One of the best vehicles I’ve ever had. Bought new from showroom & sold my RR Sport HSE. Had nearly 3 year’s now! She’s beautiful & I’m reaching nearly 64………..so ladies buy one & drive it, she’s gorgeous though I suggest dark interior my RR Sport was black & cream interior & I was always careful.
Yeah, cause that control console TOTALLY won't be distracting drivers as they try to adjust something as simple as the fan. That's the problem with touchscreens. You have to actively look to see where you're pushing, as opposed to just being able to tell by touch what the dial does, or count how many buttons over it is. The best control console is the one you don't have to take your eyes off the road to use.
My family owns this exact spec colour and interior... what an amazing and capable car in the winter and with traction control off it loves to misbehave 👌
I’ve got the 3.0 diesel V6… excellent economy and really powerful with 700 Newton metres of torque. Great off road on wet muddy fields, snow etc.. I’ve got used to the touch screens, I use voice commands for most anyway so I don’t have to look.
Great video, the concern with virtual controls is that you have to take your eyes off of the road as there is no tactile button for adjustment. Where as a real button/switch can be located and adjusted without taking your eyes away from the road.
@@mahir6239 and we al know how great Siri Alexa etc are don’t we! In other words... garbage! I don’t want to stop music to adjust the hvac or a noisy road it just ignores you - and it certainly won’t hear you with the window down and with music on. So you can keep it. I’ll keep my buttons 😋
Your music has been quite good at nailing the clientele. The underbody looks quite serviceable, if all you do is exhaust replacement. I think JLR has work to do on its interface. These people are more used to making gestures than actually doing something.
I only know of one person in my life that ever took their Range Rover and new ones at that off-road; had a buddy that had the old full-size one and also a Defender back in the day and he had them both painted with the zebra stripes and he took them off-road all the time but other than that, to the mall they went and that's it.
the fact that it looks so stunning and still do any off roading is great , cars like the x5m or those merc g class cars cant do shit , i know range rovers are unreliable and service prices are crazy ( they have improved drastically from the 2000s) but you have to give them credit for not disappointing their off roading heritage
I said almost the same thing about the $65000. Colorado to another reviewer, calling it virtually making it "Mall" rated, and got publicly ridiculed by the reviewer, so I will hold my opinion but I do think it comes down to a matter of "will" you instead of "can" it go off road. Thanks Roman. I seems like it certainly can go off road.. Bob/Okc
I wonder if it would be a good idea to purchase the extended warrantee for this. If any of the screens break you can't use some of the basic functions of the vehicle.
my dads 2012 range sport....My god...had a leak from the hydrolic line last year....in the shop right now. Few reasons I believe. TIming chain (it's at about 140,000KM right now) and something with the hydrolics again....
Are those glossy controls made of plastic? will they scratch easily? some new cars i have seen with that type of trim have bad scratches and permanent stains from interior cleaner, hope those gas engines aren't ford derived or they will have problems.
Bring back the 'defender' and those will more than likely be seen off road. This vehicle will be seen more on I70 heading to the ski resorts and rarely on gravel/off road trails.
One of the first things I did with my G500 was take it deer hunting... So, yeah... Why not? I still have my 1960 Willys wagon but 60 mph is top speed... It's even got a panic button...
Roman, A little consistency on your part would be nice. You lambasted the Honda Pilot, a vehicle that cost half as much and will see about as much off-road as the Velar, but had push button transmission which you went out of your way to say it was a bad idea, yet no mention of it on the Velar! Love your channel, but be a little more consistent with your opinion and reviews please.
I can just imagine trying to press all those touch screen buttons while being throw about off road. Probably why my fj has climate dials the size of a door knob. Bad choice on their part. Cool at the dealership not on the road.
If you're attempting to adjust anything other than the steering wheel while off roading, you're obviously not driving anything more difficult than a gravel road.
"Smart" technology depreciates faster than a vehicle does. So when you throw all of that smart tech into a vehicle, leasing would be the best option, but leasing in itself is a terrible idea. So.... unless you're stupid wealthy and this is your dream car, I don't see a reason for it to be purchased.
