A couple of friends have said recently that they have seen the MY18 on the road recently so driving to work past the Whitley factory I thought I would have a quick drive past the entrance to see if I could seen any... Just by coincidence one was driving out just as I drove past, so I quickly followed it!

Didn't manage to see in the interior, however I noticed the steering wheel looked similar to the Velar's with the stitching around the circumference of the wheel.

Heres a couple pics I got of the back and front:

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It's running Discovery Sport and Disco5 20" wheels in the photo. It will be interesting to see if anybody with access to a website that links license numbers to vehicle engines/ specs can tell us if this is one with the new 2.0ltr Petrol or the new petrol Hybrid or even the full on EV version......
It doesn't seem to have too many radical changes, but they may be under the disguise. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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The DVLA website doesn't have any details on Cylinder info and says 0g/km CO2 so either they don't have the info or it's a plug in hybrid. Looking at the warning sign on the back it's definitely a hybrid of some variety.

Given it has what looks like a yellow 'voltage' warning triangle in the back window, id guess this is the plug-in hybrid. SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.

Unlikely to be a plug-in hybrid as they have quite a lot of emissions from their petrol engine.............. It would have to be a fully electric/milk float version (based on the iPace?) to have zero emissions and why it shows no cylinders! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Tue Jul 11 2017 11:23am. Edited 1 time in total

kmpowell wrote:

Given it has what looks like a yellow 'voltage' warning triangle in the back window, id guess this is the plug-in hybrid.

It was a yellow exclamation mark, not a yellow voltage symbol

Looks to me like the 18mdl SVR.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Then the yellow warning sticker is probably about needing ear defenders.............. MY2016 HSE D SDV6 - gone due to fuel dilution problems.

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Tim in Scotland wrote:

Unlikely to be a plug-in hybrid as they have quite a lot of emissions from their petrol engine.............. It would have to be a fully electric/milk float version (based on the iPace?) to have zero emissions and why it shows no cylinders!

Looks like a svr with the vents in front bumper & rear exhaust pipes.

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I'm not convinced it was an SVR - the actual exhaust tips looked a bit like the current model tips just hidden behind the new surrounds. Maybe part of the design refresh is for these new exhaust surrounds. I think it will be great if this is the case.

It's disguised, it could be a Disco5 underneath! Remember the mules for Freelander 1 were all Maestro vans with additional disguise. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Here is one spotted going across to France at the weekend



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2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW