Put simply, the mostly aluminium monocoque it sits on is the same as the Jaguar F-Pace’s. It feels like the zenith as if Range Rovers hereafter will need a new set of guidelines.īeneath the skin, the Velar is an entirely logical extension of the Range Rover line-up: more rugged than an Evoque, but less so than the Range Rover Sport or full-fat Range Rover. HSE brings you the 21in wheels that would have seemed ludicrously large just a few years ago but fit the Velar’s concept-like looks to a tee.Ĭar makers talk about identities and design languages: the Velar looks like the ultimate and most successful interpretation of how much more dynamic Range Rover has been trying to make its range. Our Velar arrived in HSE trim, which a lot of buyers will consider a minimum requirement for a car that looks like it has not long stepped off of a motor show stand. Whether or not that level of attention is actually deserved on a fitness-for-purpose basis will be the second objective of this road test. Taken without any additional context, those facts alone ought to guarantee the kind of feverish new-buyer interest that the Evoque generated in 2011. Range Rover Velar First Edition P380 2017 first drive.Range Rover Velar P300 2018 first drive.Range Rover Velar D180 2019 UK first drive.Range Rover Velar P400e 2021 UK first drive.Taking a view on the philosophy behind the Velar, and where it leaves Gaydon, will be one objective of this road test. In this garb, perhaps even more so than the stoutly mechanical Evoque, the Velar smacks of a modern, immodestly expensive crossover – the kind of car many would describe as the antithesis of Land Rover’s usual off-road-capability-centric modus operandi. Naturally, four-wheel drive and Land Rover’s Terrain Response system are both standard, even at the base of the line-up – but so, too, are four-cylinder engines, coil suspension and an usually low ride height for a Range Rover. Its predominately aluminium platform is the same architecture used by the latest Jaguar XE and Jaguar XF. The Jaguar F-Pace is an even closer blood relative, despite starting at £10,000 less than the Velar. Because this new Range Rover is unequivocally car-based. Unlike its full-sized siblings, the fourth addition to the Range Rover line-up is the product of something other than Gaydon’s full-fat approach to SUVs. But our preferred description refers to more than just the Velar’s dimensions.
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