Land Rover has revealed its latest fleet of Range Rover Evoque prototypes as the firm’s new entry-level luxury off-roader enters its final stages of development.
The 10 prototypes each have their own distinctive livery as the firm aims to drum up interest in the car in 10 key cities around the world, introducing it to the markets.
See pics of the new Range Rover Evoque prototypes
Testing will take place from bases in London, New York, Sao Paulo, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, Sydney, Shanghai and Moscow. Each prototype has its own livery with the name of the city on the side.
Other areas the firm plans to test the Evoque in include the Arctic, deserts, Germany’s Autobahn network and in Tokyo’s gridlocked city centre. A total of 17,000 components will be individually tested during the global testing programme, encompassing “millions of miles”.
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Land Rover has released few technical details, although it has confirmed that the car will be available in two and four-wheel drive, and that some models will emit less than 130g/km of CO2.
The Evoque is being described as a "global car"; Land Rover says it will be sold in more than 160 countries. It will be made at Halewood, creating up to 1000 new jobs at the Liverpool facility.
See the first spy pics of the Range Rover Evoque five-door
The Evoque will reach Land Rover showrooms next summer.
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Re: Range Rover Evoque in testing
Doubt it as it has a transversely mounted engine.
Anyway could have been worse, they could have used Katie Price instead of Victoria Beckham!!!!!
Re: Range Rover Evoque in testing
Even with those strange graphics on it still looks a lot more desirable than the 3 series station wagon on stilts (a la X3), it has to if it costs the rumoured 5k more.
It will be really interesting to see what JLR can pull off with the interiors.
Re: Range Rover Evoque in testing
This livery proves that the car is targeted at city dwellers and goes against the grain of everything their PR would say.
CSK would turn in his grave as he hated the idea of his beloved Range Rover being marketed as a town car.