Off road

I want to buy a 4x4 offroad car for around $8000 and I'm wondering if it's better to buy the car in NSW or VIC, or even WA in relation to the regulations and fees that apply in each state?

We are looking to replace our Discovery 3 and don't believe we can get into a new or near new Discovery 4. We need an SUV to cart the family and I drive it as my work car and do about 25,000 km a year, so it needs to have good on-road manners. But we also need it to be good off road for the weekend and be able to tow an 8x5 trailer and/or jet ski. Is the Discovery Sport something we should look at, or is there something else around $50,000 we should look at?

You recently had a Head-to-Head between the Porsche Cayenne and Volkswagen Touareg. My wife and I are looking to buy a vehicle to start towing a caravan. The maximum will be 3.5 tonnes and visiting numerous national parks around the country will be the limit of our planned off-roading. We are newbies, so reliability and related back-up are important considerations. Currently, we are considering a 2016 VW Touareg V6 TDI or a Land Rover Discovery 4 SDV6 HSE. Are there other vehicles we should check before making a decision? What's your verdict?