Range Rover Velar hybrid 2024 review: Major update for BMW X5 rival headlined by new P400e PHEV

The 2024 Range Rover Velar large SUV has a tall task ahead of it: keeping pace with the popular BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE in the sales race, although its sibling, the Land Rover Defender, currently tops the tables in the Australian premium segment. Either way, the first-generation British model has received a major update to keep it fresh.
The big news here is the arrival of the new P400e powertrain option, which is a plug-in hybrid that combines a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine with an electric motor to deliver combined outputs of 297kW of power and 640Nm of torque. Better yet, its 19.2kWh battery pack delivers 69km of WLTP-rated electric-only driving range.
In this expert review, CarsGuide Contributing Journalist Emily Agar and her family of three spend a week living with the new Range Rover Velar P400e in its Dynamic HSE form to find out what all the PHEV fuss is about. Plus, she deep-dives all the other key changes, including the multimedia upgrades.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Pricing and features
02:05 Design
03:26 Practicality
05:18 Under the bonnet
05:41 Driving
07:50 Efficiency
08:49 Safety
09:19 Ownership
09:54 Verdict
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[@simonstone3336]

Great work mate 👍

[@thebankchanneltv]

These cars are starting to not make sense apart from the brand appeal. They've always been so expensive, not loaded with features and have notorious reliability issues - about time they lifted their game!

[@cserd8734]

$150k and not even lane departure assist… no thanks

[@saivallabhareddy6621]

THUG LIFE ❤INDIAN PRODUCT ❤😮😊😊

[@falchoon]

nice car, I'd happily pay $80-$90k for it.

[@andremcamara3120]

Nice but ..... Mitsubishi Oulander PHEV much better priced.

[@laceyunderall68]

Those blue denim seats are awful 😂

[@joshuaberman2848]

First!!