Range Rover Evoque production hits 5 years

“The world’s most recognisable and luxurious compact SUV”, the company calls its Range Rover Evoque.  This global hit reached a historic milestone as it celebrated its fifth year of production at Jaguar Land Rover’s advanced manufacturing facility near Liverpool.

With over half a million sold globally in more than 180 countries since 2011, the Range Rover Evoque is Land Rover’s greatest sales success story.  It has become a non-stop British success, with 24-hour production at the Halewood plant, running at full capacity.  Since the first Evoque rolled off the production line on 4 July 2011, sales have increased five-fold from just over 22 000 in 2011 to more than 108 000 in 2015.

Earlier this year, Halewood began building a new soft-top member of the Evoque family, namely the Range Rover Evoque Convertible: the world’s first luxury SUV convertible, and another first for Land Rover.

Despite the typical British summer weather, employees at Halewood enjoyed the roof-down experience of driving the Evoque Convertible on the Land Rover Experience off-road course as part of the Evoque’s 5th birthday celebrations.

The Range Rover Evoque has also proven popular in South Africa, where the Evoque 5-door and Evoque Coupé will soon be joined by the Evoque Convertible.  Prices range from R767k to just over a million Rand for the Convertible.