The Honest Car Review | 2020 Range Rover Evoque - admit it...you'd still want one even if it sucked

[@jimgoodwin6294]

I’ve had 2 x 2.2 Evoques, the current one has the 9 speed automatic as the latest ones... First was a Pure, second a dynamic. Both have been great and I’d have another in a heartbeat.

[@funksocks]

Thanks for a decent review Mark. I hope people will support the workers at JLR and continue to buy this car.

[@mendistudio]

First British honest review of the Evoque. It can hardly justify its base price but it looks good.

[@footballgeorgiebest]

‘ The fog on the Tyne is all one’s all one’s,the fog on the Tyne is all one’s ‘. Donna Air.

[@Nigelrudyardmusic]

I'll stick with me Jazz, thanks, and the one I still haven't bought to bring me up to Evoque spend levels.

[@holgerausspanien8082]

It's summer 2022 and I just ordered a plug-in-hybrid here in Spain. Never was aware of the Evoque hype in previous years and drove German cars most of the time Will see if it is reliable and worth the high price tag. What I am sure about is that the design still stands out and the interior materials and equipment seem poshy. Thanks for the review.

[@mattmcmanus2384]

Sitting in a smelly garage waiting room while some chancer remaps my golf. Mark saves the day.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

I'm a scientologist, so until it comes with Tom Cruise control, it's not the car for me. Top review i love this channel

[@fabulously695]

I wouldn’t get one even if it didn’t suck! Disgusting car 😂. The old design is 100% better

[@jimgoodwin6294]

@@fabulously695 wow, feel better now?

[@emilyhumphreys6405]

I love mine, the screens went within 3 days (love that) so they upgraded it to ones out of the velar. Made a difference, putting it in sport mode really makes a difference too, it can be slow off the mark at lights but in sport mode it flys off. Deffo looks better with upgraded wheels 😂 the cup holders are awkward & not much storage in the front. It is unreal off-road though, it just goes and goes effortlessly

[@gbjwal1]

Great Donna clip 😂

[@ChristianVik-y4u]

We skipped it due to the bad rear view when backing. A rear view camera will not resolve it either as o e need a good side view too but that is blocked by the massive d-pillars. The angle of the a-pillars is also to low (and to thick!), it should be much more upright, like at the Volvo XC40.

[@mikeyfff]

Sausage roll stability control :)

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

Well spotted. See...I'm **not** wasting my time here. :-D

[@pcr8918]

Not at all spotted it in my Chris Rea mirror

[@handsandheels]

HJ. I left and I’m back yip there’s nothing out there better. Feels like home fella. Bop on review 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gbej1]

178g/km O2 seems like a lot from a 2L diesel which has a relatively puny 180bhp

[@ew4206]

I will give extra likes for poshy geordie sayings - " Wayah man I loves caviar and Eton school".

[@brendanfeldwick6493]

Love your channel. I'm actually digging all the SUV reviews atm, as while I like to think myself a bit of a car enthusiast I know damn well my next car will be something on stilts. Getting old, man....

[@reneerobinson5273]

Jesus after this review I would be afraid to part with me money for such a car.

[@ianelliott229]

A search function for reviews would be very useful

[@robbiehanson4901]

I Love my 2020 Evoque! ,from Florida 😁

[@thomasjohnson2497]

I owned a Range Rover Evoque HSE. It should have come standard with a tow truck. The styling of the vehicle looks great but can’t overcome the look of being hooked up to a rig while being towed back to the dealership for repairs. As far as off-road capability, the RR got stuck in a small snowdrift backing out of my garage on my daily commute to work. I have moved on to a Volvo and couldn’t be happier.

[@atopdesigner]

Just wondering how does that Chris Rea parking gubbins works? Does it summon up a hologram of him singing Road to Hell as you park - that would be really neat.

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

It's really about time someone made that happen. We've been saying this for years. :-D

[@colinmaynard2879]

You’re touching cloth down there?

[@stevec.2702]

My daughter was given the latest model in HSE guise as a company car. At first she thought it was average . Now she thinks its OK. Not great just OK. Her previous car was a golf diesel ! Ive driven it and its nice. Nothing more, Just nice. Look forward to your reviews.

[@danielocallaghan8201]

Great review, thanks Mark. Good to see they've finally sorted out the Ingenium diesel. I wonder if it's also improved in its other applications? Hope the reliability is similarly improved. Time will tell...

