Base Versus Loaded: 2013 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Five-Door

Here’s a tip about the next issue of Winding Road; you’ll be seeing quite a bit of the Range Rover Evoque in it. In particular, there’ll be a piece of content, starring the five-door Evoque (we covered the Coupe a few months back), that is sure to cause at least a few arguments among our loyal readers.

 

Until then, though, let’s take a deeper dive into the smallest vehicle to wear the Range Rover badge, the Evoque. The Evoque is available in three different trims: Pure, Prestige, and Dynamic. Pure represents the base (but still amazingly well-equipped) model, while Prestige is the luxury oriented offering and Dynamic has a sportier lean. Both the Prestige and Dynamic are strikingly similar, except for a few very minor areas. Still, the Prestige is slightly more expensive to start (by about $900), while the Dynamic is pricier overall.

 

Fully optioned, a Range Rover Evoque Dynamic Five-Door will cost $61,370. The thing is, it doesn’t seem like there is anything (save perhaps the awesome Meridian sound system) that the Evoque Dynamic (or Prestige for that matter) has that can’t be optioned on the standard Pure trim. You can get the same twenty-inch wheels, Climate Comfort Package. You can get the nav system and rear seat entertainment system, as well. What do we think readers? Would you rather tick the option boxes on the Pure, or get the twenty-inch wheels, upgraded stereo, and other miscellaneous goodies that come with the Dynamic trim?

 

 

Price: $43,145 (Evoque Pure) + $850 (Destination & Handling) + $0 (Options) = $43,995

 

 

Price: $50,645 (Evoque Dynamic) + $850 (Destination & Handling) + $9875 = $61,370

 

Dynamic Trim – $7500

Galway Green Metallic Paint – $950

Twenty-Inch Chrome Shadow Alloy Wheel-Style 7 – $2500

Indus Silver Panoramic Roof – $650

Ebony Roof Headliner – $275

Climate Comfort Package – $1000

            – Heated windscreen

            – Heated front seats and steering wheel

            – Heated windscreen washer jets

Adaptive Dynamics—Including Dynamic Mode – $1250

Rear Seat Entertainment – $2500

Satellite Radio & HD Radio – $750

 

 

Option Packs

Premium Package Vision Assist Package

 

Driving And Transmission

Six-speed Automatic Transmission with Drive Select

 

Suspension and Steering

Terrain Response

Hill Start Assist

Hill Descent Control (HDC)

4WD

ABS

Cruise Control

EPAS (Electronic Power Assisted Steering)

Electronic Park Brake

 

Safety and Security

Airbag System

Child Seat LATCH Anchor Points

 

Interior Options

Climate Control with Air Filtration and Air Quality Sensing

Climate Control—Rear Vents

Interior Auto-dimming Rear View Mirror

Loadspace Stowage Rails

Carpet mats

Interior Illumination

Rear Seats

Rear Center Head Restraint

Rear Seat Center Armrest

Steering Wheel

Push Button Start

Global Opening

Stowage – Center console – covered

Sun visors – Illuminated vanity mirrors (drive and passenger)

Luggage Cover

Illumination – Footwell, glovebox, load compartment lamp

Front seats – Electric driver adjustment including recline, height, lumbar support, memory and electric passenger’s recline, lumbar support (6/4 way)

Passive Keyless Entry

 

Exterior Options

Parking Aid – Front

Parking Aid – Rear Camera including Hitching Guidance

HomeLink – Universal transmitter for operating garage doors and gates

Powered Electrical Tailgate

Solar attenuating glass

Rain Sensing Windshiled Wipers

Privacy Glass

Black Exterior Mirrors – electric adjustment, heated, power-folding, puddle lamps, direction indicators, memory function & auto dipping in reverse gear

Headlamps – Automatic

Headlamps – Adaptive Xenon HID with LED signature lighting & automatic headlamp leveling

Front Fog Lamps

Parking Aid – Rear

Heated Rear Screen

Powerwash Headlamps

Surround Camera System with Towing Assist

 

Information, Communication & Entertainment

Meridian Surround Sound System 825 watt, 17 speakers system

HDD Navigation System

8 inch Touch-Screen

USB Connectivity x2

Audio Connectivity System

5 inch TFT Color Driver Information Display

Bluetooth Telephone Connectivity

 

Wheel Options

Spare Wheel – Temporary steel eighteen-inch

Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

Tire Kit