Driving the Range Rover Evoque

We’ve been having so much fun working on an ongoing review series for Baker Motor Company. Our Social Media Manager Julia Melvin and our Events and Content Manager Megan Busch have driven around town in a Porsche 718 Boxster, an Infiniti QX60, a Jaguar F-PACE, and now a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque convertible. This week, they gathered photos for Baker Motor Company’s social media and composed a blog reviewing the new Evoque.

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Spanning the Gap: A Review of the Land Rover Evoque Convertible

By: Megan J. Busch

I’m not a girl who knows a ton about cars. I’ve driven Jeeps all my life (as has my mother), and I really haven’t veered off that track—ever. So, I’ve teamed up with the group at Baker Motor Company to try new things, namely cars outside my norm. A few times each month, I’ll be driving one of Baker’s cars and letting you know what I think. This isn’t going to be a series of Car and Driver or Motor Trend reviews. It’s just a girl sharing her honest opinion about some nifty vehicles.

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Land Rover’s new Evoque convertible is a hybrid, but not in the sense that it has electric propulsion capabilities. Instead, it embodies the traditional adjectival hybrid definition—to be of mixed character. Aside from the Porsche 718 Boxster, this Evoque is undoubtedly the most fun car that I’ve driven for Baker Motor Company so far. It’s a beach wagon with a convertible top that makes me feel as though I’m eighteen again. On the other hand, the car’s character is sophisticated, high-end, and appropriate for a working professional. The chameleon-like automobile transforms from a practical vehicle with the top up to an exciting, youthful ride with the top down.

Not only does the Evoque seem to transcend the gap between teenager and adult, but it also covers the varying elements of the Lowcountry lifestyle. There’s no question that Charlestonians really love the outdoors, and the Evoque provides the necessary elements to traverse dirt roads leading to secret marshes and battle the floods of downtown. At the same time, inhabitants of the Holy City are classy, and the Evoque doesn’t cut corners on luxury, from the supple leather to the killer sound system.

I believe that this car compares most closely to a Jeep Wrangler. My first car was a 1996 purple Wrangler, and it had similar characteristics to the Evoque—minus the luxury (I had a tape player and hand-cranked windows). The Evoque takes that sense of excitement often attributed to the Wrangler and amps it up with features that are indulgent and elegant.

Read the full review on the Baker Motor Company blog.