Okay, pretend your old aunt, whose claim to fame is that she has been driving a standard shift all her life, and has driven just about anything, Class A's, C's, but has never towed, has decided she w...
If she wants a smaller sized SUV with a V8 I would suggest a Toyota 4Runner, pre 2010. They stopped making it with the v8 at the end of 2009. It has a 7k tow rating and will handle the tt with ease. We had both a v6 and a v8. The 6 would tow what she is looking at too, but the v8 is so much smoother and more powerful feeling. The 4.7l engine is bullet proof and was only 1mpg worse than the v6 daily driving but bettered it while towing.