Brutally Honest Review of our New 2019 Range Rover Evoque and Q&A 

Mark Jones Thank you for your kind words Mark. Have you decided which one you’re going for? Do you have any questions on it? Cheers 😁

@@DisneyMarkUK not just yet, I'm also trying to factor in monthly cost as this will be replacing a company car so need to get the most for my money. The only problem I have is boot space. We have a golden retriever so need decent room for him, that's the only thing stopping me from going for the evoque straight away. You just seem to get soo much car for the money though.

Mark Jones The boot isn’t big at all in the Evoque mind. I’ve said that our next car must have a bigger one.

@@markjones7371 What did you go for?? If it helps at all I have videos on my mums Velar ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DER6FzRZ14k.html

Is it reliable? People keep saying range rovers will never be reliable

@@elkiq95 I’ve got a 2017 HSE Dynamic and not had any problems with it, I believe a few have oil dilution problems although I suspect that’s because they’re generally not completing DPF regenerations correctly (easily done as you have no idea when it’s regenerating) I find using premium diesel cuts down the regeneration cycle due to higher cetane rating

felipe strong Thank you so much, enjoy your Sport, you’ll love it

Alan Mac Cheers Alan, have a look at the Evoque and I bet your partner falls in love with it.

Dave Hollingworth Thank you, although I’m not trying to justify our purchase. We have experience with Porsche ownership and it hasn’t all been plane sailing, all cars can have issues and they really don’t hold their value any more than any other premium brand. I’d hardly group any Range Rover in the same class or range as a Vauxhall although there is nothing wrong with that brand. We were going to buy a Macan but didn’t like a single thing about it when we had one for the day. Each to their own though, enjoy your car. Cheers

Hi mark I here what your saying I’ve had the Macan for the last 3 years this is my third made to order I have always thought the Evoque looks great from the outside better than the Velar and would choose it on that alone. I thought the Velar had a very hard interior and uncomfortable the moment I sat in it and thought such a shame. The Macan really does hold it’s value from my experience and from car magazines my diesel Macan sold to the dealer for 54k back on the forecourt 56,995 not all of the porsche line hold this value.At the end of the day its personal choice and everything else is irrelevant Enjoy your car happy motoring.

The Evoque is probably more luxurious and we prefer the higher driving position. Merc is still nice though.

Jimmy Nelson We prefer the Evoque

Liz P Haaaa Thank you so much, enjoy yours too, aren’t they a beauty. The copper just isn’t our thing. Press all of the buttons but not when you’re driving, just in case yours has an ejector seat 😁

Andreas Anastasiou Thank you so much, you’re correct, we’ve had the part shipped to us and we popped it on, well spotted.

We've replaced this car with the new Sport & have the opening glass roof. We love it although the part that opens doesn't open very far. We always thought the non opening glass roof on the Evoque was a bit pointless.

Emily Shaw Thank you so much for watching and commenting. You’ll love the car, it’s such a head turner and a delight to drive, enjoy it xx

shafiq mustafa That’s a great idea, let me know how you get on with it. It’s a fabulous car.

felipe strong Aaahhhh Thank you, I’m useless at remembering what these cool gadgets do :)

David Corbett Thank you so much, comments like yours make it worth the while in making these videos. I’m so clumsy, I almost strangled myself a few times with my microphone cord. Thanks for taking the time in watching and commenting :)

Mark Forrest Your very welcome

I have a 2015 Evoque and I absolutely love it! I especially love the panoramic sunroof

vlt23 They are a lovely car aren’t they

@@DisneyMarkUK yes!

Anthony Dayspring99 Thank you so much Anthony

atticus6 Hi there, you’re welcome, it was a £1000 option. If you add it after the car is built it’s about £3000.

for some reason it does not show as an option on the First Edition but it does come up on the other models.

Jack Shotton Cheers Jack. I do like the pano roof but Stephen isn’t a fan and to be honest if we had the blind open it would give me a headache so we’d never even make use of it. You’d struggle from going to the big boy RR to an Evoque as it’s waaaaaay smaller, it’s a stunning car though, we really do love it.

Radiant Williams Haaaa, I’ve no idea where it came from 😂😂

richard delafuente Thank you so much Richard, that means a lot.

Shanks Namikaze You can’t I’m afraid.

Fletch We really disliked it, funnily enough we were just talking about it tonight. Maybe if we drove the new one we’d have liked it a bit more but I doubt it.

