Australian 4WD & SUV Buyer's Guide

RANGE ROVER VELAR FROM $92,710

If BMW’S X6 initiated the sports-luxury coupe SUV thing, then Land Rover takes the concept to new ground-breaking levels — literally — with the go-anywhere Velar.

Squeezed between the compact Evoque and more family-focused Sport, this is only the fourth model line in nearly half a century of Range Rovers, and shares most of its underpinnings with the Jaguar F-Pace. That means aluminium-intensive monocoque construction.

Unlike the Jaguar, however, there’s proper off-road tech

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