Losing interest ?

My neighbour commented he assumed the Evoke wasn’t selling well. His reasoning is we only ever see one or two per week on our local roads and this is in an area heaving in RR/LR cars, farmers etc etc.
I wonder if this might be an unrecognised problem for the future .. we are all high enthusiastic about our ordered cars, obviously. I wonder how many people are just not bothering to wait or order, just moving on buying X3 / Q3 alternatives due lack of assumed interest on the roads ?
any views ?

I have to admit that after 3 month point and my order not having got as far as factory allocation I did seriously consider X3/Q3 - the challenge being that both lack the design flair (read that as unimaginative) of the RRE and needed quite a few expensive options just to reach the base Pure spec.

The RRE is a much more common sight on the UK roads now - I seem to remember reading that back in January that there were 60,000 UK back-orders. Some sales will be existing LR users trading up/down to RRE (there are some on this forum) and many like myself are migrants from other brands.

Ultimately and especially for the more practical farming community the larger Freelander and other LR products are a bit more useful as load luggers.

Many buyers of the RRE are very style conscious and will be off when the next new 'must have' arrives on the block....

(27-04-2012 10:35am)Belvoirbloke Wrote:  My neighbour commented he assumed the Evoke wasn’t selling well. His reasoning is we only ever see one or two per week on our local roads and this is in an area heaving in RR/LR cars, farmers etc etc.
I wonder if this might be an unrecognised problem for the future .. we are all high enthusiastic about our ordered cars, obviously. I wonder how many people are just not bothering to wait or order, just moving on buying X3 / Q3 alternatives due lack of assumed interest on the roads ?
any views ?

If that were the case, there wouldn't be a long waiting list! They must be selling everything they're making, and they haven't exactly slowed down production recently.

Dealer tells me 75-80pc of production going overseas ... so we don’t see many here. Given the gorgeous looks and home brand, there should be loads on the road here.

It is a very expensive car and LR are effectively controlling the UK supply by exporting most of production. I hope for residual values the restricted UK supply continues,I fr one don't want them to be as common as X type BMWs or Q3 or Q5. It was the same with RRS in 2005/2006 - they were as rare as hens teeth for the first 12-24 months now look at them, way too common!

RRE becoming a regular sight up here in Aberdeen. I see at least 2 to 3 on the road to work every day - each way (all body types). But as stated by Tim, not quite as common yet as RRS or Freelanders. Ironically, I don't see many 2011/12 X3s or Q3s up here. Loads of Q5s.

The first thing to say is long delivery times and long waiting lists = high residuals ... which for those that have or are about to get your Evoque is only good news.

Secondly the fact that discounts are already available on the Audi Q3 .... plus Audi have launched an RS edition (which Audi normally launches at the end of its life to create interest) shows that car is not doing as well as planned .... despite what dealers might tell you.

15-20% off an X1 is not uncommon.

X3 and Q5 are both on the same lead times as Evoque maybe slightly shorter if your prepared to take an odd spec pre ordered car. Both of these cars are in the same price bracket as Dynamic & Prestige Evoques.

Quick availability & lots on the road may seem a good thing but in this part of the market it means fleet sales, oversupply or no one wants your car....... not good for the owner of a £40k+ car.

Remember rare and relative exclusivity are your friend.... don’t knock it.

Your Lucky, in a town of 30,000 we now have at least 20 examples on our roads, and growing fast.

We went abroad for three weeks over Easter and I was convinced that my area would be flooded with Evoques by the time I got back..... Nope.....

I cover quite a large area, dropping the girls at school, commute to work etc and I can count on two hands the number of 'Evoque spottings' I have had since the beginning of the year....

For me this is brilliant news as I still feel very 'special' swanning around in my fabulous motor (and also a little bit smug if I am totally honest )

Ali

There are quite a few in evidence now in the county of Gloucestershire.