Tata owned Jaguar-Land Rover has just unwrapped the hotly anticipated
Range Rover Evoque Crossover SUV for the Indian market, marking the
SUV’s official launch in India. The Evoque will be pitted against the
likes of the BMW X3 and the Audi Q5, although the Evoque’s price is
significantly higher than these SUVs. The main reason for this is the
fact that the Evoque will be brought into India as a completely built
unit, straight from the Land Rover factory in Hailwood, UK, while both
the BMW X3 and the Audi Q5 are assembled in India through completely
knocked down(CKD) kits.
The Evoque is built in two forms, three door and five door versions, both of which will be available in India. The availability of the very sporty three door Evoque will give the SUV a significant competitive advantage as the Evoque will be the only luxury SUV in India to be available in three door guise, thus carving out a very unique niche for itself. The three door variant of the Evoque will feature only the petrol engine while the five door version will be available with both petrol as well as diesel engine options.
Coming to the Range Rover Evoque’s engine range, the Crossover’s five door will be available with two engine options, one each in petrol and diesel fuel. The petrol engine is a 2 liter unit producing 240 Bhp of peak power and 340 Nm of peak torque. This engine features turbocharging, direct injection and variable valve timing to ensure that it manages to stay frugal even as it delivers some blistering speed and acceleration. The diesel engine is a 2.2 Liter common rail, turbocharged unit capable of a peak power output of 190 Bhp and a peak torque output of 420 Nm.
Both engines are mated to a 6 speed automatic gearbox while full time all wheel drive is standard across the Evoque SUV range. The Evoque SUV is available in three variants each, Pure, Prestige and Dynamic, for the petrol and diesel engines. Across the variants, safety features such as ABS, airbags, ESP, TCS and automatic hill hold are available as standard. Land Rover’s much acclaimed Terrain Response system, which essentially tweaks the electronic drive gadgetry on the SUV to suit various terrains is also a part of the package.
Source: IndianCarsBikes
The higher price of the Range Rover
Evoque SUV though might not deter prospective buyers from buying it as
the sheer presence of the Evoque due to its radical styling dwarfs both
the BMW X3 and the Audi Q5 quite comprehensively. The higher price will
also mean that the Range Rover Evoque will be pitted against the Audi
Q7, BMW X5, the Mercedes ML and the Volvo XC90. Even so, the Evoque’s
imposing stance is what Jaguar-Land Rover will be banking on to bring in
most of the sales even as CKD assembly of the Evoque is scheduled to
happen in India, in the next 12 months or so.
Priced at a significant premium over the
competition, the Evoque is Land Rover’s latest product and one which
has seen extremely high demand from car markets across the world. So
much so, that the Range Rover Evoque’s production is sold out for a full
one year. Jaguar-Land Rover has however allotted a limited run of
around 50 Evoques for the Indian market and it is from these cars that
existing bookings will be serviced. Talking of which, JLR dealers in
India report that the first lot has already been sold out through
pre-bookings and the next lot of Range Rover Evoques will arrive only in
2012.
The Evoque is built in two forms, three door and five door versions, both of which will be available in India. The availability of the very sporty three door Evoque will give the SUV a significant competitive advantage as the Evoque will be the only luxury SUV in India to be available in three door guise, thus carving out a very unique niche for itself. The three door variant of the Evoque will feature only the petrol engine while the five door version will be available with both petrol as well as diesel engine options.
Coming to the Range Rover Evoque’s engine range, the Crossover’s five door will be available with two engine options, one each in petrol and diesel fuel. The petrol engine is a 2 liter unit producing 240 Bhp of peak power and 340 Nm of peak torque. This engine features turbocharging, direct injection and variable valve timing to ensure that it manages to stay frugal even as it delivers some blistering speed and acceleration. The diesel engine is a 2.2 Liter common rail, turbocharged unit capable of a peak power output of 190 Bhp and a peak torque output of 420 Nm.
Both engines are mated to a 6 speed automatic gearbox while full time all wheel drive is standard across the Evoque SUV range. The Evoque SUV is available in three variants each, Pure, Prestige and Dynamic, for the petrol and diesel engines. Across the variants, safety features such as ABS, airbags, ESP, TCS and automatic hill hold are available as standard. Land Rover’s much acclaimed Terrain Response system, which essentially tweaks the electronic drive gadgetry on the SUV to suit various terrains is also a part of the package.
Source: IndianCarsBikes
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