It’s also highly likely that the similarities between the rough and tumble Defender and the smooth suited Velar end there. The newfound Terrain Response Control system is easily one of the most configurable systems, and one that we’re told will reappear in the next-generation Defender when it goes on sale-sometime.
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While the suspension works to insulate passengers and driver from head tossing and bouncing rides, it doesn’t do so quietly. The motions of the Velar aren’t entirely iced over-the Terrain Response Control system helps dial in steering heft and throttle response through a dizzying array of configurations including Dynamic, Comfort, Eco, and varying degrees of detritus that include mud, sand, snow, ruts, and likely mall lot curbs. An air suspension, standard on V-6-equipped models, does much better than that and can raise up to 9.9 inches of overall ground clearance, ford up to 25.6 inches of water, and turn rutted trails into butter. The Velar relies on a base suspension package that uses double wishbones up front and an integral linked rear end to insulate passengers from unwashed (land)masses. While none of the engines are particularly refined, all of the above aptly power the Range Rover’s amenities that will appeal more than its power delivery. The Range Rover gets the F-Pace’s menu of powertrains including a base turbo-4, and optional turbodiesel inline-4 or supercharged V-6. When the original Range Rover prototype was testing in the late 1960s, engineers used the word “Velar” because it was loosely related to the Latin velum-close to “veil.” Legend dictates further that engineers could also spell “Velar” with the letters already in use from “Land Rover.” In other words, the name doesn’t mean much.īut in the same way an ice cream can transcend beyond its name’s modest origins, Velar will mean for Range Rover shoppers an air of decadent flavors. Like the name Haagen-Dazs, the word “Velar” has very little meaning beyond its initial smokescreen. Optional premium cloth buckets recall the day when workaday cowhides were reserved for the chauffeur and soft wools and cloth were kept for the chauffeured in back.ĭON'T MISS: 2019 Land Rover Range Rover gets plug-in hybrid option I get the feeling that Range Rover’s patriarch, Charles Spencer King, would be livid.
It makes the best case yet that Apple CarPlay doesn’t need to be everywhere, and that automakers may have emerged from 20 years of fumbling through infotainment systems. While the dual 10-inch touchscreens in the middle of the console are anything but subtle, their customization and responsiveness is shockingly livable.
2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar first drive
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