New Range Rover Evoque vs. The VX???

[Riff Raff]

Here is some more news-- the Evoque "Convertible Roadster" concept:

http://www.landrover.com/us/en/lr/ev...tible-concept/

Of the current exterior colors available, I like the Fuji White and the Lime Green Metallic. The striking body lines of the Evoque needs to be shown off with the brighter colors. The darker colors seem to make the Evoque appear unnoticed and dull; blending-in like a common Ford Edge.

[CoastieCosta567]

Still, we can't forget that Isuzu was reaching its last years of prime. just a few years later, the trooper disappeared, the axiom, and even the rodeo. When GM bought most of the stocks back in the mid 2000's, they planned to make sure they got rid of an SUV giant "ISUZU's Image" and they did just that. After the image was broken, they didn't waist time to sell back those stocks, ISUZU pulled out and left the country right before the economy crashed and bankrupt many small automobile companies. So with that said, i don't think the VX was just a dud, but simply Isuzu's way of saying " We have what it takes to compete and make a great truck compared to giant companies, but we don't care, we'll stick with our commercial trucks".

[Pepino]

I own a VX and an Evoque, they cant be put on the same category. The evoque is almost the same size as my lowered focus RS, The VX is way bigger and spacious. If we are talking about the looks, i bought the evoque for the same reasons I bought the VX 2 door radical styling and to have ssomething nobody has (or at least i thought nobody would have) Here in Mexico evoques came with limited numbers but in a couple of months i have seen more than 30 so they ewerent that limited.
My evoque is a 3 door which almost nobody gets, but all my cars are 3 or 2 doors Plus they look way better.

[nfpgasmask]

On another note, car reviews have to be taken with a grain of salt, especially ones like this that are heavy on the opinions side.

There are two types of car people out there, people who drive cars and use them as tools, nothing more, and people who drive cars and use them as extensions of their personality, projections of their personal styles, and lastly, as a tool for transportation. The Evoque is clearly a can made for the 2nd type of person, as was the VX.

Bart

[nfpgasmask]

My wife wants one. But she wants to wait for the cabrio version to come out, then sell her P-whip and get that. I am thinking that is a good idea.

Bart

[Pepino]

Here are some pictures side by side. I cant find a way to turn the pictures already uploaded.

[H3_VX]

Damn, that Foxfire looks shiny and oh so purdy.

[FlyingV77]

wow! thats so tiny.

[blacksambo]

The Evoque will ultimately help prove the wisdom behind the VX, and the VX02. The June 18th 2011 Wall Street Journal article about the VX started the process. The VX was light years ahead of its time, it's just that simple.

I always like to link the VX experience to the 356 Porsche. People made fun of them when they came out , negatively refering to them as "bath tubs". The laugh is on those critics now, they are selling minimally for 30K plus plus plus!

[Chopper]

I like my VX and all.....but damn!
It's a 2 door Trooper with KYB shocks and a kinda funky Body-kit. PERIOD
Just a weird, automotive footnote....(like the Farm-o-Road by Crosley)
It didn't move any bars or set any standards. The overwhelming majority of humans...even car nut humans....have never heard of it and never will. It is an automotive footnote and was a strikeout for Isuzu. They had a couple thousand left at the start of '02....anyone that waited, could have bought them for 20-22K, NEW...depending on negotiating skills. (Mine was bought at the end of '01 for 21k and had 11mi on the odo.) When the Axiom hit the market with a dull, wet, thud as well....it was all over for Isuzu manufacturing light vehicles....
It's a cool vehicle that just never got traction in the marketplace. For all it affected the automotive world, it might as well have never been built.
I like it for what it is....not for what I pretend it was

[blacksambo]

Nice buy. But early Porsches went begging too. That's why Hoffman Motors (The importer) formulated the Speedster version to get those unsold cabriolets moving with a new dash, top and windshield scheme. Excess production, they called the weekend racer, now the most valuable style.

Nevertheless, the Funky Body Kit you refer to was revolutionary. It was the first truly aggressively styled vehicle, period. Everything else with flaring wheel arches has come after it (I've discussed this with Bill Porter, the GM designer of the Flame Red Car, aka Toronado). It still does not look dated, as stated in the Wall Street Journal article. (And that's true for bath tub Porsches as well, they have never looked old fashioned.) VX 02 was the first open top off roadster (kinda Porsche speedster like chopped windshield etc.) and now the Evoque apes the VX02. You have to give Simon Cox and ITAL designs credit... and not a footnotes worth, either. That's why Motor Trend has pronounced the VX a future classic and for good reason, too.

[Ldub]

It was the first truly aggressively styled vehicle, period. Everything else with flaring wheel arches has come after it

Ummmmm...srsly...

Yer painting a picture using a pretty broad brush...

I seem to remember an aggressively styled vehicle back in the sixties with flared wheel arches...the thing looked like it would snap yer head off & squeeze whatever was left like a pimple...

It looked like this...



IMO, vehicular sweetness has been around for a while...

[Ldub]

The rover looks like a chrysler pacifica, with 2 missing doors & better front & rear styling...

[Vendetta]

The rover looks like a chrysler pacifica, with 2 missing doors & better front & rear styling...

Hey man, leave the weird comparisons to the journalists, remember?

(Sorry 'Turb... I've been bottling the sardonicism all day at the office. Figured we're all friends here though. We're cool. )

[Chopper]

Willys/Overland beat Isuzu to the 4x4 roadster/speedster/coupe thing....by about 55 years. They called it a Jeepster. Def an icon and def moved a bunch of bars forward, to the International Scout, the Ford Bronco, the Blazer, the FJ Land Cruiser.....Crosley had a few.....Mitsu had the old Montero (which Mopar sold as well) Power Wagons could ONLY be called aggressive.
VX was the first of the new millenia maybe, but nowhere near first in anything I can think of....even Rav4s had a plastic lower half in like '94
The VX is a cool looking vehicle. (I worked for Isuzu of Daytona while they were being made. I knew I was getting one, the instant I saw it.) It has been a perfectly reliable friend. I will likely not sell it for a very long time.
I just think it more or less ends there