Whatcar? cold-weather testing in Sweden

Whatcar? had a live event in Sweden yesterday with a couple of Evoques. An edited video of the day is due to appear today.

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/first-ti...que/255518

They seem to like it .... a lot!

wow nice touches like puddle lights that cast the evoque logo on the floor, me like

http://yfrog.com/h2ic9svj

Now with video...

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/range-ro...deo/255635

The headlights look awesome!

Black was one of my preferred colour choices - having now seen it on video I feel you can't really see the design of the car as well as the lighter colours - dare I say it - Black makes the car look more ordinary to my eyes.

Love the DRL front and rear lights. Shame the indicators aren’t LED though - for a luxury car launched in 2011 a bit of disappointment .

(26-02-2011 02:36pm)Blackseries Wrote:  Black was one of my preferred colour choices - having now seen it on video I feel you can't really see the design of the car as well as the lighter colours - dare I say it - Black makes the car look more ordinary to my eyes.

Love the DRL front and rear lights. Shame the indicators aren’t LED though - for a luxury car launched in 2011 a bit of disappointment .

Have to agree, i have changed from black to white!!!

I would like to see Barolo Black in the sun. My initial order is for a Prestige in Firenze Red but a Dynamic in Barolo Black might look ok. Issue with Firenze Red on the Dynamic is that with a red roof there is just two much red, we do not like the white roof. The charcoal on the bottom section of the Prestige looks so much better.

And of course it is a well known fact that RED CARS GO FASTER!

Cheers

(26-02-2011 11:49pm)Firebird Wrote:  The charcoal on the bottom section of the Prestige looks so much better.

Initially I thought the extra paint on the Dynamic made the vehicle look better, but I've changed my mind. The extra paint, in side-on view, makes it appear too heavy. The contrast between a lighter body colour and the grey plastic at the bottom lightens the overall appearance; the vehicle appears smaller; less 'slab-sided'.

(26-02-2011 11:49pm)Firebird Wrote:  And of course it is a well known fact that RED CARS GO FASTER!

No no no, it has been scientifically proven that a white Astramax van is the fastest car in the world in day to day use - Red cars might be fast but we can only dream about them.....................

Transits with supercar engines are faster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit

Quote:A modified Mark 3 Transit was also used in Top Gear Australia's Ashes Special and Top Gear (2002 TV series) series 16 episode 2, where Richard Hammond (UK) raced the van against a Holden VE Ute driven by Shane Jacobson (Australia) in a drag race. Unknown to Hammond and the Australians, the van was powered by a turbocharged Jaguar XJ220 engine, in addition to running on wheels from the same model.