29-01-2012, 10:21pm
Last weekend I test drove an Evoque and of course fell in love!
It was a manual Pure with the 150hp engine and I was pleasantly surprised by the perfomance of the car. It didn't feel at all underpowered, and I would be more than happy to live with it.
But then I had a look at the official perfomance figures of the different Evoque models and I found them rather puzzling. These figures are taken from the Swedish LR site but I guess they're the same everywhere.
eD4 / MAN / 2WD
0-100 km/h 11,2 sec
TOP SPEED 180 km/h
TD4 / MAN / 4WD
0-100 km/h 10,8 sec
TOP SPEED 185 km/h
So the 2WD version is almost half a second slower to 100 km/h? And that despite weighing 75 kg less. I guess that better traction off the mark for the 4WD version may account for the acceleration difference, but why has the 4WD version a higher top speed? Different gearing?
And this acceleration gap actually increases when the 150hp engine gets its power down via the automatic gearbox instead of a manual one - the auto version being more than one second quicker up to 100 km/h.
TD4 / AUTO / 4WD
0-100 km/h 9,6 sec
TOP SPEED 182 km/h
I know that autos are much more efficient nowadays but it's not often you see official 0-100km/h figures where the automatic version is more than one second quicker than the manual. But the manual version gets slightly better mileage and top speed.
It's the same thing with the 190hp version but the acceleration difference is actually even bigger.
SD4 / MAN
0-100 km/h 10 sec
TOP SPEED 200km/h
SD4 / AUTO
0-100 km/h 8,5 sec
TOP SPEED 195km/h
Actually this means that the 150hp auto version accelerates to 100km/h 0,4 sec faster than the manual 190hp version! Can't be just differences in gearing, can it?
I have read that some think the 6-speed auto gearbox is rather ancient and wants a new 8-speed box in the Evoque, but the existing 6-speeder seems to be superefficient or at least superquick, don't you think!
But what is the reason for the all auto Evoques accelerating so much quicker than the manual versions?! I would love to know! And someone on this fantastic forum must know!
/Ackel
It was a manual Pure with the 150hp engine and I was pleasantly surprised by the perfomance of the car. It didn't feel at all underpowered, and I would be more than happy to live with it.
But then I had a look at the official perfomance figures of the different Evoque models and I found them rather puzzling. These figures are taken from the Swedish LR site but I guess they're the same everywhere.
eD4 / MAN / 2WD
0-100 km/h 11,2 sec
TOP SPEED 180 km/h
TD4 / MAN / 4WD
0-100 km/h 10,8 sec
TOP SPEED 185 km/h
So the 2WD version is almost half a second slower to 100 km/h? And that despite weighing 75 kg less. I guess that better traction off the mark for the 4WD version may account for the acceleration difference, but why has the 4WD version a higher top speed? Different gearing?
And this acceleration gap actually increases when the 150hp engine gets its power down via the automatic gearbox instead of a manual one - the auto version being more than one second quicker up to 100 km/h.
TD4 / AUTO / 4WD
0-100 km/h 9,6 sec
TOP SPEED 182 km/h
I know that autos are much more efficient nowadays but it's not often you see official 0-100km/h figures where the automatic version is more than one second quicker than the manual. But the manual version gets slightly better mileage and top speed.
It's the same thing with the 190hp version but the acceleration difference is actually even bigger.
SD4 / MAN
0-100 km/h 10 sec
TOP SPEED 200km/h
SD4 / AUTO
0-100 km/h 8,5 sec
TOP SPEED 195km/h
Actually this means that the 150hp auto version accelerates to 100km/h 0,4 sec faster than the manual 190hp version! Can't be just differences in gearing, can it?
I have read that some think the 6-speed auto gearbox is rather ancient and wants a new 8-speed box in the Evoque, but the existing 6-speeder seems to be superefficient or at least superquick, don't you think!
But what is the reason for the all auto Evoques accelerating so much quicker than the manual versions?! I would love to know! And someone on this fantastic forum must know!
/Ackel