I've had my 2015 Prestige now about 3 mos and 3500 miles. Overall I like it, the strong points are the styling and very upscale interior appointments, materials, etc. The lows for me are the clunky drivetrain behavior. Nine speeds in a tranny is just too many, so do we really need that extra .5 mpg that all those extra gears get you? Seems the Transmission ECU and Engine ECU don't communicate very well or quickly for that matter. The hesitation this causes is VERY annoying to me, coming up on a red light and slowing down to about 10mph, light turns green you press the gas...nothing happens for a while, then once the ECU's wake up the vehicle jumps forward with a snap and it looks like you are trying to be "boy racer". Hard to drive smoothly w/o putting effort into it. Coming into a curve taking your foot off the gas then reapplying throttle on exit and ...wait for it...wait for it...then bam, surges forward! LOL! I'm actually impressed with the turbo 4's power pretty peppy, although I wish it wasn't so buzzy/noisy sounding at idle and under throttle.
I'm a bit surprised that RR hasn't worked out the kinks in this otherwise great vehicle since it's been out since 2011 with the same basic engine, I realize the 9 speed trans is new but RR should have sorted it out better. I wouldn't agree with the original poster about it driving better than German cars as I've had several BMW's and Porsche's and they all true driver's cars...although the Evoque (powertrain jerks/clunks aside) does handle very well for a small SUV! I think RR got the handling right but the powertrain could be much smoother! Just my .02 don't shoot the messenger
Another nit is the goofy accessory delay function, unlike most vehicles when you pull into the garage and turn off the car, you can finish listening to that fav song, finish your phone call, etc. until 10 minutes or if you open the door, but if you turn off the RR everything goes dead and you have to press the vol control knob and after a bit the music will come back on, but then when you open the door to leave, it doesn't turn off...strange! Oh and the Auto temp control knobs don't have the ability to select the driver's knob to adjust both sides...even when not in the "Auto" mode they have to be adjusted separately...strange. The misshapen passenger wiper arm that will nick your hood (bonnet for you right drivers) if you forget and try and raise the wipers to clean the windshield (screen for you right hand drivers)...a real (opening) sunroof would be much more preferable to me over the pano roof, don't have it open much as it just heats up the interior and fades out the touchscreen graphics...RR take note, great vehicle, and still ahead in styling, luxury and handling if you would work out the above nits, you'd have a real winner on your hands!!