Can a Volkswagen Amarok tow
a Jayco Australia Discovery Outback?
V6 (580 / 550) (2016), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.
Yes
The Jayco Australia Discovery Outback's published ATM of 3,066kg sits 434kg under the Volkswagen Amarok's 3,500kg braked towing rating.
- Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Amarok, manufacturer published
- 3,500kg
- Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Amarok, manufacturer published
- 350kg
- ATMThe Jayco Australia Discovery Outback, maximum loaded weight, manufacturer published
- 3,066kg
- Ball weightThe Jayco Australia Discovery Outback, manufacturer published
- 198kg
Figures are the manufacturer's published ratings.
Yes, this pairing is inside the published ratings
The Amarok has a towing capacity of 3,500kg, which comfortably handles the Discovery Outback (3,066kg).
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 Jayco Australia Discovery Outback's published weights next to the Volkswagen Amarok's published ratings, so you know which numbers to look for on the plates themselves.
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Volkswagen Amarok
V6 (580 / 550) (2016)
Jayco Australia Discovery Outback
Starting from $55,990
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 works - now get the required safety gear
Since this pairing sits inside the published ratings, ensure you have the required safety gear. Mirrors and a brake controller are mandatory in Australia for this weight.
Towing mirrors
Legally required when the van is wider than your car
See options →Brake controllers
Mandatory for trailers over 750kg GTM
See options →Weight distribution hitch
Keeps the rig level and steering weight on the front axle
See options →Not sure which brake controller suits your car, or whether it already has one built in? Read the brake controller guide
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Other caravans a Volkswagen Amarok can tow
Every van here sits inside this car's published ratings, or close to them.
Other cars that can tow the Jayco Australia Discovery Outback
Each one is rated for this caravan, or sits close to the limit.
- Volkswagen AmarokNF (Next-Gen V6 / 4-Cyl), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Volkswagen AmarokW580 (Walkinshaw), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota FortunerCrusade / GXL / GX, tows 3,100 kg brakedClose
- Toyota HiLuxRogue / SR5 / SR (2.8L Auto 4x4), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota LandCruiser100 Series (4.2L Turbo Diesel), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
- Toyota Prado250 Series (New Gen), tows 3,500 kg brakedComfortable
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.
Every figure here describes the two vehicles as they left the factory. Yours has a history since then, and the plates on it are what that history gets measured against.