RE: Evoque early owners issues, what doesn't work, what breaks?
Yep, I had a few issues. I was one of the first to buy in Canada, and have had the vehicle for a month now.
1. The casing around the airbag in the windscreen's right-hand pillar is slightly dislodged at the top.
2. The electric rear door (or hatch as Brits call it) is temperamental, it closes occasionally but always opens
3. The seats develop butt-squeeze for heavy passengers (Prestige model) due to a hard lip under the side pads, and the lumbar inflate is hardly noticeable, although I expect these problems to get better as the premium leather wears-in
4. The windscreen wipers are too high when not in use, but they are easy to lower and lowering them improves performance and style
5. Dont fiddle with the suspension modes if you are at a stop light, as it wont give the car a chance to get its ducklings back in a line when the light turns green
6. The Nav sucks. The interface is a button-filled mess that confines the viewable map area to 4-inches square. It is difficult and slow to use, requiring too many presses to do things. The Nav could be more sensibly laid out, and sometimes works faster, e.g when it spins out of control while you try to browse forward. (Software updates could fix the Nav interface, usability and response, but only if its developer, Navteq, is adequately persuaded by Land Rover).
7. Not all USB devices will work, e.g. my iPod shuffle, and too many video file formats will not play.
8. The foot rests both sides of the car are a wee bit wee for big feet.
9. The wing mirrors are big and thus noisy at high-speed, but quieter if folded in (if you dare).
10. Cornering at high speed results in mild-oversteer, which really surprised me, I expected the opposite. This too could be corrected by a software tweak, maybe at your dealer.
I have yet to take my car back to the dealer to address the above issues, but I am not in any hurry. I trust Range Rover to fix everything and be happy to do so, their customer service is excellent.
Dude, no car is ever perfect, and yes, we Evoque owners can list plenty of imperfections. But, I paid 2-cars worth of cash to buy this vehicle, and I think the Evoque is worth 3-cars. Yep, expensive is another imperfection, which kinda goes with the brand.
I believe that nothing else in the market comes close to the Evoque, at the moment; in performance, handling, style, or sheer exhilaration of ownership. You feel like a "class act" driving it.
The 17-speaker Meridian sound system is unreal, it can light up your soul. The engineering and design thought that has gone into making the Evoque fit the driver, and anticipate the driver's desires, is exceptional... And I have not even taken it off-road yet -- so, I'm not even a properly qualified owner yet!
Anyway, I could list another 10-imperfections if you like, but you won't buy into a list of imperfections, you will buy into a feeling, and the Evoque has feeling in spades! I just don't know how you can put that feeling stuff in a list.
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