The Evoque is nothing than a nebulous lifestyle accessory. It is a muddled concept aimed at rich muddled people.

Just corrected that one for you.

jamie, you don't have to be rich to own an Evoque. You can get one for posh Mondeo money.

What about the electric gates and Cheshire converted-barn though?

jamie, I'm sure it will be sold outside the Isle of Cheshire.

Well Norfolk isn't exactly renowned for it's cosmopoliton views, is it?! I assumed Suffolk was the same-just while we were on the subject of county stereotypes...

I sometimes wonder what niches are still to be filled. How about a supermini pickup or even a full size pickup convertible? Have we had a four seat mid engined sports car yet? The mind boggles.

Can you count the Maserati Quattroporte as well? There's a private primary school near my house and a few of the parents pick their children up in Quattroportes!

There's a BMW 3-series pickup model - now there's a niche vehicle!

The stereotype of Norfolk is that of insular villages populated by inbreds. Perhaps the news hasn't filtered through to East Anglia yet? ;-)

Anyway, I've just noticed that The Passat Alltrack starts at about £28K, about the same as the Evoque. Gee, I wonder which one I would rather have...

'The stereotype of Norfolk is that of insular villages populated by inbreds. Perhaps the news hasn't filtered through to East Anglia yet? ;-)

Anyway, I've just noticed that The Passat Alltrack starts at about £28K, about the same as the Evoque. Gee, I wonder which one I would rather have...'

unthrottled, you'll have to send a carrier pigeon. Anyway, at least Norfolk and Suffolk doesn't have the M6 running through it.

Indeed, an Evoque, instead of a posh fleet special.

There are no motoways in East Anglia because no one has any reason to go there!

So thats how you define regional importance? Whether or not it has a motorway? And you think Norfolk is old fashioned and dumb?

The M11 runs into (or out of, depending your point of view) the East. The region badly needs motorway expansion to be honest as its home to the UK's busiest container port (Europe's 6th largest) and the road network is struggling to cope with the sheer number of HGV's now.

There's plenty of reasons to be in the East by the way. 9% of the countries population live here, much lower crime rate than London/midlands/north of england, cheaper insurance premiums, stronger economy, unemployment rate far below national average, home to one of the Worlds most famous Universities and far better weather than well-worn northerners can expect.

It has its downsides obviously, all of those above reasons mean you'll struggle to buy a shack for £100,000.

Trilogy-the Alltrack trounces the Evoque in every way-as does the Subaru legacy estate. As does the Panda 4X4, Suzuuki Jimny... oh and the Austin Allegro, Ford Edsel etc

Indeed, they all do. All for looking extremely dull/ugly.

Good to see you've at last recognised the Evoque's beauty. ;)

This very much a Marmite car. :)

No no no. The Evoque isn't cheap ...just nasty. Hope that helps VOB.