new bmw x1 or land rover evoke?

Strider590

burlington6 wrote: »

Bought my wife an Evoque earlier this year. The pos has spent more time in the dealer than we've owned it. They have had serious engine issues.

On the plus side, they've offered to give us the new model when it's out because they can'f fix the engine problem. ( it had done about 600 miles from new )

I'll probably ask for my money back though

Same with my folks Evoque, its had issues from new, something to do with either the auto box changing up too early and causing the engine to labour/stall or the kickdown not working and causing the same issue.



And............ OP if your looking for a 4x4 because of winter, just buy winter tyres for your current vehicle. Both the cars you mention come with sports tyres, you'd get stuck in the snow just like everyone else, except you'd look much more stupid.

martinthebandit

Having driven both..........


I would buy the Evoque every time.

sillygoose

I think most people on here are out of date on the X1, there is a new one recently which is more like an scaled X3 was as the X3 is moving on up too.

The new one is nothing like the old one, all new, based on 2 series tourer instead of 1 series, the engine is turned round so leaving much more room inside and bigger boot. Performance, handling and efficiency blow the Evoque out of the water (if its a company car it would save a fortune in BIK tax). Its also far better value than the Evoque and all models come with pretty high equipment levels.

Gloomendoom

sillygoose wrote: »

The new one is nothing like the old one

Looks wise, it is very similar to the old one. At least to my eyes.

Unfortunately.

bigjl

sillygoose wrote: »

I think most people on here are out of date on the X1, there is a new one recently which is more like an scaled X3 was as the X3 is moving on up too.

The new one is nothing like the old one, all new, based on 2 series tourer instead of 1 series, the engine is turned round so leaving much more room inside and bigger boot. Performance, handling and efficiency blow the Evoque out of the water (if its a company car it would save a fortune in BIK tax). Its also far better value than the Evoque and all models come with pretty high equipment levels.

I very much doubt it will retain its value any better.

And the talk of unreliability should hopefully be sorted with the new engines.

And if anybody thinks BMWs are completely reliable is lying to themselves.

I wouldn't say the X1 now being the size of an X3 is a positive it just shows how flawed the original X1 is.

Depreciation curves are not relevant to size they are relevant to desirability.

Much like the New Mini when it first came out, the retained their value extremely well.

To be honest they still retain it well as an average mile Mini (say a 51 plate) is still worth nearly £2k which is strong money for what is essentially a 13/14 yr old City Car like a Fiesta or Corsa.

Johnnytwostep

if you cant afford a real range rover or a real BMW then don't bother

bigjl

Johnnytwostep wrote: »

if you cant afford a real range rover or a real BMW then don't bother

What a pointless post.

What is a real Range Rover? A Sport? Or only a full fat Range?

And what is a real BMW?

730ld? 535d? 330d? M3? M5?

loskie

RAV4 or Subaru XV will be the better car

angela_stone

sillygoose wrote: »

I think most people on here are out of date on the X1, there is a new one recently which is more like an scaled X3 was as the X3 is moving on up too.

The new one is nothing like the old one, all new, based on 2 series tourer instead of 1 series, the engine is turned round so leaving much more room inside and bigger boot. Performance, handling and efficiency blow the Evoque out of the water (if its a company car it would save a fortune in BIK tax). Its also far better value than the Evoque and all models come with pretty high equipment levels.

Yes that is what I was thinking as when you look at the specs size wise its not much different in size . thanks.

neilmcl

sillygoose wrote: »

I think most people on here are out of date on the X1, there is a new one recently which is more like an scaled X3 was as the X3 is moving on up too.

The new one is nothing like the old one, all new, based on 2 series tourer instead of 1 series, the engine is turned round so leaving much more room inside and bigger boot. Performance, handling and efficiency blow the Evoque out of the water (if its a company car it would save a fortune in BIK tax). Its also far better value than the Evoque and all models come with pretty high equipment levels.

The new X1 is nothing like a "scaled X3" and the fact that it's based on the 2 series tourer, probably the worst decision BMW have made, is certainly nothing to shout about.

You're right I shouldn't have compared the X1 to a 1 series, I'd rather to stick to a 1 series (particularly with Xdrive) than a front wheel drive, overpriced soft roader any day of the week.