Report says Land Rover Evoque convertible could be in the works

At the beginning of the month, Land Rover released more details about its new Evoque crossover.

They include its starting price - $43,995 for the four door model, and the 28 MPG highway figure for the front-wheel drive model. That makes it the most fuel-efficient Land Rover ever - a huge departure, no doubt.

Land Rover certainly has no inhibitions about being different with the Evoque. Radical styling, turbocharged four-cylinder engines and a two-door model that most said wouldn't be a very viable seller.

A new report from Autoblog.nl says that Land Rover could be looking to take the being different theme even further, with a four-door convertible in the vein of Nissan's Murano CrossCabriolet.

The car would have a folding roof, produced in England and likely very low in volume. There is even the possibility of it being tied in with a special edition model - such as the Victoria Beckham Evoque that Autocar speculated about earlier in the month.

It might seem like a daring move, but given that Nissan shocked everyone with the Murano CrossCabriolet, anything is on the table. Sources say an Evoque without a roof could be appearing sometime in 2013. Meanwhile, standard Evoque two and four-door versions are going on sale in the United States this summer.