New Nissan x trail

Bonbons
Bonbons Forum Participant Posts: 11
edited May 2016 in Towcars & Towing #1

Hello all,

help needed please in choosing the car for a Pegasus 6 berth Ancona.I have my mind set on the new Nissan xtrail  manual 2 WD  1.6 diesel but unsure whether or not it has the power to pull the van. Any help from anyone who has the car would be grateful or
anyone in the know Thankyou.

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  • Wildwood
    Wildwood Club Member Posts: 3,582 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited May 2016 #2

    Practical Caravan did test it not long ago. If I remember correctly they said it was a competent tow car for lighter caravans but it might struggle with heavier ones. My feeling is  the Ancona would be too heavy for that engine if you want decent performance.
    It is a pity that Nissan have not given it an alternative more powerful engine as it certainly deserves it.

    It is a very new model so not sure how many towing owners there are out there.

  • knilly
    knilly Forum Participant Posts: 62
    edited May 2016 #3

    Tow my Ancona with a Kuga fully laden and roof box much heavier than the Ancona 

     

  • Bonbons
    Bonbons Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited May 2016 #4

    Oh dear.. now what do i look? We have ancona van , a large roof box an awning full size steel poles. Cycles for kids and we towed all this with the vauxhall antara 2 litte.

    Was looking for something in the £30.000 price range any ideas anyone , weve looked at all sorts even the ssangyong tourismo big but ugly as sin.

  • Simpleton855
    Simpleton855 Forum Participant Posts: 72
    edited May 2016 #5

     

    Was looking for something in the £30.000 price range any ideas anyone

    Does it have to be new?

    Your budget will get you a barely used Volvo XC60 / XC70 with a decent D5 engine that`ll easily pull your van.....

    These small capacity engines may well be good for emission figures and solo fuel economy (under test conditions obviously) but they`re not suited for towing in my opinion.

  • Briang
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    edited May 2016 #6

    Try looking at a Toyota Land Cruiser LC4 a brilliant piece of kit. You can get a good used one for 30k. It will pull anything.

  • pennyandsteve
    pennyandsteve Forum Participant Posts: 92
    edited May 2016 #7

    How about a newish lower spec LR  discovery Sport. Hsve seen them at less than £30k?

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited May 2016 #8

    Rumour has it the xtrail is getting a 173bhp engine end of the year?

    I wouldn't bother with the 128bhp 1.6 engine for towing, it will tow 2000kg in manual but 128bhp isnt a lot IMO.

  • SteveL
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    edited June 2016 #9

    We managed to get one of the last old model X Trails 14 plate for towing our Unicorn. It was a replacement for our 57 plate X Trail which we were very happy with. Still a great tow car, but not as easy to drive as the 57 plate due to the gear ratios, which
    they have tweaked for fuel economy. If they have done the same in the new one, with much less power available, I don't think I would like to tow with it.

  • ggregu
    ggregu Forum Participant Posts: 214
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    edited June 2016 #10

    Like SteveL, I have old model 14 plate XTrail  which I am looking to change next year. After reading reviews of the new model, it won't be one of those so am looking around for something else. I heard the
    rumour of a new engine for 2017 but thought I had read this was petrol not diesel. Does anyone know anything about this?

  • Bonbons
    Bonbons Forum Participant Posts: 11
    edited June 2016 #11

    Just test drove the new sang young tourismo ticks all the boxes apart from how it looks from the outside.

  • aeronic
    aeronic Forum Participant Posts: 16
    edited June 2016 #12

    For that money you could get a BMW 330Xdrive or a 520.

  • flatcoat
    flatcoat Forum Participant Posts: 1,571
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    edited June 2016 #13

    For Tourismo money you could not only get a car that looks good (which is probably any other car) but one that you might actually enjoy driving.......

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