RE: Land Rover confirms Evoque Convertible

[monamimate]

Looks great.

Would love to take this on small stone roads into the mountains with the family. Go anywhere while enjoying uninterrupted views, then drive home in comfort... what could be better?

So what if a lot of mums will buy it and never go off-road. How many Ferrari's are bought and never see a mountain pass or circuit? Does that mean they're silly and shouldn't be built?

It will be a commercial success (lots of mums) and will also please a lot of (mild) adventurers...

But, as the yoof-of-today say, haters will hate...

[foxhounduk]

CY88 said:

foxhounduk said:

A drop top 4x4! Now why didn't I think of that?! No, honestly, this is a dumb idea but its the new niche for fools!!

I'm sorry, but people who make these sort of comments have zero knowledge of the brand.

Every Land Rover model ever produced (save the Discovery) has either been offered with a drop top option, or had a conversion available through a specialist company.

Haha. I'm referring to the compact crossover SUV i.e. the Evoque in the article? I know that Land Rover's can have a soft top, my neighbour has a 90s Green Defender, plus every single nature documentary in the serengeti ever shown on TV uses one.
So maybe you have zero common sense?

[monamimate]

foxhounduk said:

CY88 said:

foxhounduk said:

A drop top 4x4! Now why didn't I think of that?! No, honestly, this is a dumb idea but its the new niche for fools!!

I'm sorry, but people who make these sort of comments have zero knowledge of the brand.

Every Land Rover model ever produced (save the Discovery) has either been offered with a drop top option, or had a conversion available through a specialist company.

Haha. I'm referring to the compact crossover SUV i.e. the Evoque in the article? I know that Land Rover's can have a soft top, my neighbour has a 90s Green Defender, plus every single nature documentary in the serengeti ever shown on TV uses one.
So maybe you have zero common sense?

Maybe I'm being a little slow here, but if LR have been doing rugged versions of this for years, why is this model only for "a niche of fools"... or should open LR's only be driven by masculine hairy rangers and burly farmers (now there's a niche!)?

[SuperPav]

Drive Blind said:

just the modern version of one of these

For all the ridicule, the Vitara was actually incredibly capable off-road!!

[U what]

well done Land Rover advertising your convertible evoque in a tunnel were the sun doesn't shine.

[Pvapour]

Drive Blind said:

just the modern version of one of these

I liked those to

[Sampaio]

Sorry but this has nothing to do with "oh, but all the old Land Rovers had drop-top versions so this makes perfect sense"

[J4CKO]

Sampaio said:

Sorry but this has nothing to do with "oh, but all the old Land Rovers had drop-top versions so this makes perfect sense"

So it would be ok if it was a rufty tufty "proper" off roader and the lack of a roof was down to cost/not actually needing one as opposed to being a bit of a poseurs car ?

[CY88]

foxhounduk said:

Haha. I'm referring to the compact crossover SUV i.e. the Evoque in the article? I know that Land Rover's can have a soft top, my neighbour has a 90s Green Defender, plus every single nature documentary in the serengeti ever shown on TV uses one.
So maybe you have zero common sense?

Compact crossover SUV? It's a Land Rover

[Sampaio]

J4CKO said:

Sampaio said:

Sorry but this has nothing to do with "oh, but all the old Land Rovers had drop-top versions so this makes perfect sense"

So it would be ok if it was a rufty tufty "proper" off roader and the lack of a roof was down to cost/not actually needing one as opposed to being a bit of a poseurs car ?

Oh I'm not the one who decides (or cares) if it's OK or not.

My point is that the reason why they made a convertible Evoque has nothing to do with old Land Rovers.

[RichTT]

Will they sell lots of them? Indeed.

Do I care? No.

But I still reckon it looks like a built up shoe.

[Aeroresh]

I dare say therell be a toy one which Barbie drives soon enough.....nuff said

[audidoody]

chris333 said:

Volkswagen haven't been slow to react to this new niche.

"Are you sure zis iz ze vey to to ze Emissions Testing Centre Heinrich?"

[DonkeyApple]

audidoody said:

chris333 said:

Volkswagen haven't been slow to react to this new niche.

"Are you sure zis iz ze vey to to ze Emissions Testing Centre Heinrich?"

Later, when questioned, Heinrich insisted that he had only been following orders.

[irocfan]

chris333 said:

Volkswagen haven't been slow to react to this new niche.

not the same niche as the Evoque - it's being driven off-road