Given this is such a large car on the road, you might be a little bit disappointed by this car’s overall practicality. Needless to say, Land Rover might argue that you’re a Range Rover customer, and this isn’t your top priority – if it were, you’d buy a Land Rover Discovery.
So, consider it an adequately roomy car for four and you won’t be that disappointed. If you have kids, the Velar will look after you reasonably well. For instance, it has just the two Isofix points, both on the outer rear seats. The Isofix sockets are easily accessible though, rather than buried deep between the seats, and there is plenty of room in the back to manoeuvre the children into position.
Boot space and storage
The Range Rover Velar is not short of boot space – and that’s before you fold the rear seats down, which adds over 1,000 litres more flatpack furniture capacity. Making life even sweeter, there are multiple fold-out curry hooks in the boot as well, plus load restraint rails available as an option. Shame the rear seats don’t fold totally flat, though.
Most Velars come with a powered tailgate – they’re only an optional extra on entry-level models – while higher-spec SE and HSE models also come with gesture control fitted, allowing you to open the tailgate by sweeping your foot underneath either corner of the bumper.
Given how large the Velar looks from the outside and how long it feels from behind the wheel, the interior space for people is a little underwhelming at first. Four adults can make themselves reasonably comfortable, but there is not an enormous amount of rear knee room, and anyone forced into the middle fifth seat will find themselves straddling the transmission tunnel, which isn’t ideal for longer journeys.
Despite them being closely related, the Jaguar F-Pace fares better for rear seat passenger space. Cabin storage is okay rather than good, but there are plenty of USB sockets for hooking-up mobile devices.
Is it easy to park?
There are some interesting optical illusions going on with the Velar’s exterior. It looks long and narrow, yet at just over 4.8m is far from being the longest SUV around while its 2.1m width from mirror tip to mirror tip is actually rather broad.
Parking requires care, but all models come with front and rear parking sensors as standard, with plenty of additional systems and cameras on high-spec models, and parking assist makes light work of most spaces. We’d at least recommend having cameras as rear visibility is a little limited.
The Range Rover Velar covers all the safety basics. Autonomous emergency braking (AEB), lane-departure warning, and a comprehensive suite of stability control systems are fitted as standard; you also get six airbags, power-operated child locks and a brake pad wear sensor.
More adventurous types will appreciate that Hill Descent Control, Hill Launch Assist, Gradient Release Control and Low Traction Launch are all standard across the Velar range as well. You get automatic high beam assistance from Velar S upwards, while SE adds blind-spot monitors, traffic sign recognition, adaptive speed limiter, rear cross traffic alert and a driver condition monitor.
HSE gets even more active with adaptive cruise control, plus blind-spot assist and lane-keeping assist – both of which actively intervene to keep you in lane and avoid merging with the vehicle next to you. When crash-tested by the experts at Euro NCAP in 2017 the Velar achieved a five-star rating, its 74% score for pedestrian safety being good for a high-rise SUV.
Watch the Euro NCAP crash test video
Basic equipment
The basic equipment list includes equipment that is standard across all versions of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar SUV.
3x3 point rear seat belts
ABS
Alarm
Alloy wheels
Audio remote
Body coloured bumpers
Driver`s airbag
Electric mirrors
Front electric windows
Heated mirrors
Heated seats
Isofix child seat anchor points
Parking sensors
PAS
Passenger`s airbag
Rear electric windows
Remote locking
Service indicator
Side airbags
Steering wheel rake adjustment
Steering wheel reach adjustment
Traction control
Equipment by trim level
To view equipment options for a specific trim level, please select from the following list:
Equipment included on some trim levels
CD
Climate control
Cloth seat trim
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Electric sunroof
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Metallic Paint
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
Standard Trim equipment
Standard Trim standard equipment
Cloth seat trim
Cruise control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Roof rails
Standard Trim optional equipment
Climate control
Space saver spare wheel
Edition equipment
Edition standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Metallic Paint
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
Edition optional equipment
None available
First Edition equipment
First Edition standard equipment
CD
Climate control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Electric sunroof
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Metallic Paint
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
First Edition optional equipment
None available
HSE equipment
HSE standard equipment
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Roof rails
HSE optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Cloth seat trim
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R Dynamic HSE equipment
R Dynamic HSE standard equipment
CD
Climate control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R Dynamic HSE optional equipment
Cloth seat trim
R Dynamic S equipment
R Dynamic S standard equipment
CD
Climate control
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R Dynamic S optional equipment
None available
R Dynamic SE equipment
R Dynamic SE standard equipment
CD
Climate control
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R Dynamic SE optional equipment
None available
R-Dynamic equipment
R-Dynamic standard equipment
Cloth seat trim
Cruise control
Front fog lights
Height adjustable drivers seat
Roof rails
R-Dynamic optional equipment
Climate control
Space saver spare wheel
R-Dynamic Black equipment
R-Dynamic Black standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Lumbar support
Metallic Paint
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R-Dynamic Black optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
R-Dynamic HSE equipment
R-Dynamic HSE standard equipment
Cloth seat trim
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Height adjustable drivers seat
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Roof rails
R-Dynamic HSE optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R-Dynamic S equipment
R-Dynamic S standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
R-Dynamic S optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
R-Dynamic SE equipment
R-Dynamic SE standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Front fog lights
Headlight washers
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
R-Dynamic SE optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
S equipment
S standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Headlight washers
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
S optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
SE equipment
SE standard equipment
Cruise control
Electric driver`s seat
Electric passenger`s seat
Headlight washers
Leather seat trim
Lumbar support
Partial leather seat trim
Roof rails
SE optional equipment
CD
Climate control
Height adjustable drivers seat
Sat Nav
Space saver spare wheel
SVAutobiography Dynamic Edition equipment
SVAutobiography Dynamic Edition standard equipment
The Land Rover Range Rover Velar SUV was tested by Euro NCAP in 2017 and was awarded a 5 star overall rating.
This overall rating is calculated from the following individual ratings:
Euro NCAP provides motoring consumers with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe.
The safety ratings are determined from a series of vehicle tests, designed and carried out by Euro NCAP.
These tests represent, in a simplified way, important real life accident scenarios that could result in injured or killed car occupants or other road users.