I officially take back everything nice I've ever said about Range Rover or Evoque. It's a goddam piece of shit, and I shouldn't be surprised considering that Land Rover tops almost every list of worst quality manufacturer. 2013 Evoque got fully paid off last month. Yesterday the turbo blew. $4300 for a new one. Fuck you, Range Rover. I sent them a series of nasty tweets, because I don't know how else to take out my frustration. No other "luxury" car builder makes cars that break after 65k miles.
Apparently you have never heard of BMW. Coworkers m3 failed like clock work at 65k he was 6k in parts but they gave him a discount on labor because it was so close to the warranty end. Luxury means more shit to break. luxury and quality are not interchangeable
Yes Acura and Lexus have higher quality but not because they are looking luxury vehicles. Those 2 are independent factors. Besides British cars have always been poor quality. Germans used to be known for high quality but the 90s pan European supply chain has had very negative effects on that. Plus the us and Mexican BMW quality is worse than German or South African
Yikes. Condolences! I had halfway screwed up my face to thinking about liking them but that whole "twice as big as an RX-3 with the same sized engine" thing kinda didn't help. Truth? I hate turbos. I'm willing to sacrifice some efficiency in favor of fucking throttle response, thanks.
I got a twitter message from Land Rover a short time later asking for my contact details, and a follow up message that a customer service rep would be in contact with me soon. We'll see how they handle it. Not sure what they can offer, but I suppose some kind of credit would be nice. It'd be nice to know a guy could get rewarded for not-very-carefully-considered internet vitriol. I'm not quite sure how I feel about turbos. I had one on my 1993 Eagle Talon, and I thought that car was sweet, but I was 17, and anything that rolled was sweet to me at that time. I hadn't driven another one until the Evoque, and I agree with your point about throttle response. Works well enough on the freeway, but from a stop it's pretty damn slow to kick in. Technically my 2016 1.5L Malibu has one, but I can't say it kicks in too often. I drive that car pretty soft, because, well, it's a Malibu.