Range rover evoque

[dxmedia]

OMG they are ugly.  Had the misfortune of being stuck behind one yesterday. Looked like a japanese super mini and not much else, small, plastic. Footballers wives rather than landed gentry me thinks.

urgh.

[bravo669]

not had the pleasure of seeing one down this neck of the woods yet. not really to my taste

[landmannnn]

The government paid land rover 27m to develop this, so it is actually your car.

[Range Rover Blues]

Yeah but the company was given to TAT A and I have no interest in buying anything from them.

[zebidee]

Horrible things

http://www.mud-club.com/index.php/topic,81940.msg645498.html#msg645498

[dxmedia]

So, when the new defender comes out, are landrover even going to make a 'propper' 4x4 any more?

The new defender, apart from having independent suspension is going to be FWD with an option to connect the rear axle for err crossing a grassy field?

The rest are already independent suspension and IMO have lost all offroading credentials.

[lambert]

If indy suspension means more mpg then I'm in favour.

[dxmedia]

Cheaper production costs and easier servicing I would have though.  Mpg? Can't imagine that there is much weight difference between independent and live axle all told.

[lambert]

Mpg is the main reason the bowler nemesis is indy as it takes less power to drive.

[dxmedia]

The long travel independent race suspension in the bowlers reason for being there is MPG? Are you sure about that?  You really really sure?

Might be something to do with the long travel off road race suspension? 

[dxmedia]

And why does powering a diff, through a pair of half shafts on CV's take less energy than powering a diff through straight halfshafts with no CV's?  I'd say that you are exactly wrong. Running a live axle will have less frictional losses than independent with CV joints.

[Range Rover Ron]

Land Rover had an "event" while I was working in Logrono, Spain, about a month ago,
they had the two door and the four door parked up in the main square,
so I had a good crawl all over them both.
It looks great inside, all leather and colourful but I think LR have [person of questionable parentage] the RR name.
It is small and does not resemble a RR in the slightest.
They should have called it the Freelander Sport.
It was not parked near to a freelander but I'd bet it is smaller than one!
The salesman said LR had targeted women drivers.

In a nutshell, it's awful!

Ron.

[vtrdaz]

The Evoque will be- and is already a good seller - it's aimed at a target buyer group - i'e well heeled mums to do the school run in and well heeled young couples who don't want the size of a Range Rover or Sport  it's built to compete with the likes of the X3's and X5's of the world and like others have said - if it's a good seller and keeps the brand alive , i'm all for it!.

Darren