Land Rover's idea for a drop-top Range Rover Evoque has had a long gestation period. First shown in Geneva in 2012 as a concept that looked suspiciously road-ready, the project was apparently given the green-light in the summer of 2013, though we haven't heard anything about it since. Now, Autocar seems to have snapped a spy photo of a camo-clad ragtop Evoque in testing. If you've been dying for a cute-ute crossover that'll mess up your hair, your wait may apparently be nearly over.
The cabrio Evoque would be based on the two-door variant, and would likely be introduced around the same time as a mechanical mid-cycle refresh that would bring Jaguar-Land Rover's new Ingenium four-cylinder engine, according to Autocar's reading of the tea leaves. The British outlet predicts that the drop-top could hit dealerships in less than 12 months.
Perhaps conveniently, that means the alleged Evoquiolet would never overlap with its most logical competitor, the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. That pavement-oriented, two-door, drop-top crossover ended with the 2014 model year, and so far as we're aware, it won't be repeated with the new-for-2015 Murano redesign.
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- Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet, 2011-2014: A Retrospective
- Land Rover Green Lights Evoque Convertible
The Murano 'vert never really got customers fired up, and it's hard to imagine the Evoque drop-top will find latent throngs of buyers. But in the face of ever-growing blandification and uniformity among carmakers, we'll gladly applaud any brand's attempts to break out of the box. Even if it means tearing the roof off said box.
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