TheKayes81 Haaaaa, oops 😂🤣 Thank you

Hi there. On my channel there’s a video of our thoughts on the car after a year. We’ve actually had it 3 years now. Thanks for watching.

Luke Hall I actually have a whole review video on it on my channel if you scroll through :)

Droplip Hi there, they can’t get in or drive the car unless they have your key so you should be ok. It does seem a bit odd to have your car running while on street mind when you’re in the house :)

Mark Forrest , Ah, gives me some kind of relief. Going to the Land Rover garage tomorrow 🤞🏽

Droplip Oohhhh have a drive and see what you think :) I bet you love it.

Nathalie Blazevich Well hello there. We’ve not named her yet but will do for sure. Oh the tailgate always beats me, we have it on the old model too & I never bother with it but it’s fab when you get the hang of it 😂. We didn’t look at the activity key as we never thought we’d use it, it’s a handy addition though. Enjoy yours when it arrives, it’s a stunning car for sure. Thank you for taking the time to watch my video & message me.

hesosofresh Don’t ask how but we got ours really quickly, it’s still the only one we’ve seen in the roads. Our local garage said it would arrive Jun-October so we went to another garage. Omg RWD in the snow is just awful aren’t they. You will love it for sure, it’s actually pretty fast too. Thank you for taking the time to message me, enjoy yours when it arrives.

JMC Why Thank you :)

No... Thank YOU! Now all I have to do is figure out how to afford one 😂

ignore that

mark howard No worries 😉

He answered that , he said is on the higher range of 55k pounds

cheers, I know hence the comment ignore that

Mike R Thank you so much for your kind words. I tend to waffle on but people seem to like it. Good luck in your new car search, shout if you have any questions.

Andreas Anastasiou Hi there. Thank you, yes we found out about the front blinkers which was a nice surprise. I’ll have to play with the steering wheel buttons, thank you so much for the tip and thanks for watching. Cheers

@@DisneyMarkUK No problem!!!

felipe strong I know, we never went out at night & I just wanted to get the video uploaded ASAP so people could see it sooner than later.

I thought the garage door opener was an extra, it was when we bought ours. The one you see in the video has been with Landrover over 3 months now as it’s not well. We’ve ordered the new RS Sport after having one a few months on loan while ours is being fixed. I hope We get ours back before the new one comes as we’ll be part exchanging it. Thanks for watching & taking the time to comment.

@@DisneyMarkUK I only spent $16, 000.00 on extras, apparently that just wasn't enough. lol. I'm UK,. living in Canada. My Canadian wife mocked the fact that my "superior" British car did not even have a garage door opener.

@@rboddington You might be able to retro fit it though. At least you’ve not spent £1000 on a tow bracket you’ve never used like we did 🙃

samim qasimi Thank you for watching :)

holsteincowboy Its getting better over time but they’re not the most economic of cars.

LG XO Thank you so much. Why not look at the new one too but don’t go crazy with the extras? The previous model is a fabulous car too, they are both wonderful and both are a great car to own.

Mark Forrest haha yes possibly! that did cross my mind. I think I’ll be the one taking 2 years to decide now 😆 I think it’s the interior that sets it aside from the “old” evoque for me ☺️ Enjoy!!

cland20603 Thank you so much for watching & taking the time to message me. Land Rover have seen the video I posted after this one which lists the most annoying things about the car & have advised we take it in to be looked at. We love the car even though it has its little glitches. Why not take one for a test drive & see if it’s for you? Thanks again :)

Shane Fleming Cheers Shane, I’m useless at knowing what these gadgets are :)

stevoUK 99 oops 😬

robert bishop 😂😂

Steve Ellis You’ve made a great choice, will you be filming a review video too? Enjoy your new beauty.

@@DisneyMarkUK Not good with video reviews and still trying to get used to the car after the AMG Mercedes but so far so good and got some journeys this week and will give it a proper test.

Robert Langham Oh I’m useless with things like that. Thank you for watching :)

@@DisneyMarkUK But your honesty is refreshing. Thank you :-)

Robert Langham Thank you. Just wait until you see my next video where I talk about the very long list of annoying things about the car :)

The copper insert are coloured plastic.

@@WIPEYOURLENZ Obviously, real copper inserts would be a little ott

Mike P You’re probably right but the plastic ones look very cheap in the flesh.

