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While a car might well have an engine which will tow a trailer /caravan with a kerb weight of 2000 kg, a car can only tow something with 85% of the kerb weight of the car. And as David has correctly said that weight is with a laden caravan. I used to check out the weight of the battery, the gas bottles, and all other items like food, and utensils. I used to put quite a lot of items in the car when I was going to keep the weight of the caravan down. I had two Bessies and the only reason I didn't get a third was that they were getting too heavy. I would certainly not tow a Bessie 625 with anything less than a Range Rover or a Land Rover Discovery. Regards, Peter.

Hi Graham, I tooted for 20 years, mostly with my Rover Sterling [2.5 V6 Petrol] one it pulled OK. But I did come very close to changing it for a Discovery. The XF has all the attributes needed for towing, as does the S Type Diesel, but SWMBO points out that it is a shame that a Jaguar Saloon becomes a workhorse, when there are workhorses around. Regards, Peter.

hi the front lifting points in the pic above are perfect, anywhere on that chassis rail, this is solid no issues the rear lifting point in the pic above you have to be cautious, if the sills have bad rust or rot, that area is also prone to rusting, its quite thick if its ok, but I've seen some S-type completely rot away there, just a bit further in, you have the rear sub frame mounting bolts, this is solid and the area it bolts to does not rust either, I've marked the area on the pic below yellow dot on pic below is subframe mounting bolts, this is a solid lifting area suitable for a trolley jack cheers Joe