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From the time
when all we had were rumors of a
Range Rover Evoque convertible, to the grainy spy shots of
said topless SUV in some English alley, to the time
it rolled out on the floor of the 2012
Geneva Motor Show, nothing could keep people from asking, "Is this really happening?"
To be fair, there were a number who asked in anticipation, enthused about the prospect of getting both a commanding driving position and wide open sky in a more toothsome package than the
Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet. Nevertheless, the number wasn't enough to recommend the concept for production: A report in
Car and Driver says the prospects aren't "as bright as we were led to believe when the crossover cabrio debuted," and that instead an Evoque with a panoramic roof that opens is a better bet.
Elsewhere in the rapidly evolving
Land Rover line-up, platform harmonization and more cowbell aluminum is the way forward. From the recent use of four platforms supporting six vehicles, there will soon be only two: the EUCD architecture for the
LR2 and Evoque; all else will be built on a modified version of the D7 platform created for the new
Range Rover. That puts not only variants like the Chinese-market long-wheelbase Range Rover in the aluminum game, but also models like the next
Defender and
LR4. That latter model is expected to bow next year, the Defender might need more time while the design department moves on from the
DC100, which wasn't warmly received.
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Report: Range Rover Evoque convertible unlikely to see production
