Interesting video from Australia. Thought i'd share it, also a video of the Tucson after it, select from the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUkgdmPcmOE&t=611s
Yes I saw that video a week or two back. It confirmed my own thoughts about not going for another CX-5 and it also made me think twice about being an early adopter of the new model. I'm sure that the new CX-5 will not be using any particularly new technologies - the first model was after all a bit of a test-bed for Skyactive - but having read about the problems that some CX-5 drivers had with that model early on I'm disinclined to be a guinea pig for any manufacturer.
I looked at the Tucson but it is really low-rent in terms of materials. I was in Dublin last week and there seemed to be hundreds of the buggers on the motorway to and from the airport - so it's evidently a very popular model across the Irish Sea. But not for me. I also looked at the X-Trail 2.0 Diesel . Having had two of the Mark 1 model in the past I was always impressed by their ruggedness as well as everyday driveability. Like you I tow a caravan and thought the larger engine would be much better suited to towing, but once more when you specced it up to the level of the CX-5 it was going well past 32k. Now I know I could negotiate a big discount on one but at the end of the day that's going to hit residuals and if you're doing it through a PCP or similar it works out to be quite expensive in terms of TCO.
So I've bitten the bullet and ordered myself a Merc. The GLC to be precise. Yes, it's a bit more than I originally intended to spend but the price I negotiated was not that far above the X-Trail or indeed the Tiguan and it is a lovely car. I've specified the Sport model with the Off Road Package (a less than 500 option) as it has a bit more ground clearance and a special setting for towing. Not arriving until March though.
In the meantime I'll be putting the CX-5 up for sale and see if what I get for it is more than the PX being offered by the Mercedes dealer (which shouldn't be hard).
The Merc won over the Disco Sport simply because I wan't sure I really could justify the relatively "muscular" off-road capabilities and also if there were any problems with it it means a 50 mile round trip to the nearest JLR dealer.