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So assuming you have the necessary nerve to drive around in a convertible miniature Range Rover, you鈥檙e actually getting quite a good piece of kit? Not so fast. No, seriously. The Ingenium diesel engine is not the most thrusting of turbodiesel powerplants, even for a 2.0-litre, and when laden with some 280kg of pillar, sill and bulkhead stiffening, not to mention the roof鈥檚 hushed mechanism, it鈥檚 swamped. Claims of 0-62mph in 9.7sec and 121mph for this lump feel generous. Does it flop about on your cruddy British roads? The good news is there鈥檚 no perceptible wobbling of the rear-view mirror or windscreen pillars, and the steering column stays where it was fixed in the factory. The bad news is that there鈥檚 a resonance, a general crashiness, about the stiffened chassis that doesn鈥檛 take kindly to uneven roads. I鈥檓 not saying it鈥檇 be better with flex, but the rumbly ride is a telltale clue the Evoque wasn鈥檛 conceived with a convertible model in mind. But come on, you just wouldn鈥檛 would you? I wouldn鈥檛. I left my house at six in the morning under cover of darkness to test the roof-down behaviour. In late October. Thank goodness for that nuclear heater. But purely objectively, this car isn鈥檛 the dog鈥檚 dinner you might have expected. Or even secretly hoped it would be. Regardless, enough people 鈥榳ould鈥?to make this thing viable. Land Rover isn鈥檛 in the habit of making unpopular products lately. On the other hand, it is the slowest and less composed cabrio you can buy for this kind of money. And 拢47k is a lot of money. Which brings it back full circle - the Evoque Convertible is a car solely for the relative handful of people who really, really like the idea of driving around in an Evoque Convertible.
The "XS" Station Wagon was introduced in 2002 as a top-specification level and the "County" package could be applied to every model in the line-up. XS models come with many "luxury" features, such as heated windscreen, heated seats, air conditioning, ABS and leather seats. Popular with buyers in the UK and other developed countries, who either used the vehicle for on-road duties such as towing or people-moving, or simply as an interesting and fashionable alternative to an estate car. At the other extreme, basic models were still popular with farmers, industrial and commercial users, as well as the emergency services. It finds willing buyers in over 140 countries. Land Rover still provides a staggering range of special conversions such as hydraulic platforms, fire engines, mobile workshops, ambulances and breakdown recovery trucks. The 130 remains available with the 6-seater HCPU bodystyle as standard. In 1993 Land Rover launched the Defender in the North American (i.e. the United States and Canada) market.
The surge in thefts of Land Rover Defenders prompted the insurer NFU Mutual, which focuses on farmers, to urge owners in April to be more security savvy. Jaguar Land Rover said it was constantly working to improve security on new and discontinued models. 鈥淭hreats are constantly evolving and Land Rover works tirelessly to update and adapt to new threats,鈥?it said. 鈥淟and Rover has implemented a new security feature for all new vehicles. The Ford Escort, despite ceasing production in 2004, is still popular and becoming increasingly valuable as models more than 25 years old are now classed as classic cars. There is therefore also a high demand for spare parts, further fuelling thefts. According to Dr Ken German, a director at the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators: 鈥淓nthusiasts and collectors will pay thousands - sometimes tens of thousands - of pounds for a nice example. The most common way luxury cars are stolen is by hacking their electronic systems, known as keyless vehicle theft.
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