New Cars for 2012: Land Rover Full Lineup Info +photo

Range Rover Evoque: This new “baby Range Rover” will come in three- and five-door configurations. Some of the underpinnings are shared with the uninspiring LR2; motivation comes from a Ford-sourced 240-hp, 2.0-liter direct-injected turbo four paired with a six-speed automatic. The sleek utelet offers contrasting roof colors, five wheel designs, a dozen interior colors, and lots of luxury options, including a heated windshield, a 17-speaker stereo, and a 360-degree camera system, to name just three. The base price will be about $45,000. Exercise care while checking boxes, though, lest you bloat the sticker to something more befitting a full-grown Range Rover.

Range Rover: Calling the range-topping Autobiography Ultimate Edition “sumptuous” is like calling Sasquatch “hirsute”; it fits, but it doesn’t quite provide the full picture. The cargo area is lined in superyacht-inspired teak; the interior features hand-stitched leather, machined aluminum, and optional Kalahari wood; and the rear seats are individually adjustable buckets, each with an aluminum-and-wood tray and its own iPad. Priced at a brash $170,000 and powered by the top-spec, 510-hp supercharged V-8, just 10 percent or so of the planned 500 are slated for our shores, but, really, could you see this being bought by anyone who’s not that Russian guy with the tiny giraffe from the DirecTV ads?

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