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Can a Volkswagen Touareg tow
a Jayco Australia Discovery Outback?

CR (V6 Diesel) (2019), checked against the manufacturer's published figures.

Yes

The Jayco Australia Discovery Outback's published ATM of 3,066kg sits 434kg under the Volkswagen Touareg's 3,500kg braked towing rating.

Braked towing ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
3,500kg
Towball ratingThe Volkswagen Touareg, manufacturer published
280kg
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 Touareg 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.

A towing rating on its own rarely settles a pairing. What decides it for the Volkswagen Touareg and the Jayco Australia Discovery Outback is the published figures taken together: the weight the caravan carries when it is loaded, the weight it puts on the towball, and the combined limit the car holds for both of them at once.

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Volkswagen Touareg

CR (V6 Diesel) (2019)

Specs apply to 2019-2019 models
Tow capacity3,500kg
Ball weight limit280kg
GCM6,390kg

Jayco Australia Discovery Outback

Starting from $55,990

Discovery Outback
ATM (max weight)3,066kg
Ball weight198kg
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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.

Where to get it weighed, and what the ticket tells you.

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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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.

These are factory figures for a standard vehicle. A bullbar, a winch, a second battery or a full water tank all come out of what you have left to carry.