As Land Rover will debut the Range Rover Evoque Convertible next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show, it emerged that the model will be built in a limited run.
A Land Rover spokeswoman told Autonews Europe that the automaker will only build a “small run” of the convertible Evoque at its plant in Halewood, England. However, she did not reveal how many units will be made.
Land Rover will start selling the Evoque Convertible next spring in most of the markets where the Evoque SUV is available, including Europe, the United States and China, the representative added.
The Range Rover Evoque Convertible is expected to be priced above the regular Evoque, which starts at €34,500 in Germany. The Range Rover Evoque is Jaguar Land Rover’s best-selling vehicle with a global volume of 124,000 units in the financial year that ended March 31.
The Evoque Convertible will have a folding soft top roof and will be aimed at people who live a “refined and luxurious lifestyle,” Land Rover head of design Gerry McGovern said in a statement.
The Evoque Convertible was first revealed as a concept in 2012 and confirmed earlier this year as a production model. Land Rover says the Evoque Convertible is the world’s first open-air luxury compact SUV.
The most recent example of a convertible SUV is the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet, which was launched in 2011 in the United States and discontinued in 2014.
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