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Range Rover Evoque vs Nissan Pathfinder

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Range Rover Evoque
Range Rover Evoque

$89,900 - $135,990

2023 price

Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Pathfinder

$71,490 - $81,490

2024 price

Summary

2023 Range Rover Evoque
2024 Nissan Pathfinder
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 3, 1.5L

V6, 3.5L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded/Electric

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Fuel Efficiency
0.0L/100km (combined)

10.5L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

8
Dislikes
  • Painfully expensive
  • Rude options list
  • Be prepared to wait for delivery

  • V6 thirst
  • Seat height for short drivers
  • Only a space-saver spare
2023 Range Rover Evoque Summary

Range Rover has developed a bit of an image problem in the last few years.

To many the brand is still the face of a quintessentially British aspirational luxurious off-roader. But to a growing group, it has become synonymous with the concept of an environmentally reckless fuel-guzzling SUV.

They’re big, heavy, and still feature V8 engines, but Range Rover knows all too well the writing is on the wall for its increasingly infamous range of combustion vehicles.

The trouble is, customers love them, and while the I-Pace from sister brand Jaguar is a big leap into the future, there needs to be a happy medium for easing some of its existing customers away from combustion, while still offering the kinds of excess and aspirational performance the Range Rover brand is associated with.

Enter this car, the Evoque HSE P300e. It’s a plug-in hybrid, notably only available in the top trim level, with top-shelf performance, too.

Is it the right car to represent Range Rover’s entry-level model at a critical time of technological transformation? Let’s take a look.

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2024 Nissan Pathfinder Summary

The Nissan Pathfinder has evolved through five generations since its launch in the mid-1980s. It commenced as a body-on-frame high-riding off-roader like the Navara ute from which it was derived, but today it’s a unitary-bodied, lower-riding crossover with seating for eight.

Even so, the fifth-gen Pathfinder is finding the path to sales leadership a challenging one. Latest VFACTS car industry figures for 2023 show that Nissan’s good-looking SUV currently represents only 1.3 per cent of its hotly contested 'Large SUV' segment, which has more than 20 models competing for buyers.

Interestingly, the top three in this market - Toyota Prado, Isuzu MU-X and Ford Everest - are all body-on-frame high-riding off-roaders, which begs the question if Nissan was correct in moving away from this traditional truck-style design?

Even so, we thought it timely to spend a week aboard the latest Pathfinder, to see if it’s worthy of a larger slice of the SUV pie.

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2023 Range Rover Evoque 2024 Nissan Pathfinder

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