1. EVOQUE DESIGN
The Range Rover Evoque's progressive exterior and interior design has evolved. The carefully revised exterior, together with the introduction of full-LED adaptive headlamps and three new alloy wheel designs, creates more visual impact than ever before.
All-new front and rear seats complemented by three new interior colourways, revised soft-touch premium surfaces, and the introduction of a new infotainment system, accessed via an eight-inch touchscreen, to Evoque's interior architecture further increase the premium compact SUV's wide-ranging appeal.
Gerry McGovern, Land Rover Design Director and Chief Creative Officer said: "The Range Rover Evoque first established and then dominated the luxury compact SUV sector generating worldwide acclaim and sales success. Our challenge has been to evolve the Evoque design without diluting its distinctive character."
With a revised five-tier specification, and a comprehensive suite of 15 desirable option packs† , customers can specify the perfect Evoque to meet their lifestyle.
1.1 Leading-edge design with added desire
Available in both coupé and five-door body styles, Evoque's bold and progressive design reaffirms its class-leading status for 2016.
"When Evoque debuted in 2011, it translated the LRX concept car's radical design language to reality almost entirely unaltered. Four years on, Evoque's leading-edge design retains its wow factor and continues to turn heads," said Phil Simmons, Exterior Realisation Director, Land Rover. "Our carefully considered design evolution, both outside and in, ensures Evoque's status as a ground-breaking automotive design is safeguarded for years to come."
At the front of the vehicle, a new bumper creates a more muscular appearance and features significantly enlarged lower air intakes. New slimline LED fog lamps are repositioned from the middle to the top of the air intakes, creating a more streamlined appearance and further emphasising Evoque's assertive road presence.
This attention-to-detail extends throughout the distinctive new design, with the air intake above the front numberplate contoured to echo the design of the revised outer tow-eye cover.
Two new grille designs are offered for 2016, both with a revised surround and bold mesh inserts that are available in a selection of premium finishes, including Atlas Silver, Narvik Black and Corris Grey. The revised grilles integrate seamlessly with Evoque's new LED headlamp graphic, revised front bumper and progressive leading-edge design.
The standard grille is distinguished by two bold horizontal bars, and a new fine-mesh grille pattern offers increased visual refinement. HSE Dynamic derivatives feature a geometric hexagonal design finished in Narvik Black with Autobiography models finished in Atlas Silver. The more prominent mesh area increases airflow to Evoque's advanced and efficient range of engines, and lends a suitably performance-oriented character to these sporting derivatives.
For the first time, the five-door Evoque is available with eye-catching bonnet vents, bringing the sporting aesthetic of coupé models to the most versatile derivative. Fitted to HSE Dynamic or Autobiography specification, the bonnet vents are finished in premium, non-metallic Narvik Black (HSE Dynamic), or striking Atlas Silver metallic (Autobiography) for a premium contrast.
A new tailgate spoiler and high-level LED stoplight creates additional visual differentiation at the rear of the vehicle, and a noticeably sleeker appearance. Cleanly integrated within the rear spoiler, the longer, slimmer brake light perfectly complements the new spoiler design. Additionally, new roof fins added for vehicles specified with Wi-Fi hotspot feature an integrated 3G antenna, ensuring optimum signal strength.
Exclusive new wheel styles; eye-catching exterior colour schemes
A selection of 13 eye-catching colour schemes is available, including the new Baltoro Ice Metallic and Waitomo Grey Premium Metallic. Customers continue to be offered a choice of three contrast roofs for an even more dramatic appearance: Corris Grey, Santorini Black and Fuji White.
Enhancing Evoque's dramatic road presence still further, HSE Dynamic derivatives can be specified with the Black Pack, which includes bonnet and tailgate lettering in Narvik Black, new black Xenon or full LED head, tail and fog lights, and eye-catching 20-inch alloy wheels. The front and rear tow-eye surround is painted in Narvik Black with the exhaust completing the visual upgrade in a dynamic black finish.
Three distinctive all-new alloy wheels increase the portfolio of designs to 15† , with a comprehensive range of 17- to 20-inch fitments. Together with the choice of Dynamic or standard body kit, coupé or five-door body styles, and the extensive palette of exterior colours, Evoque customers can create their ideal specification.
