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RANGE ROVER
EVOQUE
CONVERTIBLE
You’d be forgiven for thinking Australia,
with its sunburnt plains and tourists, would
be the spiritual home of the convertible car.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Nobody ever said style was cheap, and so
the Range Rover Evoque Convertible range starts from $85,203 to $93,450. (^) 8/10
Caitlin Bassett is captain of
the Australian Diamonds
netball team and a Nissan
Australia ambassador.
3005
by Childish Gambino
“I love Donald Glover! Not only
is he a great rapper but he is an
awesome actor and director, too.”
MOVING TO
NEW YORK
by The Wombats
“These guys are the soundtrack to
one of my favourite TV shows,
The Inbetweeners.”
NOW & LATER
by Sage the Gemini
“I just love the beat in
this song and can’t help
but nod along whenever
it comes on.”
SHOOP
by Salt-N-Pepa
“Old-school R’n’B is my
favourite music genre,
and this classic track
takes me straight back
to my high school days.”
And yet it’s actually the United Kingdom –
yep, the grey and soggy UK – where
convertibles do their very best business.
So it’s no real surprise that it should be
a British brand – Range Rover – that has
uncovered what might be the most novel
way to let the sunshine in to date,
chopping the roof of the stunning Evoque
(the very car Victoria Beckham helped
design) to create the world’s first
convertible luxury SUV.
HIT THE ROAD: Think wind in your
hair and sun on your face but combined
with the high seating position and killer
view ofered by most SUVs.
CABIN FEVER: With two doors and
only four seats, the Evoque Convertible
isn’t at the top of the family car list, and
the cabin does feel tight for any full-sized
humans squeezed into the backseat. That
roof also takes up plenty of boot space,
leaving about enough room to store a
pair of soft overnight bags.
STYLE RATING: Like all
convertibles, it looks a thousand
times better with the roof down, but
its true value is in its unique ofering.
THE WOW FACTOR: Without a
doubt it is certainly that fabric roof, which
opens or closes in just 18 seconds. What’s
better is if it suddenly starts to rain you
can still close it on the fly, even when
travelling at speeds up to 48km/h.