On the exterior design front, I think the minor changes they've made have actually resulted in a much better looking car. The Evoque has always looked good, but I think now, with its larger air intakes and revised front bumper it looks far more aggressive. Indeed, in the official press release, Land Rover uses words like "assertive" and "muscular". And now you can get bonnet vents on the five-door model, increasing its appeal.
Customer's who specify the HSE Dynamic trim can now have something called the Black Pack, which adds some black lettering, new 20-inch wheels, and black painted exhaust among other things.
Staying up towards the front, the Evoque now features full LED adaptive headlights, which mean that the headlights follow your steering input to better illuminate the road ahead.
Moving to the inside of the new Evoque, one will find a new and improved InControl infotainment system, which is fitted standard on Pure and SE trim levels. You can also find an enhanced mood lighting system, with several new colors and light locations. If you don't want any special lights though, you can turn on 'stealth mode' (sounds more exiting than it is) which just dims the interior lights, presumably so it doesn't get bombed by a Mercedes M-Class.
Now, on to the business side of things with engines and powertrain. You can now specify two new 2.0L Ingenium turbodiesel four-pot engines that feature things like stop-start technology. This means that the Evoque can achieve a combined 68 mpg and CO2 emissions of just 109 g/km for the 150 horsepower engine. The more powerful, 180 horsepower version achieves a still impressive 59 mph on the EU combines cycles and 125 g/km of CO2. Part of what makes these new engines more efficient than their predecessors is lightness. The blocks are now made of aluminum rather than iron, resulting in a 30 kg weight loss.
If diesel isn't to your taste, you can still have a 2.0L turbocharged petrol engine which comes standard with a nine-speed automatic transmission and four-wheel drive. 240 horsepower means this SUV can go from 0-62 mph in 7.6 seconds and on to a 135 mph top speed. This engine achieved 36 mpg on the combined cycle and CO2 of 181 g/km.
New for 2016 is Active DriveLine technology, a new four-wheel drive system that can change from two to four wheel drive in 350 milliseconds as road conditions change.
As one would expect, the new Evoque comes with a suite of new driver-aid technology, as is the trend in the industry. You can have Lane Keep Assist, Autonomous Emergency Braking, All-Terrain Progress Control, and a Hands-Free Tailgate.
Along with the new safety and convenience tech, Land Rover will offer a new infotainment system called InControl Touch. It features the common array of applications such as Bluetooth, navigation, and, as if they'd forgotten, a radio. You can also have a WiFi hotspot, parking cameras, and something called Wade Sensing, which displays the depth of the water you are wading through. You can also have InControl apps, which sync you Android or Apple apps with your car. Optimised apps include iHeart Radio, Parkopedia, Cityseeker, Hotelseeker, and more. The roster of apps is constantly being updated.
Every Land Rover is meant to go off-road better than any other car, and that tradition is carried on through the new Evoque. Along with the usual collection of acronyms that help you keep going over rough terrain, new for this year is ATPC, or All-Terrain Progress Control. ATPC will keep the Evoque going at a continuous creep over the terrain without pedal input from the driver. The driver simply turns the system on with a switch and inputs the desired speed via the cruise control controls. Much like the standard cruise control, any pedal input will cancel the system. ATPC will operate at any speed from 1.1 to 19 mph.
Despite the lengthiness of this article, not much has changed for the 2016 Evoque, but it appears as though it will continue to lead its class is comfort, performance and off-road capability.
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