Diesel tow car under £5K

[Fdrain6]

Currently looking to change my daily (4ltr Jaguar XJ8) for a diesel of some sort, which will occasionally have to tow a 17ft boat. I currently move it with my ‘90 VW T25, but it’s a struggle.
I do like the Volvo XC90 D5, but it’s a massive step down in power from my current daily, and I don’t really need a car that size for towing a small boat, although I do like the raised driving position compared with estates/saloons.
So I’m looking for alternative suggestions on estates/saloons/SUV’s under £5k, which must be able to comfortably tow. Thanks I’m advance.

[Slow]

L322 3.6 tdv8, will tow 3.5 ton for fun all day long without caring. Done alot of miles at that weight.

[Fdrain6]

Slow said:

L322 3.6 tdv8, will tow 3.5 ton for fun all day long without caring. Done alot of miles at that weight.

Rather avoid cars in the £600 tax bracket. Plus need something reliable, so that’s land rovers ruled out unfortunately.

[Slow]

Fdrain6 said:

Slow said:

L322 3.6 tdv8, will tow 3.5 ton for fun all day long without caring. Done alot of miles at that weight.

Rather avoid cars in the £600 tax bracket. Plus need something reliable, so that’s land rovers ruled out unfortunately.

Shame, loved all of mine and can’t live without one now!

[Fdrain6]

Slow said:

Shame, loved all of mine and can’t live without one now!

They are great cars! Have driven the disco 3,4 & 5, but I don’t need any of the off road bits and I’m only towing 750kg max

[Tyre Smoke]

750kg?

Anything at all that you fancy will tow that.

Try a Volvo V70.

[Condi]

Tyre Smoke said:

750kg?

Anything at all that you fancy will tow that.

This. Basically anything which you can attach a tow bar to will do it. Depending on how steep or slippery your ramp is then 4WD/AWD might be useful, but you can get that in the form of Audi Quattro, BMW XDrive, etc rather than having a "4x4" as such.

[ZX10R NIN]

Infiniti EX30d GT Premium, these have the bonus of being ULEZ/CAZ compliant so you're a bit more future proof but you'll have to up the budget:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206307...

CLS320cdi:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202205155...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206156...

E350cdi Coupe:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206277...

Grand Cherokee:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206066...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202204104...

300C:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206196...