Range Rover Evoque

I am surprised at what appears to be a relatively small number of Sports.

Around town here, I regard the RRS as a disease; the village is infested with them, whereas for the LR3 or 4, seeing one can still be pretty much be regarded as a "sighting."

My view is that given that the Sport and the 3/4's share frame designs etc, the RRS has probably saved the 3/4, hence the production numbers look light even for five years.

Maybe my village is not indicative of the rest of the world?

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Originally Posted by bbyer

I am surprised at what appears to be a relatively small number of Sports.

Around town here, I regard the RRS as a disease; the village is infested with them, whereas for the LR3 or 4, seeing one can still be pretty much be regarded as a "sighting."

My view is that given that the Sport and the 3/4's share frame designs etc, the RRS has probably saved the 3/4, hence the production numbers look light even for five years.

Maybe my village is not indicative of the rest of the world?

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The RRS is the saviour of LR/World/Mankind - but the Evoque is pretty close!

Off topic, the Disco was the 4wd that saved LR in the 90's - it was the only one that could compete with the "Japanese Invasion". The FL1 built on that sales base in Europe, but couldn't replicate the feat anywhere else.

Cheers,

Gordon

Trying to find some "end argument" facts, pretty much failed.
11400 LRs sold in UK in one month in ?March 2011.
Russian market up by 47% for the month (from what?)
Freelanders are 'big' in Russia, where they are a luxomobile compared to the dreadful (but functional, well, sometimes) Lada. How many sold? You tell me.
Rangies popular with the elite/crime-bosses, etc.

Core point: More LRs sold (present/future) is good for LR owners (current). I'm happy about that.

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Originally Posted by bbyer

Around town here, I regard the RRS as a disease; the village is infested with them,

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And I bet they are almost all black (the preferred mode of transport for drug runners). Black RRS around here are like cockroaches - they are everywhere.

Garry

One characteristic of the blacked out windows Sport bunch is that they may not be as understanding and forgiving as those who tend to purchase the 3's and 4's.

This may provide Tata some incentive to continue to improve the reliability of the various systems that fortunately our vehicles share with the Sports. As long as the Sports sell, the production line should continue to produce the 4 as well.

Hopefully the Evoque will be such a world class sales success that it will drive Tata to match dealership for dealership worldwide, the current leading supplier of transportation for the agents of regime change.

Well, maybe ... the Nano is not going to do it.:p

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Originally Posted by garrycol

And I bet they are almost all black (the preferred mode of transport for drug runners). Black RRS around here are like cockroaches - they are everywhere.

Garry

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Black with black window tinting and 23" alloy rims fitted with rubber bands for tyres. Quite often driven by someone wearing a tent.

My Evoque is meeting my expectations!