Can a Land Rover Discovery 2 tow
a Nova Caravans Vita?
Td5 / V8 (1999), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Close to the limits
The Nova Caravans Vita's published ATM of 3,500kg exactly matches the Land Rover Discovery 2's braked towing rating.
At a ball weight of 10% of ATM, which is an estimate rather than a published figure, the Nova Caravans Vita would sit above the Land Rover Discovery 2's 250kg towball rating. Ask the manufacturer for the published ball weight.
- Braked towing ratingThe Land Rover Discovery 2, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Land Rover Discovery 2, manufacturer published
- 250kg
- ATMThe Nova Caravans Vita, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Possible, but close to the limits
Loaded to its published ATM, the Nova Caravans Vita uses all but 0kg of what the Land Rover Discovery 2 is rated to tow, so there is little room left for what you pack.
Important checks
- At an estimated ball weight of 350kg, which is 10% of ATM rather than a published figure, the Nova Caravans Vita would put 100kg more on the towball than the Land Rover Discovery 2 is rated to carry.
This is a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van. Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
Towing weights are enforced against the plates on the vehicles, never against a brochure. What the comparison above gives you is the Nova Caravans Vita's published weights next to the Land Rover Discovery 2's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on the plates themselves.
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Land Rover Discovery 2
Td5 / V8 (1999)
Nova Caravans Vita
Starting from $131,900
Always check your compliance plate
Online databases use factory-standard specs. They don't know about your bullbar (adds weight), suspension upgrades (can change GCM), or how much you're carrying.
How to find it
Open your passenger or driver door. Look for a silver or black metal plate riveted to the pillar. This plate overrides everything you read online.
Why the numbers move once you load up
The figure most often left out of the sum is payload, which is everything you add after the vehicles leave the factory.
- • Bullbar and winch: both add weight to the front of the car, and it comes out of your payload.
- • Passengers: everyone in the car comes out of its payload, not just the driver.
- • Tow ball mass: this comes out of your car's payload, not just your towing limit.
Always weigh your rig fully loaded.
This pairing is inside the published ratings, with not much room left.
Improve your stability
The published weights sit close together here. A weight distribution hitch spreads some of the towball load onto the car's front axle, which is what the ball weight takes off it.
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Other caravans a Land Rover Discovery 2 can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Nova Caravans Vita
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Land Rover Discovery 3TDV6, tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Land Rover Discovery 4SDV6 / TDV6, tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Land Rover Range RoverP38 (4.6L V8 / 2.5L Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Land Rover Range Rover SportL494 (SDV6 / SDV8), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- LDV Terron 9Origin Dual Cab 2.5L Diesel 4WD, tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
- Lexus GXGX550 (Overtrail / Luxury), tows 3,500 kg brakedClose
Treat this as a guide off published figures, not a compliance check.The legal numbers are the compliance plates on your car and the van, and where we do not hold a published ball weight we estimate it at 10% of ATM.Weigh the loaded rig at a public weighbridge to know for sure, then read the ticket.
Where the published weights sit close together, how you pack changes what the scales say. Heavy items ride best low down and over the caravan's axles, and whatever sits on the towball is carried by the car rather than by the van.