Anyone have any views on the Velar ?

http://www.usedvehicles.landrover.co.uk/search#/details/2816048

RC

Yes - only worth having with a V6, and then too dam' expensive. Dearer than RR SPort, and that makes no sense at all for a far smaller car. MY2016 HSE D SDV6 - gone due to fuel dilution problems.

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push for a big discount as LR are stuggling to sell them.

Andy Andy.
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2014 RRS SC Santorini
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2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
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2008 RRS White
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Everyone reckons to avoid the 2.0ltr engined cars as they are seriously under powered. Dealers have huge stocks of them so plenty of low miles pre-reg cars are available too that you can negotiate on. Problem will be what will it be worth when you want to move on if they cannot shift them now? 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Food for thought...

Maybe I'll wait a while, see what happens - no rush !

“Better looking than the Velar,,& probably a 5th of the price,,plus like Tim says 7 years warranty.LR definitely need to get their act together especially after all the crankshaft problems,they will be loosing loads of customers,I know of 5 friend who were looking at buying used L494’s but after I’ve told them about my old one snapping crankshaft & LR not wanting anything to do with it they have gone for other brands like BMW & Audi,so 5 friends each spending on average 55-60k is a lot of money to lose.And not one person from LR has been on here with any explanation to what they are doing about the crank issue isn’t helping them at all. “
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RCVantage wrote:

Anyone have any views on the Velar ?

http://www.usedvehicles.landrover.co.uk/search#/details/2816048

RC

I’m also thinking of a Velar, got an extended test drive in one on Monday & Tuesday when mine goes in for a service / MOT, Loving the look of the interior, i specced up one on the config and came out around the £77k mark , but I think it’s all relative really, even tho dearer than a RRS HSE, if you spec up an autobiography to roughly the same spec you’re talking over £90k, which I can’t stretch to A base spec Velar is around the £45k mark whereas the sport base model is around the £ 61k mark 2015 HSE SDV6 Scotia Grey, ebony / lunar, colour coded, deployable steps, TV, sliding pano and a few other bits. Now gone
2018 Velar R-Dynamic HSE sdv6 silicon silver

I looked at the Velar 380P and decided while nice, maybe too small,for me. The young sales lady said a V8SC would be more “me” that’s how I ended up with one  Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

Hi RCV. Interesting question. When I saw the Velar in the press when it was first announced I thought mmm, lovely but in the flesh, not so. Haven't been aware of the crankshaft issue on RRS2 till this thread - better do my research as I'm beginning to consider an update from my TDV8....