306 2.0HDI Estate as Tow Car

[Laurence7]

I need to replace my ageing, high-mileage ZX Turbo-D with something newer and a bit more capable.

I tow a race car and trailer, with a combined weight of about 800kg - towing it with the ZX was okay, but always a bit marginal on the motorway on long up hill drags, plus the back end did tend to sag somewhat under the nose weight I needed if I wanted to avoid snaking at high speed.

I'm currently looking at a 306 2.0HDI Estate, which apparently has some kind of load-sensitive rear shock absorbers.

A few questions :-

Does anyone know how good a tow car the 306 2.0HDI Estate is?

How effective is the load-sensitive rear suspension? How does it work?

Does the Estate model have beefed-up torsion bars compared to the Hatch?

Any feedback gratefully received .

Cheers

Laurence

[Laurence7]

Whoops! Only just noticed the replies to my initial posting - thanks all.

I've repaired the axle on my aging TD Volcane, which'll do as a stop-gap.

Longer term, I'm looking for a low mileage Xantia 2.1TD or 2.0HDI - a bit more power, a bit more weight and, as suggested, short rear overhang and self levelling ssupension - its gotta be the way to go!

Cheers

Laurence