Land Rover Range Rover Experience 2020

The 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is redesigned from the ground up. You might not know it from looking at it — the styling is very similar to last year's model — but Land Rover says 99 percent of the parts are new. The only carry-over part? The door hinges.

Ten years ago, the statement "The compact luxury SUV segment is really heating up" might have read like a bad Mad Lib. But the fact is, the segment brims with over 10 vehicles and billions of dollars of research and development are being funneled into transforming small, practical SUVs into statements of luxury. Introduced in 2011, the Evoque has managed to rack up more than 770,000 sales globally, but the time to reinvent itself has come. And while the all-new 2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (we don't like typing that out any more than you like saying it, so from here on out we'll just call it the Evoque) might look about the same, it is most decidedly not.

The littlest Range Rover, the Evoque, is posh, good to drive, and most of all a very stylish compact SUV. That recipe made it unique back in 2012, but since then competition has poured in from just about every premium brand.

The Mercedes-Benz GLA has been around a while and will be replaced in the next couple of years, while BMW offers a much newer rival in the X2. Volvo has the practical and stylish XC40, Lexus offers the modern and efficient UX, and Audi's high-tech second-generation Q3 will be coming to the U.S. next year.

With so much competition, the totally redesigned 2020 Range Rover Evoque will have to be good. It's probably smart that Land Rover is evolving the Evoque's looks rather than changing them entirely, as that was a big part of the outgoing model's appeal. But this new SUV has some unique features to close the deal with shoppers drawn in by the attractive bodywork.

The entire Evoque — both the skin and all the bits underneath — is new, and a mild hybrid engine provides propulsion. Inside, we find high-tech infotainment features that bring a cleaner, even more modern look to the interior, along with some whizbang visibility aids. There's even smartphone integration, which should mitigate some of the frustrations we had with the old Evoque's infotain