Great looking car but this has to be the most superficial thing i've seen on four wheels on a long time. Makes me sad to think engineering has completely been left on the wayside of marketing 'bling'
Only a further downturn in the world's economy brought on by the banker's folly will stunt sales of the Evoque, though its price with popular extras is far too high, a common Range Rover criticism.
A Vicky Parrot attests the car is distinctive in looks and special to sit it, not something one can claim of a large percentage of modern cars.
On the diesel as tested it's accelaration speed is on the low side for me - a niggle for long-distance driving, which is why I'll wait until Porsche bring out their small SUV. I expect that to be pricey too but by then Evoques will be on the pre-owned market.
it’s hard to feel totally comfortable about the nagging suspicion that Range Rover is asking so much for the Evoque simply because people are prepared to pay it.
Er Hello, have you seen the prices of the fugly X3, Range Rover are charging a high price because its competitors do, if mugs are prepared to pay it let them. The Evoque is not my cup of tea, but if I HAD to choose something like this, it would be the Evoque.
On the positive side it looks different and it seems to make you feel good owning i / driving it. Also it is good for the UK.
However I doubt my 9 year old child could even see out the back window and as an adult I would not be inside that "pillar box" looking out. It does seem to be designed to even more be only driven on road than off.
Given that last sentence for onroad look at the Mercedes E class Estate 250CDI, that is quicker, does nearer to 50mpg than 30 like this thing and also has far more luggage space. It's a no brainer, but then again it's just an estate and everyone wants to be "safe" and looking down on people from their lofty driving positions
Price comparisons are difficult. This car offers a much more capable 4WD system than the obvious competition and is quite well equipped as standard. Audi's Q3 configurator is, amazingly, still not up (running scared Audi?) but go to the German web-site and specifying the Q3 to a similar level gets to a similar price, around €40 - €45k. These are premium compact SUV's and I've no doubt LR have priced it on what the market will bear. Once the initial rush is over (yes, I'm in there, somewhere), they will need to improve the value proposition.
The performance looks pretty dire though, a hard-working diesel flogging its guts out to move a still quite lardy car. 30s to 100mph? I've gone for the petrol/dynamic which i hope will provide a more spirited drive though hopes it will compare favourably to my ageing but still fine Subaru Impreza WRX wagon are fading...
Edit: Oh, by the way, you can have a spare wheel for £120, so not that "unforgiveable". The option I do think is expensive is a black headlining for £250 and pity the glass roof doesn't open.
31 March 2008
Look what the Empreror is wearing today.
30 November 2009
Great looking car but this has to be the most superficial thing i've seen on four wheels on a long time. Makes me sad to think engineering has completely been left on the wayside of marketing 'bling'
6 May 2009
Mind-boggling pricing. I'd take my hypothetical 40 grand and spend it on a two year old Range Rover Sport TDV8.
17 July 2009
Only a further downturn in the world's economy brought on by the banker's folly will stunt sales of the Evoque, though its price with popular extras is far too high, a common Range Rover criticism.
A Vicky Parrot attests the car is distinctive in looks and special to sit it, not something one can claim of a large percentage of modern cars.
On the diesel as tested it's accelaration speed is on the low side for me - a niggle for long-distance driving, which is why I'll wait until Porsche bring out their small SUV. I expect that to be pricey too but by then Evoques will be on the pre-owned market.
7 February 2009
it’s hard to feel totally comfortable about the nagging suspicion that Range Rover is asking so much for the Evoque simply because people are prepared to pay it.
Er Hello, have you seen the prices of the fugly X3, Range Rover are charging a high price because its competitors do, if mugs are prepared to pay it let them. The Evoque is not my cup of tea, but if I HAD to choose something like this, it would be the Evoque.
11 June 2010
So to sum up, a £40k bling-mobile with Land Rover's reliability record. I'll pass.
Where's my signature gone?
10 August 2010
On the positive side it looks different and it seems to make you feel good owning i / driving it. Also it is good for the UK.
However I doubt my 9 year old child could even see out the back window and as an adult I would not be inside that "pillar box" looking out. It does seem to be designed to even more be only driven on road than off.
Given that last sentence for onroad look at the Mercedes E class Estate 250CDI, that is quicker, does nearer to 50mpg than 30 like this thing and also has far more luggage space. It's a no brainer, but then again it's just an estate and everyone wants to be "safe" and looking down on people from their lofty driving positions
2 July 2009
Not my cup of tea but it will do JLRs profit margins proud .
4 November 2009
Price comparisons are difficult. This car offers a much more capable 4WD system than the obvious competition and is quite well equipped as standard. Audi's Q3 configurator is, amazingly, still not up (running scared Audi?) but go to the German web-site and specifying the Q3 to a similar level gets to a similar price, around €40 - €45k. These are premium compact SUV's and I've no doubt LR have priced it on what the market will bear. Once the initial rush is over (yes, I'm in there, somewhere), they will need to improve the value proposition.
The performance looks pretty dire though, a hard-working diesel flogging its guts out to move a still quite lardy car. 30s to 100mph? I've gone for the petrol/dynamic which i hope will provide a more spirited drive though hopes it will compare favourably to my ageing but still fine Subaru Impreza WRX wagon are fading...
Edit: Oh, by the way, you can have a spare wheel for £120, so not that "unforgiveable". The option I do think is expensive is a black headlining for £250 and pity the glass roof doesn't open.
29 November 2007
Didn't appreciate that Autocar had been bought out by Tata as well, and become their marketing department