New Range Rover put to shame by second-hand model that's 10 years old - and a lot cheaper

Range Rover's latest hybrid Evoque has been slammed successful a survey - portion a Lexus exemplary dating backmost much than 10 years has travel top

An costly Range Rover exemplary has been fixed a large thumbs down by owners.

In a survey by user radical Which?, the Evoque hybrid - which costs a chill £51,000 - got a people of conscionable 57%. “It spent much clip disconnected the roadworthy for repairs than immoderate different car - 21 days connected average”, said Which? user experts. The backlash comes contempt the archetypal Evoque becoming Range Rover’s fastest selling car ever aft its motorboat successful 2011, and has counted Posh Spice Victoria Beckham and personage cook Jamie Oliver among its celebrated fans.

An Evoque hybrid proprietor from Manchester said: “This car has been the astir frustrating that I person ever owned.” Another proprietor said: “This is the 2nd hybrid Evoque I person had. The archetypal was plagued by electrical and different issues and ended up being replaced.”

It was not each atrocious for the marque, with the modular petrol oregon diesel Evoque getting a lawsuit people of 73%. The top-rated plug-in hybrid was Toyota’s RAV4, from 2021 onwards, with a lawsuit people of 94%.

The “most loved” car wide successful the survey was the 2009 to 2015 mentation of the Lexus RX, which boasted a people of 97%. One blessed proprietor said: “I bought it for reliability – and it has exceeded each my expectations.” Another proprietor told Which?: “It’s done 145,000 miles and inactive drives conscionable similar it was new.”

Natalie Hitchins, Which? Head of Home Products and Services, said: “Our latest survey shows that it pays to look beyond glitzy selling oregon the priciest models erstwhile researching your adjacent car purchase. This year’s most-loved car is simply a conveyance that has been credited for its reliability and comfortableness - portion crossed each categories determination are examples of affordable cars that impressed owners much than flashy rivals.”

A Jaguar Land Rover spokesperson told Which? a determination to a caller logistics hub had caused disruption for customers but that issues had since been resolved. They added: “Ensuring our clients person the champion imaginable acquisition of our brands is our priority; and the information tells america that conveyance prime astatine motorboat is the champion it has ever been.”