We have a 2001 Freelander 1.8 owned from new with 33k miles. Pleased to hear that yours has achieved 113k miles! If you believe the "tooth suckers" and the "you don't wanna do that" brigade - every 1.8 expires from head gasket failure well before 100k miles! LOL!!!
However - never been tempted to tow anything with ours - we use it as an excellent long distance car that can deal with wet grass/mud/muck and most off road conditions with ease.
The Traction Control, ABS and Hill Descent Control are excellent. All work far better than I thought they would and dragged my Luddite "whats wrong with Dif Lock and a transfer box" mind into the modern era.
As Lutz says - without an idea of what you are towing I would be very cautious. The 1.8 makes for a very economical medium sized 4x4 but the TD4 is the variant of choice for towing.
As for the Audi - I love them as cars - had three as company cars and thought they really were the dogs danglies. However, fairly useless, as all front wheel drive cars tend to be in slippery conditions, as a tow truck in my experience (unless you have a Quattro).
Now sits back to hear about how someone towed a twin axle up Kilimanjaro in a 1.3 Vectra.
LMAO!!!!
As an aside the Freebie hasn't had a blemish free history, head gasket, been there, eats centre electrodes on the distributor I know the first signs and get a new cap before it gets too bad, a few other little hiccups here n there, but once you get away from the LR dealer network and find a garage your trust it's all good fun.
In a way I prefer it to the Audi, the Audi is too efficent too souless, and the dealers attitude stinks. I don't really care if "all TDis do it, the battery is a little under powered to turn the engine over" it shouldn't have to be cranked for over a minute over like a Marina on a wet day to start in the morning, and it especially shouldn't do it with the "driver information system" predicting everything upto an including the end of civilisation.
*rant over*
Apparently the caravan is 27 years old and is a 2 berth fleetwood colcester.