19-09-2011, 01:30pm
Finally got a test drive this morning in a black SD4 Prestige Coupe....
Only a short 15min drive but came away quite impressed overall. Refinement & ride is def worthy of the Range Rover badge and inside is a very nice place to be! Feels nicely built too - test route involved some bumpy minor roads and ride was still smooth & assured with no creaks, rattles or groans.
Performance is perfectly adequate and lots of low/mid range grunt. Sprint from standing start is reasonable but not startling and maybe less than 187bhp would have you expecting? I think most will be more than satisfied but those coming from higher performance coupes etc may need to consider the petrol model as they may find outright pace disappointing.
That said I'm coming from a Tiguan 170 sport and would more than happy with how it goes... to the extent I think I will stick with TD4 as I don't think it will be huge compromise in real world driving. The Evoque for me is about sitting back and enjoying the experience rather than flat stick everywhere so the TD4 will do just fine.
I also saw my first Pure in the flesh and was very pleased with spec of a base model - in fact came away feeling it would hard to justify the extra cash for a prestige!
Roll on January!
Only a short 15min drive but came away quite impressed overall. Refinement & ride is def worthy of the Range Rover badge and inside is a very nice place to be! Feels nicely built too - test route involved some bumpy minor roads and ride was still smooth & assured with no creaks, rattles or groans.
Performance is perfectly adequate and lots of low/mid range grunt. Sprint from standing start is reasonable but not startling and maybe less than 187bhp would have you expecting? I think most will be more than satisfied but those coming from higher performance coupes etc may need to consider the petrol model as they may find outright pace disappointing.
That said I'm coming from a Tiguan 170 sport and would more than happy with how it goes... to the extent I think I will stick with TD4 as I don't think it will be huge compromise in real world driving. The Evoque for me is about sitting back and enjoying the experience rather than flat stick everywhere so the TD4 will do just fine.
I also saw my first Pure in the flesh and was very pleased with spec of a base model - in fact came away feeling it would hard to justify the extra cash for a prestige!
Roll on January!