Living in London and with traffic only getting worse, the L494 seems to have become even more oversized for town. Has anyone gone from an L494 to a Velar? I'd only be interested in a petrol and not a plug in hybrid (as we park on the street and despite being constantly told to by an electric or hybrid car there is only 1 plug in spot within 100m of the house and it's always busy).

Interested to know thoughts on the Velar,m what is closest to Autobiography spec (I really want to keep a leather dash top and not plastic for example) and powertrains.

Thanks!

Looking at the configurator, you can add extended leather (leather dash) to even the basic Velar if you choose the leather seats (cloth as standard on the basic model).

As for the equivalent of the RRS Autobiography, it appears to be the Velar Edition. That would still need the extended (or full extended, whatever it's called) to be added as an option. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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I sold my scv8 two months ago and moved into the sv autobiography velar

Do like it as much as my sport, well no! But I saved a good packet on the pcp and still had that 5ltr engine I so love.

Its smaller in cabin feel with very little cubby space compared to the sport with the additional door and centre console storage spaces, but that's something to get used too.

The sound from that engine is a disgrace compared to the roar of my 18 plate L494 JLR have killed the soud of that mighty v8! but I think that is an issue for everyone especially svr owners in recent years, apart from these two things I'm very happy with it.

The boot space is almost the same and this was a big deal as I travel heavy living at both ends of the country and do big miles.

Also due to the weight ratio its about 3mpg better over the 494 and also being 550bhp its a rocket and feels faster considerably over my scv8 again probably due to the power to weight ratio.

The best bit was my insurance dropped to just over £320 vs my L494 which was going north every year!

The driving position and accuracy of the drive feels much more precise, and again I assume the lower car height and drive position mixed with the sv set up make this a more enjoyable package overall. MY18 SCV8 Satin flux silver
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dpg123 wrote:

Living in London and with traffic only getting worse, the L494 seems to have become even more oversized for town. Has anyone gone from an L494 to a Velar? I'd only be interested in a petrol and not a plug in hybrid (as we park on the street and despite being constantly told to by an electric or hybrid car there is only 1 plug in spot within 100m of the house and it's always busy).

Interested to know thoughts on the Velar,m what is closest to Autobiography spec (I really want to keep a leather dash top and not plastic for example) and powertrains.

Thanks!

After six Vogues I bought a 2018 300D Velar on air and with dynamics but not a dynamic. Much smaller than the Vogue and the seating was not as comfortable, ride as good and very stable towing a 2000kg caravan. I missed the active cruise control and the much smaller fuel tank was a real pain especially when towing.
You sit down into a Velar and up into a Sport, the visibility out of the Velar is poor especially when abroad on the other side of the road.
I would probably still have it but it had major infotainment issues, no radio, no sat nav about 50% of the time, dealer had 3 attempts to fix it all to no avail.
Changed to a 2018 300D Sport autobiography and it is a much superior car, the active cruise actually works right down to 0 mph.
We did take a 3L Vogue for a test drive and both felt sick on back roads, no dynamics on the 3L.

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A director of a company I do some work for has just swapped his 2016 RRS for a brand new velar. When I see him I’ll ask him if he is happy with the change.

I had one as a curtesy car for a few days, no way I would swap, it wa# almost like it wasn’t finished. I’d rather have an evoque I thin’ if you needed to change Joined the X5 45e club
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I felt that way about the new disco 5 I had as a courtesy vehicle it seemed so utilitarian and mean inside!

But since then I was I was in a high specification disco and that made quiet a different impression, so I guess your experience was similar?

Coming out of a autobiography sport sure there's differences and it's never going to be identical but I'd say a high spec velar or SV spec isn't that bad a place to be. MY18 SCV8 Satin flux silver
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