Range Rover Evoque hits five years of UK production

The world’s most recognisable and luxurious compact SUV, the Range Rover Evoque, reached a milestone this week - celebrating its fifth year of production at Jaguar Land Rover’s advanced manufacturing facility near Liverpool, UK, a media release revealed.

With over half a million sold globally in more than 180 countries (Sri Lanka since 2011), the Range Rover Evoque – driven everywhere from Madrid to Manila – is Land Rover’s greatest sales success story. It is also Land Rover’s most efficient model, thanks to its British-built Ingenium engines which offer class-leading CO2 emissions of just 109g/km and impressive fuel consumption of 68mpg, the release said.

The vehicle has become a nonstop British success with 24-hour production at the Halewood plant. Since the first Evoque rolled off the production line on 4th July 2011, sales have increased five-fold from just over 22,000 in 2011 to more than 108,000 in 2015 – with a new Evoque now rolling off the production line every 170 seconds.

At the same time, the workforce has also trebled to more than 4,000,

With over half a million sold globally in more than 180 countries (Sri Lanka since 2011), the Range Rover Evoque – driven everywhere from Madrid to Manila – is Land Rover’s greatest sales success story. It is also Land Rover’s most efficient model, thanks to its British-built Ingenium engines which offer class-leading CO2 emissions of just 109g/km and impressive fuel consumption of 68mpg, the release said.

with 1,500 recruited specifically to support the launch of this record-breaking vehicle in 2011.

Jaguar Land Rover has invested £600 million at the Halewood plant since 2010 to support the Range Rover Evoque (2011), Land Rover Discovery Sport (2014) and the Evoque Convertible (2016). The Evoque is also the fastest selling Land Rover of all time, accounting for one in four Land Rovers sold around the world in 2015. Local production also started in China in 2015, and more recently, announced in Brazil.