The Range Rover Velar Looks like a Crore because that’s how much it used to cost before Land Rover started making it in India. Now that it has, the Velar has got a price cut of over Rs 16 lakh!
Looks are a subjective matter, but the Range Rover Velar is hands down one of the prettiest SUVs in the world, irrespective of the price tags or segments that it competes in. Yes, Looks are not everything, we all know that. But if looks were everything then I would have ended my review of the Range Rover Velar by now.
The Velar strikes the perfect balance between what the Range Rover Evoque wanted to be and what the Range Rover Sport hoped it could be. It’s big, it’s brawny and yet it is sophisticated and subtle. Think of it as someone who dresses in sharp suits every day, has well-gelled hair and wears a perfume that makes you want to ask which brand it is from. But come Friday evening, the last thing you would want is to get into a match of arm-wrestling with this person because not only can they drink more beers than you, but also look far prettier even when drunk.
That’s pretty much the Range Rover Velar. It looks painfully beautiful even when standing in a parking lot and can put almost every SUV to shame when it comes to going off-road because well, it is a Range Rover.
And the best part in this story is that the Range Rover Velar is now being manufactured locally and as a result, the price of this SUV has gone down to Rs 72.47 lakh from Rs 88.88 lakh (all prices ex-showroom). That’s a price reduction of over Rs 16 lakhs! How’s that for a discount?
The other new thing is that now, the Velar is only available in a single variant – the R-Dynamic S. This comes with a choice of two engine options – a 2.0-litre Diesel and the one we drove for our test, 2.0-litre petrol.
So with a lower price and the fact that this variant actually offers more than what the entry-level variant of the Velar used to offer before, how does that place the Velar in the market now? We find out in this review.