[@m__r1100]

"touching the cloth down here" pmsl

[@leem5894]

Surely you'd have to compare it to the bmw X1 or X2 and not the X3 which is a lot bigger and pricier?

[@ianthomas7863]

Love your channel. Just one question. What or where is this "Geordie ", U speak of?? I will assume it is town/place in the UK. Great review as usual. Thanks team.

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

It’s a place near Scotland.

[@ericgeorge5483]

They look great inside and out. The only thing that puts me off is the crap economy figures; shame really.

[@WrittlesCave]

1st!!!! How would it compare to the 2020 GLA?

[@Aruneh]

I hope this channel will still be available to europeans after brexit.

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

Ha! Yes, but it'll cost 15% more and we'll have sold off most of the good bits to America. (Disclaimer: HonestJohn.co.uk is an apolitical organisation. The above joke does not reflect the company's views.)

[@jjrdias]

I'll buy the convertible if it ever comes out.

[@malcolmmuggeridge7862]

mor7im3r they stopped making them cause no one bought them.

[@piotrwalewski9586]

You shouldn't compare it with Volvo XC60 but with XC40 in my opinion.

[@stephandolby]

Ah, the Evoque... I feel people bought them because it was a cheap way into Range Rover ownership, and didn't want a Qashqai because they were so common... and yet still ended up driving something rather common, albeit with less space. I can actually see a point in owning a D180, not that I'll ever find myself in that position.

[@jamiep61]

Great Video Review. A great looking SUV with a smart Interior

[@DashCamSerbia]

"Whatever you can a-Ford.". Ah, I see what you accidentally did there.

[@grahamjones2759]

Will it spend as much time in the garage getting fixed as the previous model? Not asking for a friend, as my wife has one and it is unreliable. The spec options until you add expensive extras are very basic too.

[@jimgoodwin6294]

Graham Jones What’s been the issues? I’ve had two and both have been great..

[@charliemerten2706]

You’ve just linked Range Rover, brand Beckham and BMTH in a car review. Genius at work Mark!

[@papps44]

Rule of thumb never buy anything from Land Rover or Jaguar unless its classic vintage.

[@swanblake]

Soccer mom's everywhere rejoice. The new minivan. In fairness to JLR, this is more exciting than the tired and completely average Lexus NX/RX/UX so it's hard to hate. I mean Lexus doesn't even try anymore. At least this Land Rover appears to have effort put into it. I'd take exciting unreliability over boring lifeless reliable car. Life is too short to be dull, get an Alfa😉

[@cleggbrendan]

Yesterday's tech. Anyone who uses their hard earned cash to buy one of these things is going to take a massive depreciation hit as the EV revolution kicks in. But I love your presentation and humour Mark - great job and thanks!

[@jimgoodwin6294]

Brendan Clegg You sure about that? Residuals seem very strong.....

[@cleggbrendan]

@@jimgoodwin6294 This is already happening in US. Search Capital One EV report. UK will be next... JLR has full EV range coming including electric XJ Jag :-) These ICE cars will be worthless paperweights in time.

[@jimgoodwin6294]

@@cleggbrendan I imagine you're right in the short term but you know as well as I if we all changed over to electric vehicles in the next couple of years there would be zero chance of being enough electricity supply to power demand. EV only moves emissions to a different place. Electric is only a stepping stone to hydrogen fuel cell (have a look at Wright Bus in Northern Ireland - now owned by the son of JCB ceo Anthony Bamford). I'm in the agricultural world - there is nothing remotely suitable in terms of EV technology that would power a tractor certainly not a combine harvester which works at full torque, flat out for 20 hours a day.

[@cleggbrendan]

@@jimgoodwin6294 That's what I thought but National Grid have basically said 'bring it on'. And the electricty suppliers can't wait to ramp up their sales - they will now have somewhere to put all that surplus overnight wind generation as most EV charging is done overnight on driveways. And remember all the electricity presently wasted in fossil fuel extraction and refining - this will be saved.

[@ram64man]

Basically everything you said applies to the Tesla model s

[@flyboy970]

An Evoque is for those that are desperate to buy the instagram brand of Range Rover but aren’t able to afford a proper one.

[@Ravage017]

or just.. someone who likes the car and doesnt wanna spend 60k on a sport

[@flyboy970]

Orange Man Bad it’s like buying a premium economy ticket and expecting it to be the same as business. A RR sport is MILES ahead of a Evoque.

