Our Jackaroo XS (1994)

Whilst we know that we could tow our caravan with our Magna, we were concerned with the strain that was being put on the Magna, when towing between 80kph and 90kph. The Magna is being driven in excess of 35,000kms per year for Gary to commute to and from work.  We therefore decided to purchase a dedicated tow vehicle.

The Jackaroo is an XS model which is the mid range model. It is an automatic and has a cruise control which will hopefully assist somewhat with maintaining a reasonable fuel consumption. We picked up the Jackaroo Friday afternoon and took it for a drive to and from Adelaide on Saturday, travelling around 500kms all up.

The Jackaroo (whilst not towing the caravan) is currently returning 6.8kms per litre or 14.72 litres per 100kms. After we have done our first trip towing the caravan we will post updated fuel consumption figures whilst towing the caravan.

Check out Our Car Photo Album for more images of our Jackaroo.