Road TestCar reviews - Land Rover - Range Rover Evoque - P290 HSE DynamicLand Rover modelsOverviewPowered-up Range Rover certainly does Evoque more than a slight hot hatchback feel20 Jul 2018 QUITE suddenly the Range Rover Evoque has decided that it wants to be a hot hatchback.
Five years after the baby of the range lobbed, the top model grade has upgraded from a Ford-based 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 177kW of power and 340Nm of torque, to a Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit of the same configuration, tagged Ingenium and with a choice of two outputs – the same as before, or as-tested here with 213kW and 400Nm.
Moving from standstill to 100km/h now takes 6.3 seconds, down from the 7.6s last claimed, and it has also since upgraded to nine gears inside its automatic transmission instead of six previously.
However, with this new P290 HSE Dynamic, the price of the flagship model grade moves up by a whole $11K compared with the pre-MY18 versions last year. The question is, can the Evoque continue to be part-luxury SUV, part-off-roader, but now add part-hot hatch to its repertoire? Model release date: 1 September 2017 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen |
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