Never as nice as the concepts...Evoque
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This will be a massive success, and is very well marketed. Hopefully it'll boost JLR profits. It should, being twice the price of the somewhat related Ford Kuga equivalent.
But the ones I've seen in the flesh are more Kia Sportage than Range Rover. Unless they are really well specced (panoramic roof, premium leather) the basic ones are pretty drab (and claustrophobic) inside.
But the ones I've seen in the flesh are more Kia Sportage than Range Rover. Unless they are really well specced (panoramic roof, premium leather) the basic ones are pretty drab (and claustrophobic) inside.
Redlake27 said:
This will be a massive success, and is very well marketed. Hopefully it'll boost JLR profits. It should, being twice the price of the somewhat related Ford Kuga equivalent.
But the ones I've seen in the flesh are more Kia Sportage than Range Rover. Unless they are really well specced (panoramic roof, premium leather) the basic ones are pretty drab (and claustrophobic) inside.
i went to oxford on the bank holiday and the amount of transporters i saw carrying those evoques must have been at least 5 transporters just that day.they are going to be a massive success but i think the top of the range are nearly 50k fully loaded.But the ones I've seen in the flesh are more Kia Sportage than Range Rover. Unless they are really well specced (panoramic roof, premium leather) the basic ones are pretty drab (and claustrophobic) inside.
I had a good look around one of these a few months ago, the interior really is quite a special place to park oneself. Slightly disappointed that the range topping engines are both four-pots, but you can't have it all I guess. £50k for a Ford/Volvo 2.0 four just doesn't appeal, but I expect 95% of them will be the diesel and its target market won't really care.
I'm reliably informed that they drive superbly as well (both on and off road), not even just "for a LandRover", but well full stop. I very much look forward to trying one out some day.
I'm reliably informed that they drive superbly as well (both on and off road), not even just "for a LandRover", but well full stop. I very much look forward to trying one out some day.
I just priced up a top spec model and it came to £40k for the petrol 2.0 without:
xenons
Spare wheel
A decent stereo
privacy glass
park assist
keyless entry
Sorry i think that is disgustingly priced. They're a nice looking car but you can buy an 18 month old Range Sport with literally every option on it for about £40k.
Anyone paying that sort of money clearly has mental problems. Footballers wives fit the bill nicely.
xenons
Spare wheel
A decent stereo
privacy glass
park assist
keyless entry
Sorry i think that is disgustingly priced. They're a nice looking car but you can buy an 18 month old Range Sport with literally every option on it for about £40k.
Anyone paying that sort of money clearly has mental problems. Footballers wives fit the bill nicely.
craigb84 said:
They're a nice looking car but you can buy an 18 month old Range Sport with literally every option on it for about £40k
Obviously, but you can't really make valid comparisons new car prices with used car ones else where do you stop drawing parallels? How much is a RRS to a comparable spec new? Thick end of £60k I'd expect, if not more. Range Rover, nearer £80k plus. Seems a sensible entry point into all that. Based on what I've seen, that interior alone stands comparison with a £70k Rangie much easier than it does when compared with the new X3 or Q5 in a high spec. Overall build looks and feels great too, in a totally different ballpark to a LandRover branded product (and so it should, wearing the Range Rover brand as it does).
If they drive as well as I've heard they do, then they fully deserve to sell well and you really wouldn't need to be a WAG to see the value in it. £40k doesn't buy what it did ten years ago, less than that used to get you a new M3 - now it'll just about get you into the hottest One Series - or a VW Golf with all the boxes ticked. Now that last one I really do fail to see the sense in. But some do.
I just have a funny feeling we will be seeing a lot of them here...
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Zwoelf said:
Obviously, but you can't really make valid comparisons new car prices with used car ones else where do you stop drawing parallels? How much is a RRS to a comparable spec new? Thick end of £60k I'd expect, if not more. Range Rover, nearer £80k plus. Seems a sensible entry point into all that.
Based on what I've seen, that interior alone stands comparison with a £70k Rangie much easier than it does when compared with the new X3 or Q5 in a high spec. Overall build looks and feels great too, in a totally different ballpark to a LandRover branded product (and so it should, wearing the Range Rover brand as it does).
If they drive as well as I've heard they do, then they fully deserve to sell well and you really wouldn't need to be a WAG to see the value in it. £40k doesn't buy what it did ten years ago, less than that used to get you a new M3 - now it'll just about get you into the hottest One Series - or a VW Golf with all the boxes ticked. Now that last one I really do fail to see the sense in. But some do.
You make a good point and I guess i'm out of touch really. I just moved back to the UK after 3 years away and i'm actually mortified at the cost of new cars now. Back in the UAE some new cars were crazy cheap. Based on what I've seen, that interior alone stands comparison with a £70k Rangie much easier than it does when compared with the new X3 or Q5 in a high spec. Overall build looks and feels great too, in a totally different ballpark to a LandRover branded product (and so it should, wearing the Range Rover brand as it does).
If they drive as well as I've heard they do, then they fully deserve to sell well and you really wouldn't need to be a WAG to see the value in it. £40k doesn't buy what it did ten years ago, less than that used to get you a new M3 - now it'll just about get you into the hottest One Series - or a VW Golf with all the boxes ticked. Now that last one I really do fail to see the sense in. But some do.
At the same time i'm really shocked at the depreciation of the bigger (and better) engined stuff now.
With a decent budget one can have a absolute field day in the used car market.
How many LR dealerships are there? Bear in mind each will likely have two showroom/static demo cars plus two demonstrators (if they're not in dealerships already, I suspect not as the network launch was only a few weeks ago - was great seeing a convoy of some 15 of them crossing Windsor Great Park every day) each. So at four per dealership, that's a lot to be moved about across the country before customer deliveries start.
But then we have had a reg change in the last few days so perhaps they are now just starting to be delivered to customers in numbers, having been held back throughout August.
But then we have had a reg change in the last few days so perhaps they are now just starting to be delivered to customers in numbers, having been held back throughout August.
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