People are always being silly when it comes to Range Rover / Mercedes G-Class Land/Range Rover makes Luxury Road SUVs now, that have an off-road ability. If you want to get an off-road vehicle that's okay on-road buy a Jeep or an older Land Rover #BringBackTheLR4Disco
My 4Runner will still be running in 15 years: will the Range Rover? I love Land Rovers (my uncle had a 1950 one on his farm when I was a kid), but these new ones ....
its the same as an I phone where the technology will be dated and you simply buy a new one when the next newest thing comes along and you either throw away, give away or if you are poor you may even get 5000 dollars trade
phil tripe my uncle has a 2015 got it from the dealership first two weeks couldn't drive it I went with him and had to fight for a loaner vehicle the first full year it been in the shop every two months told him to trade it in he was ready to fight me a month later it's raining in his car he called SMH.
because of status. People in Thailand are buying Mini's that cost over $70,000 (because "import taxes"). BMW started assembling Mini's in Thailand now and instead of making them cheaper, they kept the same price because they are selling so many at $70,000.
Oh please. If anyone buys this car for off Road or even dirt/gravel roads you will be in the body shop all the time. Too much coin for too little function
I rented one and had to take it back. Beautiful and quiet but I had multiple failures -Remote mirrors didn’t work. Sometimes wouldn’t shift out of first., hated the touch controls. Tiny hard to read odd icons. Way too much gloss black. Rotary shift knob that is motorized and rises when the start is pressed. What happens when this fails - you couldn’t drive the car. Technology gone wild ...and stupid !, Disappointing since I loved the exterior styling and seats. Never did get interior light to come on when doors opened.
"don't try this at home!" as if i got such a rocky mountain in my backyard. thats why dinosaurs are dead, Titanic is drown, aliens don't want to show up, and you are reading my comment 😁. I wish you are having the greatest day of your life. peace
What’s the point of almost every car on a market accelerating to 120 mph? in 99% of cases won’t even go close to 100, and average speed will be around 30mph. See how stupid the off-road point is
There will always be a market for outrageous. Bugatti , Lamborghini, etc. Will those people(most) track or race? No. 200k Patel Phillipe....why? Question is if you have the money, why not. Obviously you don't. (neither do I)
This new model is redundant. You already have the Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Evoque, and the Discovery Sport which all are close in size and appearance to this new Velar.
Land Rovers, Landcruisers, Wranglers, Grand Cherokees, Raptors, 4Runners, etc, etc. Take your pick. All bought as "look at me I'm so cool" image. Nobody takes them off road.
Joshua Tree/ real off road, Never, doesn't make sense. Plus the dust kills the interior / electronics. But for jaunts to the cabin in Aspen or Mammoth, of course 😉
Nucl3ar Family surprisingly enough it’s actually been pretty reliable. Just hit 101k and it’s had no problems other than a few problems pertaining to the top (convertible), and one time when the plastic radiator fan broke. It also had the infamous 6 disk player but that’s no longer in the car.
Range Rover is nothing more than a status car. The velar is a car essentially. It has off road tech but it's low, with big front and rear over hangs, low profile tires. Not to mention it's gonna depreciate like a brick and be unreliable like other range rovers. Being based of a jag doesn't make it any better. Not worth it.
One of the best vehicles I’ve ever had. Bought new from showroom & sold my RR Sport HSE. Had nearly 3 year’s now! She’s beautiful & I’m reaching nearly 64………..so ladies buy one & drive it, she’s gorgeous though I suggest dark interior my RR Sport was black & cream interior & I was always careful.
Yeah, cause that control console TOTALLY won't be distracting drivers as they try to adjust something as simple as the fan. That's the problem with touchscreens. You have to actively look to see where you're pushing, as opposed to just being able to tell by touch what the dial does, or count how many buttons over it is. The best control console is the one you don't have to take your eyes off the road to use.
MultiPurposeReviewer exactly what I was thinking!
While I agree, aren’t the Tesla cars like this? Who is bitching about that?
MultiPurposeReviewer I totally agree. Buttons and dials are better than touch screens. Safety and less to to go wrong
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SteveLord Literally everyone is
My family owns this exact spec colour and interior... what an amazing and capable car in the winter and with traction control off it loves to misbehave 👌
I agree, this year in my country we had black ice, rain constantly & snow ❄️ etc., lower into traction amazingly good!
If I bought that car for that price I’m taking it everywhere. Ima take it up a mountain. Ima get my moneys worth.
THIS!
Driven Hard 😂
"Don't try this at home!" as if I have a $90k Range Rover lmao
DropsIntheOcean As if we have an off-road track at home 😂
Mo Autos + hahahaha
chriscmxiii you find humour in your poverty, interesting.
@@Adam13115511 :
I always loved the Range Rover Velar, and I think I want to get it again because they were made for outdoors as much the Jeep.
Excellent execution! From concept to showroom! Nice review Roman...
