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Land Rovers/ Range Rovers- all about the name in my experience. Old saying that the Aussies on our owners club use; if you want to go into the bush, take a Land Rover. If you want to come back again, take a Land Cruiser.

You just cannot beat simple, tough, outback engineering where it really matters (which isnt the town school run or City Centre shopping visit or footballers wives wannabe posers...)

Seen a ton of Freelanders & P38 Range Rovers require RAC/ AA etc on caravan sites. Never for a Kia/ Toyota/ Nissan.

I have towed with a Renault 21, Sierra 2.0GLS, Renault 25, Nissan Primera !.8 petrol, Nissan Primera 2.2dci, Izuzu Trooper, LR Disco 4.0 V8, Toyota Landcruiser, Shogun, Mondeo 2.0dci and now a Mercedes 270.

Our current van weights in at 1430kg (so not small) and without a shadow of doubt the most stable of all those tow cars is my current ML.  It's solid as a rock at speed and is not phased at all by motorway turbulance.

Also without a shadow of doubt, the worst of that lot above was the Disco.

Quote: Originally posted by ChrisPolly+Oscar on 31/8/2013

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My parents get a new Freelander 2 every 2 years; number of recalls & things that go wrong within 2 years is scary.

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