Thank you for your kind words. I’m so sorry to hear that, I hope they catch the culprit and you weren’t too shaken up. You’ll love the Evoque, they’re fabulous cars.

Hi Tamuel, ours doesn't have any automated driving features other than the parking assistance.

Parish 20 I’m going to post a new update video on the car once I’m over my cold and I’ll answer this :) Cheers

Damla Goztas Thank you so much 😀

Diamant Shala They are an unreliable brand, ours has completely broken down once, have a look at my videos as there’s a video on it.

Fletch We’d not buy another one but if we did I think we’d go for the glass roof

Kaan KONYALIOĞLU I agree my lovely but you can double tap and you get a more zoomed in view of either the front, middle or back of the car. I agree though that the standard 360° view should be bigger though.

@@DisneyMarkUK Ordered a Dynamic S & few a extras (watching budget) but would like the 360° camera, paranoid about kerbing & other scuffs. If it works well prepared to pay but if image is small & not that great rather save the money. Still got a few days to adjust factory order & not included yet.

Gregory Reed You can tap the screen and enlarge either the front or back view. I like the 360 but it’s not always easy to switch it on.

Brian Kavanagh Haaaa, you’re so right. I literally go in and say “oohhh I’ll have that colour” 😂😂 I’m the one who has the same CD in the car for its entire life 😂😂. Thanks for commenting, it’s made me smile

It’s been generally ok, the gadgets like heated seats, cameras & the screens in general are all glitchy as hell & it broke down once but it’s ok apart from that. We might get a RR Sport next rather than another Evoque as the back seats & boot are too small. It’s a lovely car though.

@@DisneyMarkUK yes it's good to look at, but you shouldn't have a break down, and glitchy gadgets in under 3 years at that price tag. Heck a fully loaded $24,000 Kia doesn't even do that. May get the Mercedes instead. Thanks for responding!

@@eclectic3618 Don’t let me put you off but have a look at my other Evoque videos, there’s one about it’s annoying points.

@@DisneyMarkUK Will do, appreciate you

Hope Osaretin 🤣🤣🤣

Alex Leung Thank you Alex

prince Pas hi there. I posted a separate video of it, cheers

@@DisneyMarkUK wow i saw now. Sorry 🙏🏾🙏🏾💗💯

Keith Powell Thank you Keith. I’ll attempt if although we’ve not a clue how or works yet.

Roberto Revilla Hi Roberto, thank you so much for enjoying my video. Like you we almost went for the Velar but the new Evoque was announced on the day we were going to order it and loved it so much. I can’t remember how comfortable the seats were in the Velar but I do remember that although the Velar looks huge it didn’t seem to have any more room in it. You should do a review for sure, it’s quite liberating. We’d have gone for the first edition too but they didn’t come with the factory fitted tow hook (that we may never use). Shout if you do film a video as I’d love to watch it. Thanks again and enjoy your lovely new car.

Mark Forrest Hi Mark, I’m glad you said that you didn’t feel the Velar had any more room inside as the last of trace of any “buyers remorse” has now vanished! I was originally going for the HSE R-Dynamic like yours with one dealer but it didn’t have a couple features I really wanted, and price wise it was coming to the same or more than the First Edition with another dealer, who were also offering a 2% less interest rate on the PCP, so overall it has actually worked out about £2k less overall, so in the end was a no-brainer... only thing is I have to wait for it to be built but that’s fine. I will be sure to do a few video reviews like you’ve done with yours and will let you know! Look forward to seeing your continued adventures with your lovely new car and thanks once again for sharing your experiences with those of us excited about the Evoque!

rory macpherson This is standard on most luxury brands, our Porsche didn’t even come with sat nav as standard. Even if you buy the big RR you pay extra for front fog lights.

