Evoque sold - My final thoughts

J, if you are serious then contact Lakeland Land Rover, for years they have been ahead of the factory
at converting FFRR's, RRS's, D3's and Freelanders into commercials - their D3 commercial was so succesful for them that LR decided to make an official version! Over on RRSport.co.uk we have two members in the Aberdeen area who had RRS commercials - one a supercharged white van RRS! Also up there was a guy involved in the North Sea communication industry who had first a D3 commercial then had his Vogue SE L322 FFRR delivered
as a commercial - both from Lakeland. They gave him all the interior trim so that when he wanted to sell them on
he could refit the interior. The FFRR of his I saw was beautifully lined with ply and instead of the normal tints of the privacy glass they fitted full blacked out rear windows IIRC, so it still looked like a FFRR just one with heavier than normal tints.

(15-12-2013 12:40am)J77 Wrote:  There is exclusivity in owning a Range Rover just not an Evoque, it's a Range Rover for the masses.

It's a fantastic car and I loved every minute with mine but I would like to see a bit more Range Rover in it and a bit less Freelander. I would have one again, in fact, I asked if LR would do me a coupé commercial from the factory, which would be ideal for my dogs, but they can't accomadate special orders at the moment.

(15-12-2013 12:40am)J77 Wrote:  There is exclusivity in owning a Range Rover just not an Evoque, it's a Range Rover for the masses.

It's a fantastic car and I loved every minute with mine but I would like to see a bit more Range Rover in it and a bit less Freelander. I would have one again, in fact, I asked if LR would do me a coupé commercial from the factory, which would be ideal for my dogs, but they can't accomadate special orders at the moment.

You can get one in Denmark and Norway (have seen several on my travels due to their different reg plates). Might be worth speaking to the importer to see how they do it/if they could send you the parts. Being Danemark they all speak English so might be worth a punt

Cheers guys, will look into it over the course of next year, you never know I might be back with something a bit special.

Apologies Urban Splash for hijacking your thread.

EDIT - just checked Nene Overland and they are taking orders for Evoque commercials with a 4 month lead time.

When I had my Evoque I missed the high driving position of the Fl2, now I have it, I miss the more sporty drive from the Evoque the grass is always greener on the other side.

(15-12-2013 01:14pm)The Valeter Wrote:  They are what Ford were up to around 10Years ago = on every street corner but at least some Ford's had a character!

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I mentioned the wheel size when I bought my Dynamic as in I sugested to the salesman I may fit 19" wheels to it but he said the car was set up & designed around the 20" wheel so by deviating from this it will impeer the handling. Not sure whether that was Dynamic only or all Evoque but I would suspect he meant all.
I also notice the majority are Pure's & Dynamic's.

What a load of nonsense. If that was the case they wouldn't have fitted all the press cars on release with 19" wheels! Including the AD cars!!

(18-12-2013 10:21am)WB Wrote:  What a load of nonsense. If that was the case they wouldn't have fitted all the press cars on release with 19" wheels! Including the AD cars!!

+1, Salesman's tosh.

(18-12-2013 10:21am)WB Wrote:  What a load of nonsense. If that was the case they wouldn't have fitted all the press cars on release with 19" wheels! Including the AD cars!!

19" is the standard size of wheel for the Evoque in Germany no matter which one you have.

(18-12-2013 05:51pm)Stadt Panzer Wrote:  19" is the standard size of wheel for the Evoque in Germany no matter which one you have.

Standard Eu spec is 17" on Pure with 19" for Prestige and Dynamic and no AD.

I had 20" on my Pure and have them on my Dynamic (with AD) and hand on heart I can say the difference between the two suspension set ups (with AD in standard comfort mode) is negligible. AD kicks in when you switch to sport (which I prefer for making the steering feel heavier).

Never checked the pure!

On AD equipped cars it operates all the time, you cannot switch it off. By selecting the Dynamic mode in a Dynamic (and I assume a Prestige auto with AD optioned) then the program changes the speed of reaction/ sensing of the road surface which gives the impression of a firmer ride by adjusting the Magneride dampers, AD also adjusts the Electronic Power Steering settings to give more "weight" to the steering in Dynamic mode. Personnally I have never noticed much difference between "normal" and Dynamic settings except on one section of the M40 south of Oxford where there is a section of concrete with transverse ridges and the AD got confused and really firmed up the suspension to and uncomfortably hard level. I ended up switching it off to reset it and after selecting it again it was much better

(19-12-2013 12:30pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  except on one section of the M40 south of Oxford where there is a section of concrete with transverse ridges and the AD got confused and really firmed up the suspension to and uncomfortably hard level. I ended up switching it off to reset it and after selecting it again it was much better

Have to agree it can get a bit confused some time, there are some roads where I live that make it go mad. Makes a big difference to the feeling of security when towing my caravn though.

I also agree about it not making much difference on the motorway, but when going at normal German authobahn speed (say 140kph +) then it does make the world of difference, especially around some of those big bends.......