Evoque five-door first official picture

Text: Jack Rix / Photos: www.0-100.ro

September 2010

The baby Range Rover is growing up already! Pictures of five-door Evoque have leaked onto the web via a Romanian site, showing the car surrounded by Paris Motor Show signs. And now we have official confirmation and the first picture of the five-door car.

The world-premiere of the three-door variant has happened in Paris - and we had an exclusive audience with the car and its designer here - but the appearance of the five-door in the French capital has come as a surprise. Sources have revealed however, that the car was only there for a pre-show dealer event, and won't be officially unveiled until the Los Angeles Motor Show in November.

Besides the extra pair of doors, the two Evoque model will be identical. That means a choice of the new 148bhp 2.2-litre eD4 diesel engine fitted with stop-start – returning close to 60mpg and CO2 emissions below 130g/km - plus a more powerful 187bhp diesel and a new 2.0-litre turbo petrol unit with 240bhp, both will only be available with four-wheel drive.