Range Rover Introduces Evoque

[Theclamshell]

Range rover designer " Yea, yea that looks good. Now lets get the hacksaw and do a roof chop"

Its pretty cool

There is only one car you can post on a mac forum and have no one dislike,

A BMW i think there nice but im not a BMW fanboi

 

[mk1ap]

I don't like it at all.

 

[carlgo]

Ok, I read the remarks and then looked at the photo/video. There is nothing good at all about this.

It looks like a cartoon car. They will probably use rodents to advertise it. It looks like one of those ruinous French designs that just about killed Alfa. Oooh, we're unconventional and zany...!

 

[JediZenMaster]

It looks like the bastard child of a renault and an hummer.

 

[RawBert]

Here in LA, any time I see a Range Rover on the road, the drivers NEVER use their blinker to change lanes... Ever! I cannot stand that.

BTW, it looks like the 2012 jeep grand cherokee.

 

[Jaro65]

Spen King dies (developed RR ) and Victoria Beckham is appointed as design executive,RR is deader than a dead thing.

Indeed. Having Victoria Beckham there was pretty silly. Nothing but an empty marketing in order to attract an audience for whom the vehicle was never intended for in the first place.

 

[Signal-11]

Indeed. Having Victoria Beckham there was pretty silly. Nothing but an empty marketing in order to attract an audience for whom the vehicle was never intended for in the first place.

Dude, what are you talking about?

This is exactly the market for which all Land Rovers other than the Defender have been intended for the past couple decades. It's LR's off-tarmac prowess is the marketing. No one who actually needs a capable, reliable vehicle takes Land Rovers seriously.

Toyota's 4WD offerings are superior to Land Rover's in any and every way that actually counts. This leaves only one market for these things - celebrities sold on the image.

 

[djellison]

Here in LA, any time I see a Range Rover on the road, the drivers NEVER use their blinker to change lanes... Ever!.

That's not unique to Range Rover drivers in LA. It's the norm. It's so bad I almost feel like I'm doing something rude or naughty when I use my blinkers on the freeway.

 

[abijnk]

That's because, imho, those changes made things better. The new RR strikes me as a last gasp effort to make a change, any change. Putting this much money into a new SUV model is also shortsighted, as SUVs are fast becoming obsolete. If RR had wanted something "revolutionary" they should have rolled out a 4WD small car. Not a car that appears to be a gas guzzler (it doesn't really matter how fuel efficient it is, it looks like a gaz gussler).

But, time will tell, eh?

This is more equivalent to Apple shipping windows PCs if you ask me...

 

[mac88]

The mechanics will appreciate the change of scenery while repairing it.

Agreed. My friend had a Range Rover and it was always in the shop for transmission problems. Mechanic told him that the brand as a whole is known for having faulty transmissions.

 

[Jaro65]

Dude, what are you talking about?

This is exactly the market for which all Land Rovers other than the Defender have been intended for the past couple decades. It's LR's off-tarmac prowess is the marketing. No one who actually needs a capable, reliable vehicle takes Land Rovers seriously.

Toyota's 4WD offerings are superior to Land Rover's in any and every way that actually counts. This leaves only one market for these things - celebrities sold on the image.

Well, I agree that that's what LR vehicles represent now. No doubt about that. But...that was not the original intent behind the development of these vehicles. That's all I'm saying.

 

[Synchromesh]

Agreed. My friend had a Range Rover and it was always in the shop for transmission problems. Mechanic told him that the brand as a whole is known for having faulty transmissions.

He should've told him that "brand a as a whole is known to be unreliable junk" nowadays. From what I hear many people complained about their RRs failing quite often. These guys used to be good at simple reliable off-roaders but not any more.

 

[skunk]

The one thing that hasn't gone on my Range Rover is the transmission. Funny, that. Perhaps it appreciates being used properly - for carrying a ton of building materials, going off road and towing large commercial vehicles.