Off-Road Fun-in-the-Sun Comparison (But Not a Real Comparison): Jeep Wrangler and Range Rover Evoque

Опубликовано 24 октября 2017, 15:55

Can you name a true Jeep Wrangler competitor? Based on pure mountain goat levels of climbing ability, sure, you have vehicles like the Chevy Colorado ZR2, Ford Raptor, and Ram Power Wagon. Each an excellent off-road vehicle in its own way, but none a small body-on-frame SUV with a removable roof, doors, and windshield.

The Toyota FJ Cruiser was the last vehicle to come closest to the Wrangler’s recipe, but even the Japanese Jeep has a fixed roof. No, there is nothing on the market that truly offers the Wrangler’s combination of attributes. But there is one unlikely competitor that comes pretty close.

With a four-wheel drive system, plenty of off-road-specific driving modes, and a roof that opens to the let the sunshine in, the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Convertible offers most of the Wrangler’s attributes, missing the body-on-frame bit. And six cylinders. But the Evoque also comes with a badge steeped in off-road history, so we took a Wrangler to lead the littlest Range Rover through some light off-road obstacles (light for the Jeep, anyway) to see if the Range Rover could even keep up.

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