What's a good DD that can Tow

[Halon]

I'm not in the market at this moment, but an starting to research this, and open to hear what anyone has to say who might be knowledgeable on the subject.

I would like to eventually start trailering my car to the track. That way if I break an axle, I'm not calling all over the place trying to find one so I can get home. I'm also going to be buying a boat here soon (something like a 20' open bow runabout/ski boat), and it would be good to have something that could pull it. So with all that in mind, I want this so I can tow my Talon maybe 4-5 times a year, and tow a boat maybe 3 times a year. Enough that I don't want to have to count on borrowing someone elses vehicle, but not enough that I need a small semi just because it's the best towing vehicle out there.

Now I already have 2 vehicles (Talon, Saab). Neither of which will do the job. I'm not interested in getting a 3rd vehicle, so that means whatever I got would replace my Saab. Now with that in mind, I often take 200 miles trips to Fargo, Ottertail, etc. My Saab gets 35mpg on the highway, which I doubt any towing vehicle I'd be interested in will be able to do.

I'm not interested in a pick-up, or a mini-van. So that kind of leaves me with SUV type vehicles. My dad has a 06 TrailBlazer with the Inline-6 that he uses to tow their camper around. Something like that is what I'm thinking would do a decent job. Only thing is he rarely even gets 20mpg with it.

So let me know what you all think might be good options. I can't afford a new vehicle, so it'd probably be a few years old. I don't want some loud diesel truck because this is going to be my daily driver also, so I want it to be somewhat nice, and get the best mileage as possible. I thought some newer Chevy's had V8's that shut off 4 cylinders to help with cruising mileage.

I also want to keep it as small as possible. I don't want to deal with trying to park a Suburban every day.