2024 Range Rover Velar gets a nip and tuck to stay fresh
The Range Rover Velar stylishly plugs the gap between the Evoque and the Range Rover Sport, and for 2024, it gets a neat little refresh.
The Range Rover Velar stylishly plugs the gap between the Evoque and the Range Rover Sport, and for 2024, it gets a neat little refresh.
The 2023 Land Rover Defender 130 arrived in the UAE this year and is the third Defender variant currently being sold in the GCC market. To recap, there is the Defender 90 and the Defender 110, both of which debuted in 2020. The Defender 130 more closely relates to the 110, as it shares the same wheelbase but adds extra room at the back to seat eight passengers comfortably—the Defender 110 tops out at seven.
The Land Rover Defender is an iconic name. The legendary off-roader was completely reimagined a couple of years ago. The short-wheelbase Defender 90 and the longer 110 enjoys decent reception around the world. Now, Land Rover employs it to perform a more family-oriented function, with an even longer Land Rover Defender 130 that can seat up to 8 passengers.
A couple of months ago, Land Rover showcased the latest generation of the Range Rover with a cleaner design. It is now time for the smaller Range Rover Sport to follow suit. The new 2023 Range Rover Sport shows off a similarly clean design and gains a plug-in hybrid model while retaining a V8 in the lineup.
Land Rover has broken cover on their all-new Range Rover model. Along with design changes to the interior and exterior, hybrid engines have now joined the lineup, as well as a new flagship turbo V8 motor.
If the V8 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 was poised to fight for the limelight with the Ford Bronco, the assault has now come from another direction. While we still wait for a high-performance Bronco, the pricier Land Rover Defender V8 is here now and it is a 518 hp beast available in both three-door or five-door configurations.
The entire motoring world is now in the process of making the tedious switch to alternative fuels. So is the United Kingdom, with their plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Jaguar Land Rover likes to prepare in advance thus they have now promised to make the Jaguar lineup completely electric by 2025, adding the current I-Pace EV’s success (at least in Europe, not in the Middle East).
Continuing the Jaguar-Land Rover range’s barrage of refreshes — Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover Evoque, Jaguar XF and E-Pace all have been updated for 2021 — is the 2021 Range Rover Velar. The midsize crossover SUV gets new tech and electrified engines for the new model year.
Jaguar updated their XF sedan and E-Pace Crossover recently with a slight facelift and it is customary for their sister company Land Rover to follow suit. As a result, the 2021 Land Rover Discovery arrives with a small facelift, new engines and an updated infotainment system.
The 2020 Land Rover Defender 110 recently made its way to our local shores as one of the most anticipated cars of the year, received with mixed reactions before its limelight was stolen by far more retro Ford Bronco and maybe the upcoming Jeep Wrangler V8. We had a go at it on UAE sand to see if the modernised new model does justice to the nameplate.