2012 Mudfest SUV of the Year is the...

2012 Range Rover Evoque

Hi all! I've been lurking here for a while now researching the Evoque. I'm planning to purchase a new car by the end of the year and the Evoque is currently at the top of the list. Contacted some local dealers today (Philadelphia/East Coast region in the USA) to find out what the time frame would be (based on what I learned here about JLR delaying new orders until March 2013) etc, etc and one actually told me that they are currently taking orders for the 2013 model with a 3 month delay. Didn't believe him at all and... enough about that though as that's not why I decided to post.

I was watching a video review for the new 2013 Acura RDX (another car/SUV on my list - not sure if these are/will be released in the EU but maybe they are rebranded as something else? Like my 2009 Acura TSX is the European Accord?) and heard the reviewer mention the 2012 Mudfest Competition. I Googled it and was pleased with which SUV was the winner so I thought I'd share it since I didn't see any posts about it (if someone did post about this comp, my bad! Mods please feel free to delete this thread)

Anyways, I'm back to lurking and researching! Gratitude for all the good info!

Welcome to the forum Omegabob. The Acura you refer to is and has been available in Europe for many years but is called the Honda CRV over here, they are even built in the UK.

When I googled 2012 Mudfest I got a lot of links to websites for events that I doubt many RRE owners would take their RRE to but then I found this, http://www.portlandtribune.com/features/...3091949000 which I assume is the item omega bob refers to.

The Accura is bigger than the C-RV and has the new engine and gearbox that we won't get in the EU version of the new C-RV. It also has permanent 4wd, the verson they get is built in Japan

Thanks for the welcome!

And sorry, I should have indicated that I included a link to the mudfest article & the video review I was referring to in my original post. My bad again for not pointing this out.

Ah OK. I was wondering if the RDX was just for the US market or not. Thanks!

Oh, here are some YT vids I discovered from the event:



--- just a video blog so it's not very professional, but you get the idea

--- a local news report, not very interesting

The reviewer of the RDX (the link in my original post) should be posting a more professionally produced video review of the event (he covered the previous years) so I'll link it when available.

**EDIT: typo

I notice in the top video the Mini uglyman had a bit of an off in the cones!

The DRIVEN Car Reviews video of the Mudfest 2012 winners has finally been posted!

Here's the linkage: VIDEO FEATURE

Very interesting - thanks for that Bob.

Much better result than the Evoque received in our local Which magazine small 4x4 review recently which had the BMW X1 beating it!