2018 Range Rover Velar Test Drive, Walkaround, & Interior – Video

The Velar—its name a nod to the brand’s history—is a luxurious, high-tech SUV with eye-catching looks that make it stand out from the herd. A 247-hp 2.0-liter inline-four, a 380-hp supercharged 3.0-liter V-6, and a 180-hp 2.0-liter turbo-diesel inline-four are offered; an eight-speed automatic and all-wheel drive are standard, as is a dual-screen infotainment system. Interior trim made of sustainable materials is optional. Like all Rovers, the Velar is as adept off-road as it is on the freeway.

The mark of exceptional design is its ceaseless legacy to inspire and shape new products, rendering them familiar yet simultaneously transformational.

Velar, the fourth member of the Range Rover family, is an instantly recognisable descendant of the original luxury SUV – a globally lauded, landmark industrial design. Yet Velar’s form, stance and proportions leave an overwhelming impression of the unfamiliar, of the new. The start of another revolution.

Velar is a distinct and further iteration of the original Range Rover character, conceived to play a powerful new role in the evolving Range Rover narrative, sitting between the Range Rover Evoque and the Range Rover Sport. Its stop-you-in-your-tracks looks are born from a process driven by ‘reductionism’, a discipline faithful to the original Range Rover but enabled by the very latest thinking in design, precision engineering and technology.

In the words of Gerry McGovern, Chief Design Officer, Land Rover: “Velar brings unprecedented glamour, modernity and elegance to the Range Rover family. It’s a vehicle that has emotionally charged DNA and unquestionable pedigree.

A new type of Range Rover for a new type of customer.”