Build Quality

Is it me or am I just unlucky!!

Today for the first time since the arrival of my new toy, I thought I would give it a little TLC, so being the OCD freak that I am, decided to give it a clean although it to be honest, it never needed one. Anyway whilst cleaning the inside, I've come across several marks and scratches on the plastics and a couple of annoying marks around the dash area which, I can't get rid off. It's not until you really start to look and pay a bit more attention to detail that you discover these annoying things and by the time you do, it's to late to take it back to the dealer and complain as or they will say is that the marks were not there when they had it. What I also noticed is some of the plastics look a feel like they have been put together by a 5 year old and my apologies to all those with 5 year old children.

My point is, my previous car which I had to sell to purchase my Evoque was a RR Sport and even though it was on a 05 plate, had 2 previous owners before me and was one of the earlier models built, the build quality and fittings were far superior to that of the RRE.

With the money that we have all invested in our beloved Evoques and lets face it they don't come cheap, I would still expect alot more quality for my money.

Forgot to say, still love the car though and wouldn't swap it for anything else at the moment.

Musher. Not good to hear. Can you be a little more specific about the faults and scratches and where to look for them.

I am picking my Dynamic up on Friday this week and know I am going to be blind to any small imperfections whilst drooling over my new toy.

Hope your able to sort your out.

The dealer probably did them, i have one on the gloss black gear surround that wasnt there after my car was prepped onsite. I think they give it a wipedown the next day and caused a few marks, should polish out when i get the time.

The black shiney plastic marks really easily, i just wiped some dust from the sliding door on the centre consol with a clean microfibre cloth and it left very fine scratch marks. I have used meguires gold polish on plastics like that before as it will remove light marks - although i havent tried it on the Evoque yet so will test a small area first.

Generally the material quality and build quality are not great. I don't think I would want to be buying a 3 year old one! I believe that most buyers have been attracted by the design, which is fantastic. My wife had been driving her VW Golf for 7 years because there was no car to come along in that time that she had any interest in(normally change after 2years) She saw the Evoque and that was it! So in summary, looks great , drives great, durabilty a concern.

All this talk surprises me, from what I understand, the quality of the freelander 2 is very good as are all the other LR products, so why should the Evoque be any different, it surely must be at least as good if not better than the freelander and I don't believe they fall to bits after 3 years!

I had a DS3 HSE for a while and apart from it being a great car the plastics scratched very easily.

Must admit I am very impressed with the build quality of my evoque, this is my fourth LR and every time they get better. I don't have any doubts about durability and from experience I trust them not to let me down. RRE pure dosen't have the refinement of the RRS or the FFRR, to get close to that you would have to go to a prestige which is a bit more luxurious.

Better than Freelander, there are odd bits made of plastic and a bit cheap feeling but that's to keep weight down and may need care and attention over time, so some compromises, generally it's built well and it's a 30-45k car with very clever off road capability, bargain, reliability unknown but pretty safe with the engine and gearbox combination.

The interior of RRE is light years ahead of the Mk1 RRS, but LR listened to the owners posting on the forums and in 2010 the upgraded interior answered all the sore points. I have no issues at all with the interior quality of my car. It has less squeaks and rattles than my last FFRR even if the leather isn't quite as good quality or the carpet pile not quite so deep. Mk1 RRS had what Land Rover claimed was genuine wood finish on the dash, it had razor sharp edges ................. and you could see the tinplate backing in places, 2010 had superb wood-alike and the FFRR had real burr walnut trees growing on the dash!
I have found some bits mark quite easily - I have a strange mark that has appeared on the edge of the passenger door casing trim and also the drivers door casing is getting distinctly shiny where I rest my elbow and the car has only just turned 6 months old/ 6,000 miles - more a durability problem than a quality problem