It would seem that none of the Top Gear presenters can help themselves when it comes to awarding critical acclaim to Range Rover’s latest creation. Even Richard Hammond cannot but heap praise on the new Evoque.
Despite The Hamster’s predilection for the Reasonably Priced Car, the Range Rover Evoque easily changed his mind with its many advantages – features, looks, design, and comfort. He described some of these in one of his most recent articles.
Anything but pedestrian, the Evoque does employ an array of features to win over its fans. Hammond was instantly dazzled by one of these, which is guaranteed to become one of the Evoque’s most personal of signatures. The hallmark feature of the new Evoque is a subtly-ensconced light, shining from the underside of the door mirror. As he notes, this on its own may be handy if you drop your keys, for example. What is truly distinctive about this feature is that what is projected into the ground is more than just a mere torch beam; it is an outline of the Evoque itself.
Hammond recognised that the unique selling point of the Range Rover Evoque has got to be its looks. Always the champion of all things short, he highlights that in spite of, and possibly because of, its inimitably-short wheelbase, the Evoque will steal away the buyers of many more expensively-priced estates and SUVs. It is inherently more attractive in this configuration. ‘Stunning-looking’ is how he puts it.
Design-wise, he could only write that ‘here’s hardly a detail of the car I don’t like’. The car he refers to had the optional LUX pack, a suite of ‘goodies’ including a ‘fabulous full length glass sunroof that lets loads of light in… a Meridian sound system, and touch screen display’.
Given that Hammond tested the three-door model, comfort available exceeds what would be offered in other coupes of that range of luxury.
Hammond modestly slips in the fact that he loved parking his test Evoque outside his house, implying his pride at displaying this car to his neighbours. One can only imagine that they get very interesting views from time to time with the sorts of cars he’s allowed to bring home from work. This though was something he truly wanted them to see. It is quite appropriate therefore that his particular test model provided was Colima Green. Although Hammond laments that he had to return the Evoque and admits to being more than a little envious of those who will take delivery of their own Evoque, perhaps this night it was the neighbours’ turn to be green with envy.
Despite being a complete unknown, Hammond highlights the fact that this revolutionary Range Rover starting selling out before any of the latest media hype was even written. ‘A large number of customers have already ordered Evoques and did so almost as soon as the order books were opened’.
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