Went to the Auto Express awards on Tuesday night to see the Range Rover Evoque crowned Car of the Year. It’s a mould-breaking model for the company and for the SUV sector generally, and that’s always a points-scorer with the magazine’s judges. I drove the car (pictured, above) last week and it’s an excellent machine. I was most impressed by the interior space; the dropping roof/rising waist combination tricks the eye into thinking it will be tight in the back, but actually it’s not. There seemed to be general agreement that the Evoque was a worthy winner amongst the industry VIPs present. One of them was Nick Reilly, on hand to be inducted into the Auto Express Hall of Fame. That was another popular honour; Reilly was MD of Vauxhall when I started out in this game, and has since risen through the General Motors ranks to be president of European operations. Nobody has done more to secure the future of the car industry in the UK than Reilly, helping transform Ellesmere Port into a state-of-the-art operation and promoting Luton’s van plant where the Vauxhall Vivaro is built.
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