Mesca

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Welp my dad's 2001 Escalade has finally crapped out at 320k miles. He's now looking for a mid-size to large SUV, fuel-efficient that can do the occasional jetski towing once or twice a year. We were looking at the Chevy Tahoe and Equinox. He is leaning towards something the size of the Equinox but my concern is will that be enough to tow a jetski 400 miles? Looking forward to your inputs and advice!

ArmyofOne

Escape, Equinox, CRV, Sorento, Santa-Fe, Tuscon, Sportage, pretty much any SUV will tow a Jet-ski.

For the money, and practicality, my vote goes to CRV for the smaller category, Mid-Sized is probably gonna be the Equinox or GMC Terrain (My wife and I LOVE the terrain), and Large vote gets Durango.

If looking at used, I highly reccomend Lexus RX, GX.

RX_330

Any small SUV will be more than enough to tow a jetski, so a mid-size will be more than enough. Even sedans are capable of towing them.

Hoovey689

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Edge, Explorer, Highlander, RX all get my vote

TwiBlueG35

Any Crossover or SUV should be able to tow a jet-ski. For small crossover there are many nice ones out there, I prefer Kia Sportage and Ford Escape, followed by Mazda CX-5(which is a little underpowered since it has only a 2.0L NA I4). For mid-sizer I recommend Toyota Highlander and Kia Sorento(particularly SX) and wait for the upcoming Nissan Pathfinder(it is a looker in my opinion, sans the rough look).

ArmyofOne

As much as I like the looks of the Mitsu Outlander sport, I would stay far away from it...It is pretty underpowered. All the reviews I have read on it say it is extremely gutless.

Shame cause IMO its a good looking small SUV/Crossover thingy. just my .02.

lamar411

I'd look for something with a V6, the CR-V I had was gutless and loud, can't imagine trying to tow something with it.

Fizzboy7

Stick with a mid-size V6 if you need to tow. V8's are going to be guzzlers and four cylinders will be underpowered.

Ap1_Alan

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Mesca

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Couldn't decide on a SUV so we decided to tow the jetski with my GS! Here's hoping to no potholes!

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how much does the jetski and trailer weight

SC3coupe

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I would recommend the regular Outlander GT, although it is a heavier vehicle the V6 engine feels great (torque down low) and tows 3500 lbs. Love the truck like engine, 0-60 faster than my IS250.

I found it drives better in every way than the sport. The sport is too small and remind me of the 1st gen Scion XB in terms of room and seats.

enough for 2 Jetskis

rkyat

Towing a jet ski? Clearly you need a Cayenne Turbo. You can thank me later.

GS4Beast

I vote for the Ford Edge Ecoboost. Plenty fuel efficient, but it's got plenty of ponies when you need it! And it's pretty sexy for an SUV.

hypervish

If you want 400k miles out of another SUV/CUV, look at the highlander, 4- runner, or older GX.