- All-new Range Rover Evoque enters final-phase testing
- Global test programme will cover millions of miles in extreme
endurance conditions
- It's no secret: funky 'camouflage' wraps designed to introduce
the new Range Rover Evoque to the world
- Over 17,000 individual tests to be completed on all components
and systems
The all-new Range Rover Evoque has entered its final phase of
testing, with hundreds of prototype models dispatched around the
globe for trial in the toughest climates and conditions.
Land Rover is making no secret of the operation - its design
team has fitted ten prototypes with funky camouflage wraps, to
introduce the new car in ten key cities worldwide.
Ordinarily prototypes are disguised for discretion, but these
ten are intended to be seen. The funky camouflage imagery is
actually a GPS mapping trail of ten key cities for Range Rover
Evoque, with each vehicle saying 'Hello' to its city. It signals
the eagerly awaited global launch of the new Range Rover
Evoque.
These unmissable vehicles represent London, New York, Sao Paulo,
Paris, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, Sydney, Shanghai and Moscow and will
all be spotted testing around the globe. They are just a small
proportion of the hundreds of pre-production cars that will be
rigorously evaluated over millions of miles to ensure the new Range
Rover Evoque surpasses the highest standards of quality and
reliability when it goes on sale in summer 2011.
Teams of engineers will travel to 20 countries to pit the Range
Rover Evoque against the most extreme conditions on earth, ranging
from the Arctic to the desert, from German Autobahns to Tokyo city
traffic. Alongside the engineers, Land Rover is working with 120
unique component suppliers and carrying out in excess of 17,000
individual tests to examine every separate part and system.
Like all Range Rovers, the new Evoque will have been proven
against all the elements when it goes on sale next summer.
"The development stage is crucial in the year leading up to
launching the car," said Murray Dietsch, director of Land Rover
programmes. "No stone is left unturned; we have a team of
experienced and skilled engineers who will work to a tight schedule
to ensure we have a top quality vehicle to offer our
customers."
The new Range Rover Evoque is the smallest, lightest and most
fuel-efficient model the company has ever offered, and will be sold
in 160 markets around the world.
For further information please contact:
James Scrimshaw
Public Affairs Department
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1773
Email: jscrimsh@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au
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Tim Krieger
Marketing and Public Affairs Manager
Land Rover Australia
Phone: +61 2 9020 1505
Email: tkrieger@jaguarlandrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au
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