatic, and it tows really well and 5 van, muddy sites are no problem. The Sorento was an ex demo which was 12 months old when I bought it. In the 9 months that I have had it, there have been no problems at all, and it still has over 2 years warranty left. The only area that it is not as good as my previous TD5 is that the load arae is not as good. However if we need to take a larger than normal load we use my wife's car.
Yesterday I joined a 4x4 club meeting and covered nearly 70 miles of bye ways and military roads around and across Salisbury Plain, and only on one deeply rutted section did I have to detour.( Ox Drovers Way). The car is unmodified and on standard Kuhmo tyres and managed a very respectable performance when compared to the other members. Where it could not compare was in the special sections, but here there were new LR3s with off road tyres and winches etc. But that's not for me, well not yet anyway!
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