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Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?
paulus599
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

(04-08-2011 01:08pm)FullFatTim Wrote:  M30, IMHO having the Panoramic roof and the Contrast roof is throwing away money for the sake of a couple of inches width of black paint round the roof edges!

And the rear spoiler of course. I agree though that it does still seem a lot of money, but then again if money was the driving force behind our choices, I for one wouldn't be buying an Evoque.

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04-08-2011 03:54pm
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Acwats
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

(04-08-2011 12:42pm)evoqueboy Wrote:  The 5 doors got nothing on the coupe in the looks department - FACT. I'd rather have a pure coupe than a 5 door dynamic any day!

You appeared to have confused FACT with OPINION

Printing it in caps and/or shouting it doesn't change this

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04-08-2011 05:32pm
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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

(04-08-2011 05:32pm)Acwats Wrote:  
(04-08-2011 12:42pm)evoqueboy Wrote:  The 5 doors got nothing on the coupe in the looks department - FACT. I'd rather have a pure coupe than a 5 door dynamic any day!

You appeared to have confused FACT with OPINION

Printing it in caps and/or shouting it doesn't change this
Agreed . . . I honestly think that the 5-door looks better
04-08-2011 06:07pm
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Daigriff
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

The 5 door practicality meant that the coupe was never in the running and the £1k saving is a bonus.

Having seen them in the flesh I admit the coupe has nicer lines, but the 5 door is still a beautiful looking car and Im sure average joe public will think both are a bit special.

There will be no ugly evoques on the road.

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04-08-2011 06:15pm
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evoqueboy
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

(04-08-2011 06:07pm)Wicksy Wrote:  
(04-08-2011 05:32pm)Acwats Wrote:  
(04-08-2011 12:42pm)evoqueboy Wrote:  The 5 doors got nothing on the coupe in the looks department - FACT. I'd rather have a pure coupe than a 5 door dynamic any day!

You appeared to have confused FACT with OPINION

Printing it in caps and/or shouting it doesn't change this
Agreed . . . I honestly think that the 5-door looks better


True guys. However everyone I have spoken to prefers the look of the coupe.
04-08-2011 06:20pm
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DynamicRRV
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

The coupe IMHO is definitely a nicer looking beast.
04-08-2011 07:18pm
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SW6RR
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

I always preferred the 5-door. The coupe never looked enough like a range rover to me. I think the 5-door hits the balance between "range rover" and revolutionary styling.
04-08-2011 07:53pm
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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

(04-08-2011 06:15pm)Daigriff Wrote:  There will be no ugly evoques on the road.

depends who's driving!

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04-08-2011 07:57pm
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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

The original Range Rover was 2 door only.............was quite a long time before Land Rover considered people might like 4 doors

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04-08-2011 09:58pm
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mark_n
 

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RE: Why is 5 door £1000 cheaper than Coupe?

The 5 door is rather more conventional to look at and has better practicality. The coupe on the other hand is more adventurous and closer to the original design concept and LR charge a premium for that.

The de-contenting of the coupe - no rear doors, windows, motors, locks and the rest - reduces LR's costs, it's true, and should reduce the weight of the car which might yield a small benefit in performance.

Impossible to know which will retain value better. It's easy to think of there being an over-supplied secondhand market for the coupe. I think the coupe premium will vanish and so will money spent on some options - parking assist, blind spot assist, surround cameras - before the ink is dry on the order form.

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04-08-2011 10:14pm
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