Topic: Quick Spin: 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

[AutoTrader.ca]

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[Dante]

Pretty nice little SUV. More of a fashion statements than anything else, especially utility, but beautifully designed and executed.

Notable and not mentioned in the review that JLR will start rolling out support for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and the new Evoque will be one of the first (if not the first) to get it.

[Fobroader]

Its ugly, not Discovery ugly, but damn.

[dirtyjeffer]

Its ugly, not Discovery ugly, but damn.

two of the partners here have Land Rover products (Disco Sports)...awful service from the dealer and both have been plagued with issues...they look good, but i'd never buy one.

[Fobroader]

Its ugly, not Discovery ugly, but damn.

two of the partners here have Land Rover products (Disco Sports)...awful service from the dealer and both have been plagued with issues...they look good, but i'd never buy one.

Is that surprising, no? I still don't know how something so shoddily stapled together is considered a "high end" suv. A Defender 110, sure, theres not really enough equipment on them to go that wrong, something this fancy from the British, uh uh, nope, no thanks.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

My Mum's Disco Sport has been pretty good in the 3.5 years that she's owned it.

I don't like it because it's a 2.0T 4 cylinder.  While it may have decent power and good torque, it just sounds and feels like a 4-cylinder, and NVH isn't the greatest. 

One of the reasons I think the RX is still the class leader (one of many, many reasons) is that it still offers a true, honest-to-goodness V6 engine that just feels and sounds better than a turbo-four.

[johngenx]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

[dirtyjeffer]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

[Great_Big_Abyss]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

There is a difference between the Discovery Sport and the Discovery.  The Discovery is the big, full-size Land Rover, while the Discovery Sport is the smaller one that has the 4-cylinder gas/diesel.  The Discovery Sport is the Land Rover that is built on the same platform as the Evoque.

[Dante]

If you want to compare the Evoque with something Lexus, it would be the NX in the same class (size wise) not RX and the NX comes with a turbo I4 only as well as you know. All these luxury pint-size SUVs they all come with I4 Turbo regardless the manufacturer and this is a given. V6 are extinct in luxury small/compact SUVs just like they are in the mainstream side of the market, with very few exceptions far and apart.

The Evoque competes in the upper side of the luxury with things like Jag E-Type and Porsche Macan and they are more about appearance, luxury, status rather than numbers. They all come base or only option with turbo I4. Nothing new here.

[dirtyjeffer]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

There is a difference between the Discovery Sport and the Discovery.  The Discovery is the big, full-size Land Rover, while the Discovery Sport is the smaller one that has the 4-cylinder gas/diesel.  The Discovery Sport is the Land Rover that is built on the same platform as the Evoque.

let me go look at the website, i might be mixing the names up.

[dirtyjeffer]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

There is a difference between the Discovery Sport and the Discovery.  The Discovery is the big, full-size Land Rover, while the Discovery Sport is the smaller one that has the 4-cylinder gas/diesel.  The Discovery Sport is the Land Rover that is built on the same platform as the Evoque.

let me go look at the website, i might be mixing the names up.

sorry, Range Rover Sport...that's what they have.

[Great_Big_Abyss]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

There is a difference between the Discovery Sport and the Discovery.  The Discovery is the big, full-size Land Rover, while the Discovery Sport is the smaller one that has the 4-cylinder gas/diesel.  The Discovery Sport is the Land Rover that is built on the same platform as the Evoque.

let me go look at the website, i might be mixing the names up.

sorry, Range Rover Sport...that's what they have.

Ahh, that's a completely different beast, then.

[Dante]

^^^  I agree. The six is just so much nicer then the fours, and when you're dropping that kinda money, those impressions make a difference.

the two Discos here are turbo diesel V6 models...perhaps the turbo fours are more reliable (although, i don't think think any of the issues have been engine related).

There is a difference between the Discovery Sport and the Discovery.  The Discovery is the big, full-size Land Rover, while the Discovery Sport is the smaller one that has the 4-cylinder gas/diesel.  The Discovery Sport is the Land Rover that is built on the same platform as the Evoque.

let me go look at the website, i might be mixing the names up.

sorry, Range Rover Sport...that's what they have.

Ahh, that's a completely different beast, then.

... but they all have something in common: you will hear complains about all off them. However,  this doesn't change the fact that they are good looking and nice to sit in and sometimes drive them.

I do happen to like the Disco Sport a lot and checking periodically the owner forums. While I'm still considering and waiting for the new gen to shows up (2020 MY),  lease would be the only way.