Insurance for a Range Rover Evoque automatic (petrol)

Misslayed

Friends of ours have recently returned to UK after living abroad for 11 years, they want to buy a Range Rover Evoque automatic (petrol) but have been refused insurance by every company they've tried on the grounds that they get stolen all the time and are whisked out of the country within 24 hours. 

Any words of wisdom?

Mr.Generous

Sounds like a good reason not to buy one.

Misslayed

Mr.Generous said:

Sounds like a good reason not to buy one.

Hmmmmm 🤔. 

Goudy

Mr.Generous said:

Sounds like a good reason not to buy one.

That and they breakdown a lot.

Mr.Generous

Only the electrics and the suspension that fail a lot I believe.

TadleyBaggie

Buy something else, seriously. They have one of the worst owner ratings for reliability, I had a mate who had one. It spent more time in the garage than on the road.

NBLondon

Misslayed said:

Friends of ours have recently returned to UK after living abroad for 11 years, they want to buy a Range Rover Evoque automatic (petrol) but have been refused insurance by every company they've tried on the grounds that they get stolen all the time and are whisked out of the country within 24 hours. 

Any words of wisdom?

Land Rover Discovery Sport.  Effectively the same vehicle in a less fashionable bodyshell.  Insurers may think differently.  If they are thinking of a post-2019 car then also Jaguar E-Pace = Evoque 2 = Disco Sport 2

macman

In certain parts of London they are stolen it seems almost every night. Keyless entry theft, every time.
High end Mercs, Audi's and BMW's too, but RR's seem the most common ones.

k3lvc

Another 'buy something else' response (sorry) - for whatever reason and despite all their issues they still come high up on the fashionistas list and even higher on the thieving scumbags lists - plenty of other things that do it all (much) better albeit without the badge