NEW ENGINE CHOICES AND LATEST SAFETY TECHNOLOGY FOR AWARD-WINNING RANGE ROVER VELAR

3 May 2018

  • Land Rover’s mid-size luxury SUV offers broader choice with additional 3.0-litre V6 D275 option
  • Adaptive Cruise Control with Steering Assist joins existing suite of driver assistance features
  • Velar crowned 2018 World Car Design of the Year at the New York International Auto Show in March
  • Both diesel and petrol engines now equipped with particulate filters to further reduce emissions
  • Velar delivers exceptional refinement and elegance, priced from £44,735

Land Rover has announced a host of enhancements to the award-winning Range Rover Velar including a broader engine choice, the latest intelligent safety technology and more features such as air suspension and adaptive dynamics now available as options.

The luxury SUV crowned World Car Design of the Year at the recent World Car Awards.

The Velar now has a D275 engine option, a 275PS 3.0-litre V6 diesel, producing 625Nm of torque. The new D275 enhances the options across the range and enables customers the flexibility to specify the perfect car for them.

We’ve given Range Rover Velar customers more choice with the addition of a new diesel engine option, even more scope for personalisation and the latest safety technology. Creating the perfect Range Rover Velar is now easier than ever.

Finbar McFall
Global Product Marketing Director, Jaguar Land Rover

For 2019 model year, customers have a greater breadth of choice when specifying their vehicle. This includes the Kvadrat premium textile seat available more widely across the range.

Joining the suite of driver assistance systems, Adaptive Cruise Control with Steering Assist operates between 0-180km/h and uses the existing Adaptive Cruise Control functionality with Lane Centring to steer the vehicle within its lane as it maintains a set distance from the vehicle in front.

Other features include Adaptive Cruise Control with Stop & Go that allows the driver to follow a vehicle to a smooth stop and resume from stationary when the driver prompts the system by tapping the accelerator pedal.

 

The radar-based High-Speed Emergency Braking enables enhanced forward collision detection. The system works between 6-99 mph and is able to detect an imminent collision, alerting the driver and applying the brakes if the driver fails to respond.

Now fitted as standard, all customers will benefit from a Rear Camera, Front and Rear Parking Aids, Driver Condition Monitor, Emergency Braking and Lane Keep Assist.

Adaptive Dynamics is now optionally available on a number of models throughout the range. By monitoring wheel movement 500 times per second, and body movements 100 times per second, the system continuously varies the damping forces at all four corners of vehicle. This ensures that suspension stiffness is optimised for the driving conditions, improving ride comfort and handling – there’s even a specific calibration for off-road driving.

Velar is offered with coil springs as standard with four-corner air suspension now an option on all models with V6 engines, the four-cylinder 240PS diesel and 300PS petrol. This system delivers truly outstanding comfort and significantly increased off-road capability.

 

Customer convenience is boosted by a larger 82-litre fuel (up from 63-litres) tank fitted to a number of petrol models, delivering greater range. The models benefiting from the increase in tank capacity are the P250 and P300 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium engine options. 

The Velar’s two petrol engine options are also now equipped with particulate filters to make them even cleaner.  The highly efficient, close-coupled filters are neatly integrated into the after treatment system and trap ultrafine particles as the exhaust gas passes through them. Under normal driving conditions, the trapped particles will be oxidised into CO2 and the filter regenerated whenever the driver lifts off the accelerator. 

The 19MY Range Rover Velar is available to order now with a starting price of £44,735.

The 19MY Velar range in summary:

Model

Price ‘from’ OTR

2.0L D180 DIESEL

£44,735.00

2.0L D240 DIESEL

£47,730.00

3.0L D275 DIESEL

£49,740.00

3.0L D300 DIESEL

£50,990.00

2.0L P250 PETROL

£45,830.00

2.0L P300 PETROL

£48,330.00

 

19MY Updates to Range Rover Velar

Further information

Kim Palmer | Public Relations Manager, Land Rover UK

kpalmer@landrover.com ­ 07795 666 169

 

Tracey Tompsett | Senior Press Officer, Land Rover UK

ttompset@landrover.com  07469 032 064

 

 

Notes to Editors

About Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands: Land Rover, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel-drive vehicles; and Jaguar, one of the world’s premier luxury sports saloon and sports car marques.

We employ more than 43,000 people globally and support around 240,000 more through our retailer network, suppliers and local businesses. Manufacturing is centred in the UK, with additional plants in China, Brazil, Austria and Slovakia. 

At Jaguar Land Rover, we are driven by a desire to deliver class-leading vehicles, which will provide experiences our customers will love, for life. Our products are in demand around the globe. In 2017 Jaguar Land Rover sold 621,109 vehicles in 130 countries, with more than 80 per cent of our vehicles being sold abroad. 

Our innovation is continuous: we spent more than £4 billion last year on new product creation and capital expenditure.

From 2020 all new Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will be electrified, giving our customers even more choice. We will introduce a portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles as well as continuing to offer ultra-clean petrol and diesel engines.

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