Category: Range Rover

Range Rover Sport SVR is one of hardest accelerating 4WDs on the planet. Its 405 kW 5.0-litre supercharged V8 has it screaming from zero to 100 km/h in just 4.7 seconds. Note the term ‘4WD’ in this opening par, because this isn’t an SUV, it is a genuine off-road vehicle that can handle harsh conditions that would have many so-called competitors stuck within the first few metres. For example, wheel travel remains identical to the standard Sport, with 260 mm at the front and 272 mm at the rear. Wading… Read more

Based on the three-door hardtop version of the Evoque, the convertible has had its entire upper body deleted and replaced by a fabric top. It’s gained a lot of weight – about 275 kilograms depending on the model to add the strength that used to be provided by the sold roof. For comments on the performance see Driving later in this road test. STYLING The Evoque is visually attractive in open-top fashion, though the sides are very tall, reminding us it’s an SUV, not a sportscar. Roof up, it can… Read more

For the 2016 season the great looking Range Rover Evoque has received a revised body design that’s now offered in two frontal styles; an all-new ‘Ingenium’ turbo-diesel engine; and full-LED adaptive headlamps in some models. Probably most important to many buyers is the fitment of an updated infotainment system in a revised interior that shares many design cues with the much more expensive Range Rover Sport. STYLING When I first saw the concept that would later become the Range Rover Evoque at a Geneva Motor Show my comment to one… Read more

It’s a bit of a cliche, but there’s no denying that if you can design a car with just three strokes of the pencil, it can’t help but look good. The Range Rover Evoque Coupe is just such a thing. As with many niche vehicles released by makers with a brand history as affectionately regarded as Range Rover’s, the car dropped to howls of mud-covered, lamb-chop wearing aficionados moaning about the Toorak Tractor association that Victoria Beckham brought, the selling-out to the SUV fad and the fact that it wasn’t… Read more

The Range Rover set a new premium style for four-wheel drive wagons when it first was launched 44 years ago. Now its small brother, the Range Rover Evoque could be said to have changed the face of the sports utility vehicle when it first appeared three years ago. With its squat stance, sloping roofline and edgy character, it led to the coining of the landmark cross-coupe moniker and was cause for comment, for and against, wherever it appeared. The Evoque won many accolades from those in the automotive media, as… Read more

Range Rover Sport sometimes confuses people. It’s not a standard Range Rover with ‘Sport’ badges and a firmed up suspension and some go-faster bits, rather it’s a model in its own right. Like big brother Range Rover the all-new Range Rover Sport has been on a serious diet. Compared with the previous generation Sport the new one is as much as 420 kg lighter, thanks to the extensive use of aluminium in both the body and suspension. Also to clever computer design work that minimises the amount of material required… Read more