[@Ravage017]

@@flyboy970 or its like buying an economy ticket with a reasonable price tag and riding in the same vehicle as the business passengers. i understand that the sport is better than the evoque in every way (although personally, i prefer the evoque/velar's smoother body) but for 30k (used) vs 60+, i'm happy to buy one

[@jimgoodwin6294]

Topgungoose And twice as big, impossible to park, based on an old Disco, depreciates like a falling rock...

[@Ravage017]

@@jimgoodwin6294 i mean to be fair the evoque depreciates around the same rate

[@fernandopazos8438]

Chris Rea parking camera?. :))

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

These edits take a long time mate, I have to amuse myself somehow. 😁

[@TheSpudlyMcgudly]

So in summary. Old Evoque=OK. New Evoque=Better than ok, I guess? As for JLR electrics, what do you call a reliable Land Rover? A base model..

[@bungle5785]

A bit disappointing there’s no hybrid...

[@Reactor-hl9bc]

Pay attention please hybrid version being introduced this year

[@ronrubble]

"Touching cloth" is a euphemism for being in desperate need of a shite.

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

WHAT?! RE-EDIT! RE-EDIT!

[@fernandopazos8438]

Penélope Cruz control?. WTF?. :)

[@PhilbyFavourites]

It always has been, and always will be the aspirational car of.... Do you know what I’ve actually paused where I would call out a social grouping with nary a blink. Bloody hell I must be getting Woke (holds head in hands) I’ll go now before I remark on the reviewer in a negative way. Walks off stage muttering “what’s gone wrong with the world” and “didn’t the honest John name stand for something in the paper years ago”.

[@itsallrobbish]

Superb, that’ll be a subscribe from me, then!

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

Thanks Robert, appreciate it. Mark.

[@jimgoodwin6294]

Further to my last comment - I've now bought a third. Fantastic to drive, great to look at, great to live with. On that subject, who in their right mind could live with Volvo's hidious interior.....ewwww

[@Irishgamer01]

Land rover hate continues.... Am it actually could go off road, like.

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

We like them more than we like you, so...

[@Irishgamer01]

@@HonestJohncouk2000 oh, hope I haven't touched a soar point. Damb it. Anyway, I am just finishing my Guinness and going down the potato fields in my landrover

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

Enjoy! :-D

[@madant7777]

I came here for some RR bashing - I feel fulfilled. And let me add one more - the "square" shaped top window frame on the front doors, like soviet era design philosophy. Complete design trash, just like KIA Soul or second gen. Skoda Fabia, only this costs way more. And no, it is not a retro design detail, this has nothing to do with old Land Rovers...

[@bonzobanana1]

Many of the big SUV's are unreliable, they are complicated cars both in engineering and electronics. A quick look on the reliability index shows Audi worse than Landrover for large SUV's its their smaller simpler cars that help them achieve a higher reliability rating overall which Landrover don't offer. www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/20 www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/135 Even the Toyota Landcruiser isn't that reliable with below average reliability and high repair costs. www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/277 It's a mute point anyway as people buying this new get the warranty, reliability issues are for those down the line who buy secondhand, I've a feeling the sort of people who buy these new probably will buy something new before the 3 years is up. As gorgeous as the Evoque is I wouldn't buy one or any of the competitor's models, I don't need a SUV and prefer a estate car for practicality and driving dynamics. Interesting review though but the only really reliable and cheap to run 4x4 is probably the Suzuki Jimny.

[@gemmalhines]

😂😂😂🤩

[@4cough932]

First view video I watched on this channel was the makum Qashqai and last video is 2020 evoque. WOKE = GO BROKE! unsubscribed

[@HonestJohncouk2000]

RHYME = THAT’S FINE! Bye then. x

[@derekt7606]

Piers Morgan has started talking sense.

[@nosleeppete5146]

Bollox

[@CruisingTheCut]

I most definitely would not want one. Ugly things, look like someone slipped with the ruler when they drew the roofline.

[@jimgoodwin6294]

CruisingTheCut I’ve had 2 and quite like them... Beauty in eye etc.... How’s that boat?

[@CruisingTheCut]

Jim Goodwin The boat is all fine and toasty warm, thank you ;-)

[@CliffDaviszootour]

Boring

[@sidindian1982]

Boring 😂🤣😅😅😅😅 really. . you are not from planet Earth 😂🤣🤣🤣