Kicking off at $84,835 for the SE Dynamic Td4 180, the convertible adds more than $10,000 to the base price of the Coupe but arrives with less kit than the hardtop’s base trim. Land Rover announced in November that the convertible is coming to Australia in SE Dynamic and HSE Dynamic trim, each with the coupe’s diesel and petrol options. The convertible adds seat-mounted side and head-protecting airbags to compensate for the folding roof, while twin rollover bars also pop up behind the rear headrests within 90 milliseconds if an impending crash is detected. Hardtop Evoques scored only a four-star ANCAP rating in 2011. Boot depth is unchanged and an optional ski-port compensates in part for the lack of a split-folding rear seat.īilled as the world’s first luxury compact SUV convertible, the drop-top involves some packaging compromises Raising takes three seconds longer.Īt 251L, the convertible’s cargo space is less than half the storage in its three-door roofed version (550L) but the real-world difference is minor - the latter figure is calculated from the roof lining down. It will lower via a toggle switch in 18 seconds at up to 50km/h. The coupe’s swooping roofline has been preserved with the soft-top in place.
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The compact fabric roof endows a liveable rear seat for average-height adults, with less sidewards skewing than you’ll find in the back of a 2 Series convertible. Similar in size to a BMW 2 Series or Audi A3, the Evoque still packs the rear-seat legroom of the three-door and the headroom of the five-door counterpart and retains two ISOFIX child seat mounts. That’s probably why we are at the prestigious Courchevel resort in France for our first taste of this rugged ragtop.īilled as the world’s first luxury compact SUV convertible, the drop-top inevitably involves some packaging compromises, including two rear seats instead of three, though designers tried to minimise these.Įngineering manager Michelle O’Connor says the team tried to maintain the interior packaging and refinement of the fixed-roof Evoque Coupe.
Land Rover is well aware that few Evoques see more off-road duty than scaling the kerb while attempting to park at swanky ski villages.
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