The first Land Rover with all-LED adaptive headlamps
The 2016 model year Evoque is the first ever Jaguar Land Rover product to be offered with full-LED adaptive headlamps. Advanced LED technology offers numerous benefits compared with traditional projector headlamps, including a brighter, more evenly distributed light cone, a longer lifespan and reduced demands on the vehicle's electrical system.
The headlamps' adaptive function enables light beams to be automatically aligned with steering inputs and follow the curves in the road, thus more precisely illuminating the road ahead.
Full-LED adaptive headlamps have provided Land Rover's design team with a much greater degree of freedom compared with traditional projector headlamps. The result is a new and highly dynamic rectilinear graphic that encompasses both headlamps and indicator functions.
LED technology continues to be employed for Evoque's distinctive daytime-running lights (DRLs), which have been comprehensively redesigned and are integrated with both full-LED and traditional projector headlamps.
The indicator function is integrated with the DRLs. Activating the indicators turns off the DRLs, to make the driver's intentions more visible to other road users.
On all derivatives, LED tail lamps harmoniously echo the full-LED headlamps' eye-catching new graphic, with a bold geometric motif to underline Evoque's confident and contemporary exterior design. The tail lamps also feature DRL technology with an integrated indicator function.
On both the head and tail lamps, DRLs operate continuously, increasing safety while further enhancing Evoque's dynamic exterior design.
1.2 An even more luxurious interior
Land Rover's award-winning design team has further enhanced Evoque's contemporary interior for 2016. The highly-distinctive cabin is defined by premium quality materials, clean surface treatments, and the bold intersection between the solid horizontal elements of the instrument panel and the powerful vertical lines of the centre console. Its centrepiece is a new infotainment system, accessed via the eight-inch touchscreen, with a clear, intuitive user interface (see 3.1). Called InControl™ Touch, this advanced interface is fitted as standard equipment on Pure and SE models.
Luxurious front and rear seats retain Evoque's outstanding levels of comfort and support while introducing a sportier, more technical aesthetic to perfectly complement the progressive exterior design language. A portfolio of two distinctive seat designs, each with three different materials, is available with four increasingly sophisticated levels of adjustment, from six-way manual adjustment for both driver and passenger, to luxurious 14-way electric memory seats with four-way lumbar support and fully adjustable bolsters.
A textile and grained material Ebony colour seat debuts for enhanced customer choice, while a selection of grained Taurus leather and premium Oxford hides create an even more luxurious interior. At the top-of-the-range, the all-new seats are distinguished by exquisitely crafted perforated leather feature panels. Oxford leather also extends to the mid and upper sections of the dashboard, the door casings and centre console compartment for the ultimate premium interior.
Revised interior door casings in both the front and rear of the vehicle echo the striking new seat design, with a clean, contemporary feel; the armrests are reprofiled for a leaner, tauter appearance, with revised contour lines and extra feature stitch lines adding crisp definition. Meanwhile, the introduction of soft-touch, deeply padded premium surfaces maximise the door casing's exceptional tactility.
A selection of 13 contemporary interior colourways is available, including three new exclusive colours: Lunar Ice, which introduces a cool, frosted blue to Evoque's colour palette, and Vintage Tan, with its traditional, luxurious feel. Dark Cherry is also available on Autobiography models. All derivatives feature satin-brushed aluminium trim inserts to highlight the strong horizontal instrument panel and the dramatically fast rake of the centre console; the most dynamic derivatives are differentiated by premium textured aluminium inserts for an even more striking appearance.
Housed in the attractive sweep of the instrument binnacle, redesigned speedometer and rev counter dials feature a clean, modern look, while the five-inch information screen housed between is all-new; this TFT display is defined by crisp, high-resolution 640x480 graphics - double the capability of predecessor technology - and provides useful information such as fuel range, gear position and ambient temperature.
