Full Australian pricing for the coming Range Rover
Velar has surfaced, ahead of its launch near the end of this year. Jaguar Land Rover’s Australian
arm confirming a price range of between AUD 70,300 and AUD 135,400 before on-road
costs, depending on the model selected. From launch, buyers will also have the
option of a First Edition model priced from AUD 168,250 in diesel form and AUD 169,150 for the petrol version – again, before on-road costs.
The Velar slots in above the small
style-focused Evoque and below the larger Sport. No
surprise, and as its slender form and tapered roofline suggest, the Velar’s
role is to be the perfectly stylish yet still rather practical inbetweener. To
the point on practicality, the Velar rides on a 2874 mm wheelbase and boasts a
558-litre rear cargo area (seats-up).
The Velar is built on the same platform
as the Jaguar F-Pace, which rides on an identical 2874 mm wheelbase, but offers a slightly more cavernous 650 litres of space in the boot. Powertrains
available to Velar buyers will include two petrol and three diesel options. All
get an eight-speed automatic transmission, and all get all-wheel-drive. As
confirmed in March, those engines will include 180 Hp/430 Nm TD4 and 23 Hp/500 Nm
SD4 versions of JLR’s 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine, with a
bigger 300 Hp/700 Nm SDV6 turbo-diesel to headline the oil-burner end.
On the petrol side, there’s a 250 Hp/365 Nm 2.0-litre
Ingenium unit, joined by a 381 Hp/450 Nm supercharged ‘V6 S/C‘. JLR
also confirmed a 300 Hp/400 Nm version of the 2.0-litre mill for the Velar, which
should join the range early in 2018. The biggest diesel boasts a 0-100 km/h time of 6.5 seconds but the super V6 is sharper still at 5.7 seconds.
Model grades include the eponymous Velar, then S, SE,
and HSE – repeated a tad with the R-Dynamic, R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic SE and
R-Dynamic HSE. At the entry end, the standard Velar’s standard equipment
includes – among other items – 18-inch alloy wheels, autonomous emergency
braking (pedestrian), rear-view camera, regenerative braking, selectable
driving modes, leather steering wheel, partial leather-look seat trim and LED
tail lights.
Pricing up the entire options list for the entry
model would see you clear into a whole new car, but highlights include an AUD 11,600
upgrade to 20-way powered seats with memory/massage/heat/cool settings (rear in
this option gets heating/cooling only), along with Matrix LED or Matrix-Laser
LED headlights, Meridian sound, surround camera, digital radio and digital TV,
Park Assist, four zone climate control, a head-up display, and much more.
Scoot to the top end of the ‘regular’ range – the
R-Dynamic HSE – and standard equipment highlights include 21-inch alloy wheels,
17-speaker audio, leather seats and interior trim, low-speed autonomous
emergency braking, powered front seats with memory and massaging, a full
digital instrument display and air suspension, among many others.
There’s no indication that different
variants in the range will feature anything other than the two stacked 10-inch
displays, although we could see smaller or fewer screens in lower-spec models.
Including the First Edition models, there are 42 models in the local Velar
range.