Such a gorgeous car. Love that interior. Ultimate ski rig.
Nice honest review, can’t help that you were being nice, holding back. That touch screen would drive me batty, showstopper.
I’ve got the 3.0 diesel V6… excellent economy and really powerful with 700 Newton metres of torque. Great off road on wet muddy fields, snow etc.. I’ve got used to the touch screens, I use voice commands for most anyway so I don’t have to look.
Great video, the concern with virtual controls is that you have to take your eyes off of the road as there is no tactile button for adjustment. Where as a real button/switch can be located and adjusted without taking your eyes away from the road.
Voice commands: bruh
@@mahir6239 and we al know how great Siri Alexa etc are don’t we!
In other words... garbage!
I don’t want to stop music to adjust the hvac or a noisy road it just ignores you - and it certainly won’t hear you with the window down and with music on.
So you can keep it.
I’ll keep my buttons 😋
@@OverlandTT well a person who actually has a velar said that in comments below this
@@mahir6239 🤣
I saw the car in person yesterday and it looks very nice. Touch screens are a really bad trend and I hope the car industry will turn around soon!
Look much better in the promotional videos then in person! I was shock when I saw it actually!
Most road distracting car i've ever seen...
Your music has been quite good at nailing the clientele. The underbody looks quite serviceable, if all you do is exhaust replacement. I think JLR has work to do on its interface. These people are more used to making gestures than actually doing something.
I only know of one person in my life that ever took their Range Rover and new ones at that off-road; had a buddy that had the old full-size one and also a Defender back in the day and he had them both painted with the zebra stripes and he took them off-road all the time but other than that, to the mall they went and that's it.
the fact that it looks so stunning and still do any off roading is great , cars like the x5m or those merc g class cars cant do shit , i know range rovers are unreliable and service prices are crazy ( they have improved drastically from the 2000s) but you have to give them credit for not disappointing their off roading heritage
mr dinkleberg wtf do you mean by the g class can't do shit?
CLOWN the G class can’t do shit but the G “wagon” can 😅
I love the design
you should adjust your shutter speed so that it won't blink when you record the touch screen.
finally some real offroading reviews, no more stupid wrangler drag races
Disco vs wrangler unlimited pretty please
$90k, is LR insane?!?! It’s based off the FPace & you can get a nicely equipped RR Sport HSV for less
I said almost the same thing about the $65000. Colorado to another reviewer, calling it virtually making it "Mall" rated, and got publicly ridiculed by the reviewer, so I will hold my opinion but I do think it comes down to a matter of "will" you instead of "can" it go off road. Thanks Roman. I seems like it certainly can go off road..
Bob/Okc
I wonder if it would be a good idea to purchase the extended warrantee for this. If any of the screens break you can't use some of the basic functions of the vehicle.
This car will be fun to own once that warranty is up :)
That is why people lease them :)
they are way more reliable now , but the service cost is still stupid
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my dads 2012 range sport....My god...had a leak from the hydrolic line last year....in the shop right now. Few reasons I believe. TIming chain (it's at about 140,000KM right now) and something with the hydrolics again....
@@abhishetty2637 £599 for five year's servicing. Outrageous.
Nice these are the videos i want to see!
Are those glossy controls made of plastic? will they scratch easily? some new cars i have seen with that type of trim have bad scratches and permanent stains from interior cleaner, hope those gas engines aren't ford derived or they will have problems.
Bring back the 'defender' and those will more than likely be seen off road. This vehicle will be seen more on I70 heading to the ski resorts and rarely on gravel/off road trails.
This is my favourite car mates!
One of the first things I did with my G500 was take it deer hunting... So, yeah... Why not? I still have my 1960 Willys wagon but 60 mph is top speed... It's even got a panic button...
pretty impressive off road
Roman,
A little consistency on your part would be nice. You lambasted the Honda Pilot, a vehicle that cost half as much and will see about as much off-road as the Velar, but had push button transmission which you went out of your way to say it was a bad idea, yet no mention of it on the Velar! Love your channel, but be a little more consistent with your opinion and reviews please.
I can just imagine trying to press all those touch screen buttons while being throw about off road. Probably why my fj has climate dials the size of a door knob. Bad choice on their part. Cool at the dealership not on the road.
bgtx lol how often do u adjust your climate off roading and while moving? Fj is so simple it doesnt hsve auto temp control? Stupid comment.
bgtx Meh, dont be scared,,,once you get used to the controls they are intuitive.
If you're attempting to adjust anything other than the steering wheel while off roading, you're obviously not driving anything more difficult than a gravel road.