The bold lines of Evoque's interior are enhanced by a portfolio of ambient lighting packages. In high-series derivatives, this culminates in customer configurable interior mood lighting that includes Ultra Violet, Amberglow and Racing Red. Lighting coverage throughout the cabin is significantly enhanced courtesy of full-length lighting under all armrests and door stowage areas front and rear. Drivers simply tailor the lighting to their own preferences via Evoque's intuitive new eight-inch touchscreen infotainment system. A stealth mode is available to reduce cabin illumination to a minimum if desired.
Bringing large-car luxury to the most compact and fuel-efficient production Land Rover ever produced, Evoque becomes the first vehicle in its class to offer massage front seats for additional comfort and a truly premium experience. Massage seats can be specified in conjunction with cooled 14-way electric memory seats, which are available from HSE specification. A selection of five massage programmes can be selected, controlled via the vehicle's touchscreen, providing various levels of back stimulation and helping to reduce driver fatigue.
1.3 Five desirable trim levels, from Pure to Autobiography
Evoque's trim levels have been realigned, inspired by the Range Rover Sport to create five highly distinctive choices: Pure, SE, HSE, HSE Dynamic and Autobiography.
• Pure introduces a textile and grained material seat to Evoque for the first time, creating a wider range of specification and increasing customer choice. Pure is exclusively available in an Ebony Black colourway with six-way manual seat adjustment for both the driver and front passenger, while satin-brushed aluminium trim inserts enhance the cabin's luxurious appearance. Heated front and rear seats are optionally available. The exterior is differentiated by 17-inch alloy wheels.
• SE adds grained Taurus leather seats with eight-way electric adjustment for both the driver and front passenger in a selection of Ebony Black, Almond/Espresso and Lunar/Cirrus colourways, while 12-way electric memory seats are offered as optional equipment. Distinctive 18-inch alloy wheels are fitted as standard.
• HSE introduces luxurious Oxford leather seats with perforated centres and leather door inserts, while 12-way electric memory seats are included for both the driver and front passenger. Customers can also upgrade to 14-way electric memory seats, which also enable climate-cooled, massage front seats. Ebony, Ebony/Ivory, and Lunar/Cirrus colourways are available. Eye-catching 19-inch alloy wheels are standard equipment, and buyers can specify full-LED adaptive headlamps.
• HSE Dynamic adds a unique ribbed design of Oxford leather seat, textured aluminium trim inserts and a choice of unique Ebony, Ivory/Lunar, Ebony/Pimento, Ebony/Vintage Tan and Lunar/Ice in addition to the full range of HSE interior colourways. A Dynamic body kit and 19-inch alloy wheels are included in the comprehensive specification.
• Autobiography features an all leather interior. HSE-style Oxford leather seats with perforated centres and embossed headrests, 14-way electric memory seats and the option to upgrade to climate-cooled, massage front seats in addition to unique wheel and tread plate designs.
2. ADVANCED POWERTRAIN AND CHASSIS TECHNOLOGY
A choice of two compact, lightweight and low-emissions four-cylinder turbocharged Ingenium engine derivatives are available for the 2016 model year Evoque in EU6 markets, optimised to meet stringent new emissions legislation. High-pressure direct injection, low-friction internal components, stop-start technology, and smart regenerative charging maximise performance and environmental sustainability while significantly reducing running costs across the range.
Evoque can now achieve up to 68mpg (4.2 l/100km)* on the combined cycle, with CO2 emissions of just 109g/km*, and buyers can choose from six-speed manual or unique-in-class nine-speed automatic transmissions.
"A process of continual powertrain development means Evoques supplied with the new Land Rover-developed Ingenium engines make Evoque 18% more efficient than at launch in 2011," said Murray Dietsch, Director of Land Rover Programmes. "All Evoque engines are designed to be incredibly refined, potent and fuel efficient on-road, but they're also engineered to complement Land Rover's class-leading off-road capability. Land Rover's incredibly punishing test schedule ensures that they do."
Evoque continues to deliver a class-leading driving experience thanks to its highly capable chassis, which has been carefully enhanced for 2016. Three drivelines are available: two-wheel drive, Standard Driveline four-wheel drive, and Active Driveline. Active Driveline, optional across the range, intelligently switches between two- and four-wheel drive and has been further improved for 2016.
* Manufacturer estimate
** Market and engine dependent