So it's time to change my company Car in Germany and yes I'm one of those strange hybrids that works in anti brexit land and returns every weekend to play with my RRS on the island 😉

I'm currently running an X5 which is a great car but a bit sterile tbh and despite all my colleagues seemingly jumping into the amazing deals from Daimler at the moment (current fav is the GLE500) I'm going to put a rangy in the middle of the formal German suburbia

I love my RRS my17 so it was top of my list and I've settled on a autobiography and the leasing budget is around list price of 130k so should be a nice spec I think

But the Velar has just been added to the list and the RDynamic 3ltr is available but with a list 30k less than the RRS I guess no discounts yet so I thought I would try one

My local dealer in Shrewsbury Hatfields were great and let me try one even if I'm ordering it in Germany exactly the model I was wanting an R Dynamic HSE with the black pack

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Great first impression. However, my question is what AREN'T you getting in the Velar that you ARE getting in the RRS? With a not insignificant £30,000 grand of a price difference, there must be some significant physical differences. What are they and can you live without them?

Old Jock 2018 (MY19) Jaguar F-Pace R-Sport 300PS Petrol in Caesium Blue with many bells and whistles.
2015 RRS HSE SDV6 Firenze Red with Santorini Panoramic Glass Roof, gone but not forgotten.

Hi Jock,

Just just built a Velar - R Dynamic S D300 to the same spec as my RRS and it came out just £400 less than £70k I paid 22 months ago.

Did not load it with extras, upgraded the small 19" wheels to 20", opening pano roof, full sized spare, Terrain response, cameras, rubber mats, service pack and tracker. Did not upgrade the interior or audio which for me is a waste of £1k.

Will reserve judgement until I have seen a Velar but based on LRs web site info, for the same money I would stick with RRS or look at something completely different.

Tony 2018 MY19 HSE Dynamic, Santorini, Ebony/Ivory, Sliding pano, Adaptive cruise, Black wheels. Arrived 3rd September 2018
2015 MY16 HSE Dynamic, Santorini, ebony/cirrus, sliding pano, cameras, black wheels - Arrived 1 October 2015

JOCK55 wrote:

Great first impression. However, my question is what AREN'T you getting in the Velar that you ARE getting in the RRS? With a not insignificant £30,000 grand of a price difference, there must be some significant physical differences. What are they and can you live without them?

Old Jock

0310 wrote:

Hi Jock,

Just just built a Velar - R Dynamic S D300 to the same spec as my RRS and it came out just £400 less than £70k I paid 22 months ago.

Tony

V8TDI - Do it - the Velar is fantastic.

You are on the wrong forum TBH - there is a HUGE thread on the "other cars" section of this forum and you will see that most on here don't like it much (not surprised as this is a RRS forum!). I was fortunate enough to pick up one of the first UK First Edition cars on the 27th July and I can't fault it at all.

Head over to www.velarforums.co.uk where you will find people who have ordered, or taken delivery of their cars and have come out of everything from a FFRR to an F-Pace, Macan and BMW X5s etc etc - Almost all have said the Velar is a better car than anything they came out of.

Go figure