"Smart" technology depreciates faster than a vehicle does. So when you throw all of that smart tech into a vehicle, leasing would be the best option, but leasing in itself is a terrible idea. So.... unless you're stupid wealthy and this is your dream car, I don't see a reason for it to be purchased.
Some people just want a slick capable off road vehicle. They more than likely buy new and do not care about depreciation.
Upwards of $75,000 and no standard 4GLTE connectivity or Android Auto or Apple CarPlay?
needs better tires
Goatranch Gaming It does for sure.
Clearly people do otherwise the defender wouldn’t exist and second of course they do theirs off-road features and modes for a reason
People are always being silly when it comes to Range Rover / Mercedes G-Class
Land/Range Rover makes Luxury Road SUVs now, that have an off-road ability.
If you want to get an off-road vehicle that's okay on-road buy a Jeep or an older Land Rover
#BringBackTheLR4Disco
Land rovers are now a lineup of big and lowered crossovers
What's the point of a velar for 90 grand over a range Rover sport for 84-90 grand
How did you get to 90 K ??? That is not the price of the Velar. It's much cheaper, cheaper than the sport by 20%.
Haha come to Saudi Arabia they even go off-roading with there rolls Royce phantom don't believe me ? Look it up
abduallah alkhateeb
Radicalized Muslims are crazy funny and they make me laugh.
J High yeah radicalized humans make me funny
The one's who drive ferraris and rolls royces aren't radicalized I bet.
My 4Runner will still be running in 15 years: will the Range Rover? I love Land Rovers (my uncle had a 1950 one on his farm when I was a kid), but these new ones ....
Reason for RR's its success is because its owned by an intelligent man
Who thinks they need their own TV show
Love all the ROVERs
Why do people buy expensive cheap cars ?
its the same as an I phone where the technology will be dated and you simply buy a new one when the next newest thing comes along and you either throw away, give away or if you are poor you may even get 5000 dollars trade
phil tripe my uncle has a 2015 got it from the dealership first two weeks couldn't drive it I went with him and had to fight for a loaner vehicle the first full year it been in the shop every two months told him to trade it in he was ready to fight me a month later it's raining in his car he called SMH.
Ask smart and mini buyers
because of status. People in Thailand are buying Mini's that cost over $70,000 (because "import taxes"). BMW started assembling Mini's in Thailand now and instead of making them cheaper, they kept the same price because they are selling so many at $70,000.
TheCarSection TheCarSection.......Your grammar..........wow.....
Oh please. If anyone buys this car for off Road or even dirt/gravel roads you will be in the body shop all the time. Too much coin for too little function
How is that almost a fourfold increase when 403k is less than three times of 144k?? Wtf..
Gorgeous.
How is the reliability of the range rover today?
way better than the 2000s as long as they are serviced regularly , but their service prices are quit expensive
I rented one and had to take it back. Beautiful and quiet but I had multiple failures -Remote mirrors didn’t work. Sometimes wouldn’t shift out of first., hated the touch controls. Tiny hard to read odd icons. Way too much gloss black. Rotary shift knob that is motorized and rises when the start is pressed. What happens when this fails - you couldn’t drive the car. Technology gone wild ...and stupid !, Disappointing since I loved the exterior styling and seats. Never did get interior light to come on when doors opened.
Nope. It's way too beautiful to take it off road.
Did he purposely show the same clip 3 times?
Who drives there auto inside there home?
Best looking SUV
Just because you say don’t try it doesn’t mean I don’t want to try it
I think most people agree that trying this at home is the whole point of watching this video.
Dont try this at home, but try this on the road
That angle at 7:48
If Toyota engineered everything except the exterior, I would buy one of these.
or you could get 18 jeep grand cherokee wks with quadra drive 2 and good reliability
I could get a manual fwd 98' civic up that trail.
nah
I am buying this car in a month, and I will never go off-roading.
Velar doesn't have🙅fog lamp...
It's not a cross over. It's an SUV pal.
"don't try this at home!" as if i got such a rocky mountain in my backyard. thats why dinosaurs are dead, Titanic is drown, aliens don't want to show up, and you are reading my comment 😁. I wish you are having the greatest day of your life. peace
I do. Just choose where you want to live and don't whine.
So this or the Jag????
What’s the point of almost every car on a market accelerating to 120 mph? in 99% of cases won’t even go close to 100, and average speed will be around 30mph. See how stupid the off-road point is
I would drive it like a rental
The house I live in has flat surfaces in most places and 5 stairs. I think the Velar wont fit in.
