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Range Rover Velar is a glamorous game-changer
The Range Rover Velar could threaten the Discovery when it arrives later in 2017
We were given an exclusive preview of the upcoming Range Rover Velar in February. Nothing could be recorded, phones were confiscated but in a small courtyard at Jaguar Land Rover’s UK headquarters, we stood alongside chief design officer Gerry McGovern to watch the prototype wheel into view. The near-production-ready car was parked beside an early clay rendition and the striking thing about the two was that they were virtually identical. "We call the Velar the avantgarde Range Rover. It brings a new dimension of glamour, modernity and elegance to the brand. The Range Rover Velar changes everything," McGovern said. Fast forward six months and we’re in Norway for the global media drive and once again, it looks the same. Those razorsharp shut lines, the retracting door handles, the elegantly thin LED headlamps and overall long proportions of the early clay prototype had all made it into production. Slotting above the Evoque and below the Sport, the Velar will almost certainly be the bi...
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