I'm no fan of the Evoque, but now BMW has designed a new car called the "Paceman" In my eyes It's a cheaper version and and I would much prefer to drive the Evoque round.Click Here

Porsche are doing a competitor too, called the Cajun.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpr...ng_up.html

I saw the Paceman in our local Mini Dealership.......Oh dear, not a good look

Can a Mini really be classed as a competitor to a Range Rover, even the Evoque, I think not.

No, but by the same token can the Evoque be classed as a Range Rover by the tradional understanding of what "Range Rover" means?

In which case what's wrong with a big "MINI"?

Whats wrong with small Range Rovers?

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Range Rover,Range Rover Sport,D4,D3,Freelander,Evoque, ........ They are all Land Rover ...........

MICK wrote:

Range Rover,Range Rover Sport,D4,D3,Freelander,Evoque, ........ They are all Land Rover ...........

jag,bmw,ford mutants = landrover...  2004 black Vogue TD6

They all ultimately = British Leyland!  If you have nothing nice to say,say nothing at all.

but now in the hands of TATA oooops  ONE LIFE LIVE IT

RRV I'm sure you are too young to remember but BL was only a product of the 1970's - Land Rover used to be part of the British Motor Corporation in the 1960's and before that The Rover Car Company.................... but I cannot remember that far back being a child of the late 1950's. Of course between BL and BMW LR was part of Austin-Rover Group under the chairmanship of Michael Edwardes - Land Rover was also about the only part of the group that didn't have any models that were "badge-engineered" versions of other parts of the group, they have always had a unique to LR range of vehicles unlike such horrors as the various versions of minis like the Riley Elf and the Wolsey Hornet - the Austin Cambridge and the Morris Oxford and numerous versions of other designs all based on the same basic car but badged to appear to be something else!
I cannot see the pics of the Cajun and the Mini whatever as they take too long to download on my wireless connection - but I did see the mini Countryman 4x4 in the local mini showroom before I left the UK and though it and the BMW X1 were both vying with the Cayenne for the ugliest car on the road title 2018 Mini Countryman Cooper S E All4 PHEV in Melting Silver - it’s whisper quiet in EV and polluter modes

How could you slur the Morris Oxford (family car from my childhood) and the Riley Elf and Wolsely Hornet (first/second cars for my sister that I had to keep on the road!)

Anyway, they must have identified a market somewhere for these cars - Evoque, Paceman, Cajun, Juke.

If I wanted to drive around in a tiny 4x4 I'd get one of these:

http://www.daihatsu.co.uk/terios/topGear/ .
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