I have a 67 plate Tiguan 150 SE Nav (2 litre diesel) with a DSG and 2WD, which acts as a normal run about and tow car, pulling a 1500kg mtplm van.
Edit 8/9/20 Sorry I forgot to add I chose this over the Skoda because it had a heavier noseweight limit of 100 kg.
Normally I would do about 15,000 miles per year of which 4,000 would be towing round Europe but this last 12 months it has only done 9,000 for obvious reasons.
I've never had any DPF problems or other issues and for me it tows very well, except beware of a heavy right foot as the speed can easily creep up without you noticing it.