What is it?
You're looking at just about the most radical off-the-shelf version of the JLR's hugely successful Range Rover Evoque yet, what with its standard metallic black body, red roof, red accents on the lower body and a standard set of 20in black alloys. It also introduces the latest infotainment pack introduced in last year's Evoque Convertible, and brings in an important refinement to the 4x4 Terrain Response system called Low Traction Launch, a winter-friendly improvement if ever there was one. There are petrol and diesel versions of the Ember Edition; we tested the latter. Both engines are from JLR's own 2.0-litre Ingenium range made in-house at its Wolverhampton plant.
Limited-edition models are rare for JLR, so one could be forgiven for thinking that this one might mainly be intended to add a little extra lustre to a model that has been around, largely unaltered, since 2011, and which might just have lost a little of its appeal both to sheer familiarity and particularly to the newer (and even more popular) Land Rover Discovery Sport, which is made on the same Halewood production line. However, the company insists the model - and its top end price - is designed to add an extra sporty flavour to the Evoque range, the total sales of which now amount to around 550,000 units.
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Nearly £50,000
typos1 - Just can’t respect opinion
Kamelo
Weakening
But, it's still popular, and still has strong residuals.
2018 Evoque 2 launch can't come quick enough.
230SL
Makes an X1 25d M sport look
Campervan
BMW prices
The BMW nay look a bargain but not when you spec it up the same level as this top of the range Evoque
All German brand cars have always had cheap starting prices but huge options lists.
Bishop
Is the petrol really an Ingenium unit?
Otherwise, the Evoque is starting to look quite old and fussy. I would not describe this as 'stealthy' with the red roof and accents, and £50k is heart-stopping.
scrap
One might ask JLR what went
Marc
scrap wrote:
Released too early. JLR switched off supply of the old 2.2 unit and couldn't go back, so Ingenium had run, it wasn't quite ready.
Ski Kid
Peterol ingenuims are not in the cars as yet
Kiernan
Next long term test car?
Obviously I'm only joking, this is clearly an impartial review from a journalist that has no bias towards JLR products.
80sXS
Oooooh... Aaaaah.... Wowwwww...
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