![]() ![]() It’s a tremendously comfortable place to spend time in, as was evidenced on a day trip out to the Barossa with some friends to help one of them buy a GC8 Subaru WRX – which I should have an article out on soon – which exemplified just how capably and comfortably it’ll fit three big guys in on a long drive. Options list qualms aside, however, there’s very little to complain about when it comes to the Velar’s interior as it’s a fabulous place to be. I know it might be built primarily for swanky shopping centre carparks, hence why I photographed it in one, but on a car bearing a badge with such off-roading pedigree, it really should be standard. And then there’s the Off-Road Pack, which includes the All Terrain Progress Control and Terrain Response 2 systems, that will cost you an extra $1700. #2019 RANGE ROVER VELAR ANDROID#$940 for digital radio? $520 for Apple CarPlay and Android Auto? $890 for privacy glass? Seriously? These are all standard on many hatchbacks these days. While I will make a rare exception to justify such expensive options as it truly does elevate this interior to the next level, there are some items on the options list I do take issue with. Some may think they’re just a gimmick, but you really don’t know modern luxury until you’ve sat in a massage seat, especially ones that massage you as well as these. #2019 RANGE ROVER VELAR UPGRADE#The Velar P380 SE you see here, however, is a 2019 model and it, unfortunately for the sake of the relevance of this article, is one of the variants that has been culled from the range, and while you’ll still be able to get this engine and this trim level, you just won’t be able to get them together anymore, but given my test car was fitted with over $22,000 worth of options, it felt closer to the one-step-up HSE in spec anyway, so given the customisation options that do still exist, I’d just disregard the badge on the back all together.Īround half the extra spend on this particular Velar related to the seats alone, but trust me when I say that the upgrade to the 20-way adjustable front seats with heating, cooling, memory, and massage functions ($8150 with heated rear seats thrown in as well) finished in premium suedecloth (part of the $2500 Premium Textile Pack that also adds a suedecloth steering wheel with satin chrome paddle shifters) is absolutely worth it. ![]() That’s why for 2020, the range is being pared back to a far more reasonable 13 variants, with the more potent engines now reserved for higher trim specifications. ![]() Since its launch, the Velar lineup has drawn some heat for being too complicated, as there were an overwhelming 41 different engine and trim level combinations available at launch. Serve up a distinctly more premium interior, plusher ride, and even bolder exterior Share its engines and all-wheel drive system with the big cat, but it does Platform with the Jaguar F-Pace, the considerably more expensive Velar might ![]() But when the company broke with tradition to begin offering the Evoque in 2011 and it became rather a runaway success, it proved that there was a place under the Range Rover umbrella for more stylish and less off-roady models such as this, the Velar, which joined the range in 2017. Traditionally, Range Rovers have always been about blending two things – incredible off-road performance, and combining it with interiors and styling that are the pinnacle of luxury. ![]()
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