Land Rover Range Rover Velar

The interior cabin of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar is nothing short of a cockpit from a futuristic aircraft, as everything here seems much ahead of the current generation.

The multifunctional steering wheel with uniquely designed spokes and centre boss is a direct lift-off from the top-spec Range Rover, with the Velar also getting a very cool looking full TFT instrument console behind the steering wheel. The angular dashboard houses sleek rectangular AC vents and a large 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system at the centre console, with a nice cool looking touch-sensitive panel for AC controls below it. 

Given that it is longer than both Evoque and Discovery Sport, the Land Rover Range Rover Velar boasts of an enhanced sense of space, however, the sloping roofline does eat up a slight amount of headroom at the rear.

One can clearly sense many impressions of the Evoque’s styling in the Land Rover Range Rover Velar, as the latter more or less looks similar to the Evoque, but with a larger and longer stance. Needless to say, the overall design of the Velar is meant to turn several heads on the road.

At the front, the Land Rover Range Rover Velar gets the familiar trapezoidal grille with honeycomb mesh and the sleek full LED headlamps with daytime running LEDs with a kink towards their rear. The bumper gets aggressive fins on the outer edges, which do incorporate slim LED turn indicators and fog lamps.

The side profile of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar looks quite long and stretched, with a sloping angular roofline giving it a coupe-like stance. The flush type door handles, large alloy wheels and sleek turn indicator bars placed on the rising shoulder line do play their part in giving a noteworthy stance to the side profile.

The rear profile of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar looks much similar to the refreshed Evoque, with LED tail lamps and large piano black bar sporting the ‘Range Rover’ branding on it, completely in unison, as well as the sharply raked rear windscreen.

The Land Rover Range Rover Velar, apart from giving a better sense of space over smaller Land Rovers, also has better air suspension from the full spec Range Rover, which makes the overall ride quality as well as handling incredibly great, despite the hefty kerb weight of the SUV.

The Land Rover Range Rover Velar boasts of a slew of engine options to choose from, in both petrol as well as diesel.

When it comes to diesel engines, the Velar has a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine in two states of tune – 180 PS/430 Nm as well as 240 PS/500 Nm. Also on offer is a 3.0-litre V6 unit from the Range Rover, which too is available in two states of tune – 275 PS/625 Nm and 300 PS/700 Nm.

On the other hand, the petrol engine lineup consists of a 2.0-litre four-cylinder petrol in two states of tune – 250 PS/365 Nm and 300 PS/420 Nm, 3.0-litre V6 petrol in two states of tune – 340 PS/465 Nm and 380 PS/500 Nm. The top-spec 5.0-litre supercharged V8 petrol, which delivers 550 PS/680 Nm is meant for enthusiastic hearts.

All of the engines do get a common 8-speed automatic transmission as standard.

The Land Rover Range Rover Velar is armed with all the sophisticated safety features one expects in a Range Rover offering, including electric parking brake, airbags all around, terrain response, ABS with EBD, torque vectoring by braking, hill descent control, hill launch assist, gradient release control, traction control, dynamic stability control, cornering brake control, roll stability control, trailer stability assist and lane keep assist.

With larger dimensions and the ohh-so-cool vibe of the Evoque, the Land Rover Range Rover Velar comes out as a more practical and stylish alternative over the former, and at the same time, is positioned and priced much lower to the full spec Range Rover. This makes the Velar a much more sensible option for those who want a practical Range Rover.