rchrdleigh wrote:

Having sat inside and driven both an Evoque and Evoque Coupe on and off-road I do not agree that they feel small inside. I'm 6ft2in and even sitting in the back behind another over 6ft driver i had plenty of room.

Would I buy an Evoque? - probably not at the moment as I still prefer my Freelander 2 and if I was going to spend £40000 ish on a replacement I'd probably go for a Discovery or another Freelander.

As to offers - I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for anything in the near future apart from a continuation of the deal that are currently available. Demand may have dropped but production is being adjusted to match demand with excess capacity being used to produce more Evoque's.

I still WOULD NOT have one.....not for love nor money....its an AWFULL thing....give it a TATA badge NOT a land rover one !!!......

Still think the FL2 is miles better Sept 1 2010 Now the PROUD owner of Galway Green Auto Diesel HSE

Seem to remember some mention of 2013/4 but that may have been superceded by plans for the new Defender in 2015 and probably a new Discovery.

It will be interesting to see if the 2012 MY Freelander comes much in the way of changes. An upgraded SatNav similar to Evoque is on the 2012 Disco 4 and RR Sport which also got the RR 8 speed auto gearbox.

TATA badge or not I would still have one. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

yaugher wrote:

I still WOULD NOT have one.....not for love nor money....its an AWFULL thing....give it a TATA badge NOT a land rover one !!!......

Still think the FL2 is miles better

hutchingsp wrote:

yaugher wrote:

I still WOULD NOT have one.....not for love nor money....its an AWFULL thing....give it a TATA badge NOT a land rover one !!!......

Still think the FL2 is miles better

Why should it have a Tata badge and not a Land Rover one?

You may not like the Evoque and there's a hell of a lot of focus on image gone into it, but I'm not sure why that makes it any less of a Land Rover product.

I think with Mercedes the issue was perhaps less about just the A-Class and more the perceived or actual "dumbing down" of the vehicle build quality.

Coming at this from having had the Boxster it's a bit like deja-vu as with those you get all sorts of Porsche owners where if it's newer than 1993 and is water cooled and not air cooled then it's not a "real" Porsche.

Each to their own but the reality is that times change and from what I can gather Tata have thrown an absolute pile of money into JLR, granted not out of altruism it's because they want to make a pile of money our of JLR, but I think people should knock the products if they're crap, not just because they aren't to individual tastes.

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I too would feel embarrassed driving a range rover evoke. Just as well I ordered a range rover EVOQUE.  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

j77 wrote:

I too would feel embarrassed driving a range rover evoke. Just as well I ordered a range rover EVOQUE.

I know....oh well. and a white one too  FL2 GS Auto '58reg

I thought the Evoque seemed much smaller than the FL2





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it just feels to me a watering down of the land Rover brand....maybe its the way they pushed that mrs beckham!!! helped design the indise (what the Fu"£$%^&* did they even think that was a good idea????)

no its just NOT land rover/range rover......I hate it !.....thats just my personal opinion...... Sept 1 2010 Now the PROUD owner of Galway Green Auto Diesel HSE

Victoria beckham hasn't had anything to do with the evoque, but she will be working on future special editions. The picture you have as a comparison is the lrx concept car the evoque is much bigger, although still a bit smaller than the freelander. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Evoque is taller than LRX but about the same length.

richardk wrote:

The Evoke production is affecting FL2 production which is likely to result in a shortage of new FL2s......this means demand will outstrip supply so no need for discounts...and with winter just around the corner prices will be on the up.

The current 0% deals are only on HSEs I believe.

0% deals are offered to customers that had i last time on all models except se.landrover marketing sent a letter to me about it,most stealers were fine about tha 0% 2 year deal again,but had to e mail /fax it to taunton lr ,2 dayd later then they ok it clearly lr marketing and some stealers dont comunicate  Current: Freelander 2 GS, Orkney Grey, Factory fit privacy glass, design pack and Clearview pack. Almond Leather ,rear spoiler,rear mudflaps.my13.

Gone:Freelander 2, GS, "61"

Gone: Freelander 2, GS.e, "59"

Gone: Freelander 2, S, "08"

gilfishman wrote:

richardk wrote:

The Evoke production is affecting FL2 production which is likely to result in a shortage of new FL2s......this means demand will outstrip supply so no need for discounts...and with winter just around the corner prices will be on the up.

The current 0% deals are only on HSEs I believe.

0% deals are offered to customers that had i last time on all models except se.landrover marketing sent a letter to me about it,most stealers were fine about tha 0% 2 year deal again,but had to e mail /fax it to taunton lr ,2 dayd later then they ok it clearly lr marketing and some stealers dont comunicate

That's good news something I will be going for asap FL2 GS Auto '58reg