Range Rover ‘Evoque’ set to be launched in November 1st week in India

Land Rover is all set to launch their small engine product – Evoque by start of this November. The company is gearing up to roll-out the all new Land Rover Evoque in the first week of next month, which will be followed by much awaited luxury sedan from JLR – the Jaguar XF by the third week of the same month.

Land Rover has even updated its website with all round information on Evoque signaling anytime launch of this small packet machine. Earlier, Evoque was spotted testing in Pune and it was expected to have a first public glimpse of this Land Rover product at the New Delhi Auto Expo, 2012. But looking at this website listing, it seems the launch would happen before the end of this year.

Land Rover Evoque is a stylish and curvy next gen SUV, which was even shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2011. It would be available in two variants – petrol & diesel. The body styling has been different for both variants –

• 3 door (2.0 L Si4 Coupe) : Powered by a 2.0 L Si4 petrol engine with 240 PS and 340 Nm    
•  5 door (2.2 L SD4) : Powered by a 2.2 L SD4 diesel engine with 190 PS and 420 Nm

 The engine is fitted with a 6-speed automatic transmission that has been engineered to improve fuel economy and that features Drive Select, an advanced rotary gearshift with steering wheel mounted paddle controls. The 5 door version is further available in 3 variants – Pure, Prestige and Dynamic. The 3 door version is only available in a Dynamic variant. The Evoque is loaded with cool technologies such as hill descent control, terrain response, start-stop technology and regenerative brake system.

The expected price for Evoque is estimated between INR 50 lacs – 60 lacs. Stay tuned for the actual release and the price for this definitely ‘value for money’ car.