Anyone towed with one of these?

I’ve got a new discovery sport 180 which I tow  a Bailey 1500 MTPLM absolutely love it great car

I used to tow with a Volvo XC60 D5, as a tow car it was good (once I'd ditched the OEM tyres).

As a regular car I didn't really get on with it, it was cumbersome and not that great to drive. Others rave about them but I only kept it about a year.

Also use an XC60 D5 auto, it is very good but current van not too challenging at 1200kg. 

Getting a 1700kg (MTPLM) van soon so will be more of a test!

I'm surprised you have discounted the Touareg because "it is too big". when in fact, it's quite a bit smaller than a Disco which was on your 'Yes' list.

I'm now on my second one, having owned four Discos in the past and regard it as the best towcar I have ever owned - particularly from a reliability point of view. Smooth, quiet and comfortable and the newer ones have so much power and torque that it will tow any caravan with ease.

Apologies to everyone  I meant the LR Discovery Sport not the latest Discovery. 

A neighbour of ours has the Discovery Sport and the Touareg and the Touareg seems far bigger.

If you like the Hyundai take a look at the Kia model

Also the Hyundai and Kia have 5 or 7 year warranties which mean a 2 year old with still have either 3 or 5 years left.

Surely the Tiguan, not the Touareg, is the size you would want. I had a Touareg, that I towed an 1800kg TA with. Towed like a dream, but expensive on fuel, tyres, servicing and was a bit like a ship as far as solo driving goes. I now have a Tiguan that I tow a 1550 kg van with. Good to tow with and great as a solo drive. IMHO a much better vehicle, unless you really need a big towcar.

onepjg, Thank you for your suggestion of a Tiguan, I didn't realise you could buy a 4x4 version - We'll check it out!

Edit - Kerbweight seems to be slightly below 1700 ( Car Leasing website) but will definitely consider. 

if you go on towcar/info you can put what the van is and then put the vehicle details in and get weather it is a good match or not. just keep changing the car with the ones you like and hey presto as they say. gives you a indication what you would like to tow your van with,

I had an XC60 and towed a caravan with MTPLM of 1500 with no problem.  Be careful as the D4 has a known fault where the engine goes into limp home mode.  Mine did it 5 times.  There is a dealer fix for it which would of cost £900 if it hadnt been under warranty.  However even after they fixed it mine still went wrong again - lost confidence in it and sold it.