NEW RANGE ROVER EVOQUE NAMED GQ’S ‘BEST COMPACT SUV’

5 February 2019

The new Range Rover Evoque has been awarded ‘Best Compact SUV’ at this year’s GQ Car Awards.

  • The new Range Rover Evoque has been awarded ‘Best Compact SUV’ at the GQ Car Awards 2019 in London
  • Magazine praised the second generation for setting “a new standard for compact SUVs”
  • Highly-anticipated luxury compact SUV adds new level of refinement, capability and sustainability

The new Range Rover Evoque has been awarded ‘Best Compact SUV’ at this year’s GQ Car Awards. 

Built for the city and beyond, the Evoque’s world-first ClearSight Ground View technology creates an ‘invisible’ bonnet, making it easier to navigate high city-centre kerbs, or tricky off-road terrain. The new ‘ClearSight’ smart rear-view mirror transforms into an HD video screen, allowing the driver’s view to remain unrestricted by passengers or large items in the back.

Fuelled by sustainable innovation, the Evoque offers premium alternatives to leather. The Kvadrat upholstery combines a durable wool-blend with a technical Dinamica® suedecloth, made from 53 recycled plastic bottles per vehicle. Eucalyptus contains natural wood fibres that use significantly less water than traditional materials during production.

The new Evoque is also the first Land Rover with Smart Settings, which uses artificial intelligence to learn the driver’s habits, media preferences, and preferred temperature settings.

The second generation of the sector-defining Evoque has been a long-time coming, but it was definitely worth the wait. Quite simply, it is the ultimate luxury city car with unimpeachable off-road credentials and sets a new standard for compact SUVs.

Paul Henderson
British GQ Associate Editor

Evoque is our most successful vehicle, with nearly 800,000 sold globally. The new Evoque retains its unique character but moves the design on in terms of modernity, sophistication and refinement.

Gerry McGovern
Land Rover Chief Design Officer

The new Range Rover Evoque is available to order now at Land Rover UK retailers, priced from £31,600. 

You can configure your preferred specification at: https://www.landrover.co.uk

Further information

Kim Palmer | Public Relations Manager, Land Rover UK
07795 666 169 kpalmer@jaguarlandrover.com

Tracey Tompsett | Senior Press Officer, Land Rover UK
07469 032 064 ttompset@jaguarlandrover.com

Tom O’Connell | Senior Lifestyle Press Officer, Jaguar Land Rover UK
07392 103565 toconnel@jaguarlandrover.com

Lydia Bates | Press Officer, Land Rover UK
07384 526 116 lbates@jaguarlandrover.com

Twitter: @LandRoverUKPR

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Notes to Editors

About Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel-drive vehicles; and Jaguar, one of the world’s premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques.

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are driven by a desire to deliver class-leading vehicles, which will provide experiences our customers will love, for life. Our products are in demand around the globe. In 2018 Jaguar Land Rover sold 592,708 vehicles in 128 countries. 

We support around 260,000 people through our retailer network, suppliers and local businesses. At heart we are a British company, with two major design and engineering sites, three vehicle manufacturing facilities and an engine manufacturing centre in the UK. We also have plants in China, Brazil, India, Austria and Slovakia.

Our innovation is continuous: we will spend in the region of £4 billion this year on new product creation and capital expenditure. 

From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will offer the option of electrification, giving our customers even more choice. We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles as well as continuing to offer the latest diesel and petrol engines.