Why not build convertible versions of the same? Luxury car buyers, like almost everyone else on the road, are gravitating toward high-riding crossovers. Even so, Land Rover reckons its competitors will try something similar, introducing their own topless SUVs the way Mercedes-Benz' CLS and BMW's X6 have been copied by rivals. Elevating itself - literally - over run of the mill roadsters, the car has the confidence to rock a distinctive look few brands would try to emulate. There's no denying that the Evoque convertible is a statement piece. One awestruck young bloke exclaimed the drop-top was 'the sickest thing I've ever seen', while a wizened career analyst perched on his purposefully decked-out motor must have assumed we were 'rich bankers'.

The LandCruiser, Patrol and Pajero set aren't quite sure what to make of it. Yet here we are, taking in the unpaved sights of four-wheel-drive-only Fraser Island, having spent the day criss-crossing sandy tracks and endless beaches of Queensland's northern gem. Few people in the market for a convertible need a go-anywhere off-roader, and there aren't many four-wheel-drive customers crying out for a fashionable convertible. This is not a car that makes a lot of sense. 'There would have been grown men crying in their beds when the Evoque originally appeared,' he says. Cradling his beer after a long day on the road, Land Rover's Australian managing director considers the question carefully: Could the fashion-focused Range Rover Evoque Convertible alienate the brand's hardcore four-wheel-drive supporters?

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