How to convince my wife to buy Evoque?

I drove an Audi (Q5) the VW tiguan; BMW X5; The Cadillac SRX (I think) and all were uninspiring. I also noticed they were ugly. The Macan looks like the VW with a slightly stylish ass or overall a squat Panamera. I think very uninspired.

I like the looks of the Evoque and with the Mag suspension, auto with paddles and the 4 cylinder petrol engine it's a little sports sedan. If you are going to obsess about lineage, you can't buy anything; if you're going to obsess about having the latest tech, get an electric car.

So far as reliability goes: as I mentioned before, this is our 8th Land Rover product and we have had nothing but good luck with them.

My Evoque is my 9th Land Rover since 1996. None has been a bad car, only one broke down on the roadside (on it's way to the dealership to be handed back for a new car!). I've had Rovers and MG's most of my driving life, along with an Audi 80 Tdi Avant (rocksolid, boring as hell and with concrete blocks for wheels as the suspension was so firm), a Volvo 480ES which is the car that broke down more than any other, several Ford Fiestas and a TVR (with the venerable Buick/ Rover 4.0ltr V. My Evoque is currently the only LR car I have had that has suffered more than one call out to my house from Land Rover Assist, both times for a dead battery. My brother has an Audi A5 cabrio that has roof mechanism problems, my Dentist has a Q5 which looks beautiful, but he claims is unreliable, and has suspension as hard as bricks and he cannot wait to get rid of it - it's his 7th Audi and he won't be going back. He and his wife have decided that they want an Evoque next....................... horses for course I suppose - any car maker can have "friday" cars, they aren't the preserve of Land Rover.

(24-02-2013 10:45pm)donot521 Wrote:  so knowing it is with ford engine doesn't bother you guys?

Its as much of a ford engine as the q5 is a skoda/vw/seat engine.

(25-02-2013 03:18am)invoke Wrote:  thanks to Lord, Porsche is not mentioned in the list...

forget Audi or the sexy Evoque [which under the hood is actually Ford Focus and the rest is left over scrap from Volvo, Jag and other Outdated Brit technology]... wait a moment and get the all new "Porsche Macan"... its based on Audi Q5, albeit more refined workmanship and performance quality.. Anxiously awaiting to get one for my wife..

"RX" is another dependable option.. just a though.

Best !!

Porsche Macan / Audi Q5, think Tall Skoda with more power

(25-02-2013 09:14am)speary Wrote:  Porsche Macan / Audi Q5, think Tall Skoda with more power

Apart from skoda dont actually make any larger size SUV so there not really are they.

If your not a snob theres nothing wrong with a skoda. If i sell my evoque i am considering an octavia VRS estate for my next car.

When I was a kid traveling around East Berlin Skoda's were used to run down people trying to make it to the wall. Yes, color me SNOB. See, here's the deal: we are all going to die. They will allow Evoques into heaven. Claro?

(25-02-2013 09:13pm)scrannel Wrote:  When I was a kid traveling around East Berlin Skoda's were used to run down people trying to make it to the wall. Yes, color me SNOB. See, here's the deal: we are all going to die. They will allow Evoques into heaven. Claro?

And the VW beetle was designed as a car for the Nazis. Does that mean all VW's are crap?

(25-02-2013 09:33pm)ED209 Wrote:  And the VW beetle was designed as a car for the Nazis. Does that mean all VW's are crap?

Hmmm... it was a joke.

(25-02-2013 07:36pm)ED209 Wrote:  Apart from skoda dont actually make any larger size SUV so there not really are they.

If your not a snob theres nothing wrong with a skoda. If i sell my evoque i am considering an octavia VRS estate for my next car.

wai aye man , take a chill pill it war only a joke

(26-02-2013 09:26am)speary Wrote:  wai aye man , take a chill pill it war only a joke

wai aye man? eh? Durham is not Newcastle. Durham is awfully terribly posh dont you know.


(And yes I was joking too)