Ive driven a Velar. Its very nice but there is NO Velar worth $90K. Thats stupidity.
What is the Doug Score?
You might want to brush up on your math skills. 00:10
You can do twice as good off road and spend 1/2 the money. I never understood the point to these vehicles.
Half the money? You can spend 1/10 of the money and get something way more capable off road.
Half the money for something brand new.
There will always be a market for outrageous. Bugatti , Lamborghini, etc. Will those people(most) track or race? No. 200k Patel Phillipe....why? Question is if you have the money, why not. Obviously you don't. (neither do I)
How can I do this at home?
You forgot to talk about what the entire damn video was supposed to be about hahaha
That was not an 'off road' review. You drove it on dirt and talked about the SUV market.
This new model is redundant. You already have the Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Evoque, and the Discovery Sport which all are close in size and appearance to this new Velar.
Nobody buys a landrover and doesn't expect it to handle itself off road.
I'll have my Toyota Land Cruiser on stand by to pull u out the ditch
Abdul Aden and I'll have my f150 pull you both out of the ditch
abduallah alkhateeb, Funny
abduallah alkhateeb the Found On Road Dead
abduallah alkhateeb Ha that’s a good joke. A ford pulling out a land cruiser lol.
I’ll have my 1998 Land Rover discovery to pull all three of you out. Well as long as it runs the whole time.
These are meant for boulevards cruisers.
don't tell landrover owners it's based off the ford fusion/ Taurus platform
AMGV Media Land Rover isn't owned by Ford anymore. They are owned by Tata motors an India company.
Yep and the Ford Fusion/Taurus platform is a modified Volvo P2 Platform from the late 90’s.
Another Range Rover mall crawler. Can't wait until these take over the local starbucks. 😑
That applies to Jeeps as well.
Freddie Redding Sadly, it does.
All great off road brands are mall crawlers now... deal with it.
Land Rovers, Landcruisers, Wranglers, Grand Cherokees, Raptors, 4Runners, etc, etc. Take your pick. All bought as "look at me I'm so cool" image. Nobody takes them off road.
Man, i live in Africa. That road is nothing compared to where i take my 1983 Toyota corolla 1.6l petrol at times fully loaded. Come on
niggaaaa
The sales increase might also be due to the inequitable distribution of wealth in the world too.
With nonsense views like that, why would you even be looking at a video like this? go get a job then you can quit whining about wealth distribution.
Just needs better rubber, and it would be perfect.
Joshua Tree/ real off road, Never, doesn't make sense. Plus the dust kills the interior / electronics. But for jaunts to the cabin in Aspen or Mammoth, of course 😉
Do you think the F-Pace can hang with the Range Rover Velar off road?
+sickjohnson no, the Velar has air suspension and the F-Pace does not.
There's something about me that just hates when they take vehicles like this off road. I know they are capable but it's just so cringe worthy.
Almost got enough dust on that center control panel to short it out. Looks too much like a Ford Exploder to be worth 90k
2W3X4YZ5 looks nothing like an explorer..
But how’s its reliability?
Sam, The Car Guy About the same as that Furd in your avatar. I owned a 02 Stang GT and a 15 LR and the reliability has been the same.
Nucl3ar Family surprisingly enough it’s actually been pretty reliable. Just hit 101k and it’s had no problems other than a few problems pertaining to the top (convertible), and one time when the plastic radiator fan broke. It also had the infamous 6 disk player but that’s no longer in the car.
Been s o reliable lime I have one driven over 200,000km
if u can take that offroad why not take a Track Hawk
Range Rover is nothing more than a status car. The velar is a car essentially. It has off road tech but it's low, with big front and rear over hangs, low profile tires. Not to mention it's gonna depreciate like a brick and be unreliable like other range rovers. Being based of a jag doesn't make it any better. Not worth it.
if i can afford to buy it i can afford to off road it.
Of course I would take it off road! Why not? Who buys a SUV and never takes it off road? What is the point?
Jason Yau 99% of SUV buyers. That's who doesn't take their vehicles off road.
This is a car to drive to the mall and yoga class
If Someone has a buggati and brags im Gonna say “Nice Passat
That is a SEXY mofo Velar! Would I take off road? Hell ya! But not beat it up. It is good to know that if I needed to go thru a rocky terrain I can.
My dad has an Range Rover Velar and it's not $90k. It's $65k
Andrew Huh probably because it’s a base model.
Because I just put a deposit on one and it’s $91k so they can cost upward towards $100k
range rover means suv like jeep