Mark Forrest i know. Thats how they get you. Nice vid btw. 👍🏻

rory macpherson Every time too :) Thank you my friend

Not necessarily "how they get you". If everything was added on the base model then the price would be significantly higher and customers would complain that they are being charged for items they would never use. Making things options allow for the base model to be offered at a cheaper price and allow more people to enter the brand. Agree they overcharge on options but thats a different matter

Earle63 Thank you for messaging me. Yes, they do have a terrible reputation here regarding their reliability for sure. Will you be considering an Evoque in the future? A head gasket sounds like a big job 😬

Greetings Mark. Yes I am considering the Evoque but since I just purchased my DS I will wait a year or two. Aside from my Disco 2 head gasket I did not have any other problems with the car and I did love it. Unfortunately someone pulled out in front of me and in trying to avoid hitting them I rolled the car over. They kindly kept going and left me for dead. I was fine however and the damage to the car was not too bad as far as I could tell. The insurance company would not let me keep it and I purchased my Disco 3. Reliability of LR/RR has improved greatly and I do not plan on buying any other brand. Forgot to add: yes replacing the head gasket was expensive. I remember scolding three Land Rover employees in the dealership and asking why my car with low miles needed such a major repair. The answer was “maybe it had too much oil in it?” I told him they were the ONLY people who serviced my car. I never took it anywhere else. I must have been a bit loud as everyone around me became very quiet. Normally I am very polite and do not cause a scene. That was not one of those times. They won in the end because I paid for the repair.

cland20603 Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you. Land Rover have seen all of my Evoque videos but sadly not offered me a job yet. Thanks again, it means a lot.

Thank you so much

Kailem Jones Yes, like your iPad or phone screen does with fingerprints

Thank you so much, it’s my pleasure

Jason Zerr Thank you so much for your kind words, I have a update video coming soon.

Lenny7118 Thank you so much for watching & commenting. There isn’t a start button on the key, you do need to use the app I’m afraid.. cheers 👍🏼

Earle63 Thank you so much. I really do need to get the hang of it don’t I, you’d not think we had it on our other one for 3 years & still never got the hang of it :)

Oh another thing to mention, you need the key fob on your person. The key fob is very short range for the keyless entry functions. On Friday I had my key fob in my backpack and was in the parking lot at work kicking under my car like a madman but the back would not open. I had to move my backpack closer for it to work. At least three of my workmates witnessed this!

Jordi Gisbert Ametller I’ve never seen that colour, saying that we’ve still only seen about 4 of these cars on the road.

Rod Hunter Thank you, I’m pleased you can understand me :)

Peter With the cameras you see a birds eye view of the car and its surroundings. Would radar just be like parking sensors?

Mark Forrest , hi Mark, thank you for your reply and yes, they are known as parking sensors, I consider myself a reasonably good driver and parking in tight spots is my speciality and using the parking sensors for the last centimeter or two, I don’t know that cameras could give that amount of close up accuracy, anything to avoid that extra cost plus having cameras is more electronics to go wrong down the road of time, I do stand up to be corrected if I’m wrong, my present car is an old Jag and the electronics have given me plenty of headaches in the past, headaches that I hope to minimize with my next vehicle. Thank you for your video, you have an easy chatty style which is appreciated. Bon voyage.

Peter Why thank you Peter, I just chat on like the camera isn’t there. The cameras are quite handy, not life changing but they can help if you’re in an awkward position. Thanks for taking the time to message me :)

platocplx Thank you for watching, I thought if I made a casual video it would help a few people out from an owners point of view. You will be amazed at how fab the car is when you get it next month. Enjoy it :)

It hits nearly every single mark I want in a car. Ive been itching for a SUV. I drove a current evoque just to understand the size and its perfect I see why you all went with it vs the velar esp if you all do a lot of city driving. I can't wait to test drive the new one. already priced mine out and its pretty close to what you all had for options so its super helpful. @@DisneyMarkUK

platocplx The car is just about perfect 👌🏼 I’m happy to have been of help by posting my little video. Let me know how you get on.

anna zielinski had a 2016 evoque with the new ingenium diesel, rattly and loud as hell would not recommend. But the fuel consumption if you drove calmly on the highway/country roads was amazing

We had the 180 diesel in the last one and like the way it drives (lots of low down torque) we also averaged 40mpg (UK gallon) over 50,000 miles so we went for the same engine again in this one.

cjspk We didn’t want one so no “big mistake” Thank you for your opinion though.

Ogba Igwe haaa, love it

Eric Tsang I’ll try for sure, I actually have a DJI Osmo pocket too so I’ve no excuse really :) My videos usually get a thumbs down the second I post them for some reason. Hopefully you’re not too dizzy still.

Thank you for your speedy reply Mark, I wasn't trying to be harsh on you, don't get me wrong. There's tons of Evoque review out there, just want you to stand out from the crowd, by improving here and there. Keep up the good work! bring more reviews!

Eric Tsang Cheers Eric :)