Swapped my E Pace for a Velar today!

Non F-Type related topics... Have a look inside!
Post Reply
User avatar
Chrissyg
Posts: 220
Joined: Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:47 pm

Post by Chrissyg »

As a lucky employee of JLR in Solihull, I get access to a management car scheme, which sees us replace our company cars every 9-12 months or so.

Today I swapped my faithful, 20k mile, completely reliable and faultless E Pace, for a Velar! The E Pace has been one hell of a car, 47 mpg average, comfy for long journeys into Europe, spacious enough (just!) for skiing kit and suitcases for 4, with skis in a roof box. Only minor niggles were a few tizzes and click that I wouldn’t have expected from a car just under a year old. Will probably have another one at some point.

But what a step up the Velar is.. the extra £20k in value really shows up when you drive the car and the feeling of superiority (shouldn’t admit that..should I..?) when driving it is rather enticing. Have all the bells and whistles on here other than the V6 Diesel engine (was restricted to the D240).

No real purpose to this post other than showing off a new toy 😊 and even better, I get to collect my F Type (personal car!) up from the dealer tomorrow after £5k’s worth of corrosion repair work!

Have a great weekend all!

1B32BEDE-5CBA-46C5-ADF3-D2C8965B9BC6.jpeg

3534DF79-3B55-44EF-86D6-9351E274F384.jpeg

20MY D240 RR Velar - Firenze Red
200tdi Defender 90
Ex-MOD SWB Series III Land Rover

User avatar
Lunar
Posts: 1997
Joined: Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:02 pm
Location: Frimley Surrey

Post by Lunar »

Congrats - enjoy the upgrade!

...nice Ford Mustang in the background ;)
MY14 "S" badged V6 Convertible in Lunar Grey metallic
Performance seats, Meridian, heated flat bottom wheel with aluminium paddles, heated front screen, cruise, dual zone climate, switchable active exhaust
Deleted User 1088

Post by Deleted User 1088 »

very nice

My wife has just purchase last of the line petrol Evoques .. 250 BHP HSE Dynamic .. we are very please with our purchase

IMG_0416.jpg

IMG_0417.jpg

IMG_0415.jpg

Jagman100
Posts: 227
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2018 1:33 pm
Location: Midlands

Post by Jagman100 »

Nice photos of both cars, all Range Rovers are gorgeous in my opinion and I’ve been keeping an eye on the Velar for the wife as we also need a practical 4 door, all the YouTube Velar reviews seem positive on styling, comfort and build quality so I’m quite tempted, my wish list would be a 3.0 petrol V6 Autobiography in silver with Ivory leather, I’ve seen a couple advertised but not driven one yet and will probably wait till September until after we do the NC500 in the F Type.
2016 V8 R AWD Coupe Italian Racing Red, Black Alloys & Pano Roof
User avatar
Chrissyg
Posts: 220
Joined: Thu Jun 08, 2017 7:47 pm

Post by Chrissyg »

Thanks all. Kaspa, congrats. The evoque has always been a great place to sit, enjoy your new purchase. Classy spec too!
Totally agree Jagman, I’m a bit astonished how much more upmarket the Velar feels compared to my old E Pace. Top spec HSE just comes with so many toys it’s hard to find fault with it really. Can’t tell you too much about driving as I’ve only done 130 miles in it, other than comfort and refinement are superb. The Diesel engine I’ve got is a little louder than I’d expect on start up, but is very quiet when driving. The P380 version is silky smooth as you’d expect, just has a rather large thirst!
20MY D240 RR Velar - Firenze Red
200tdi Defender 90
Ex-MOD SWB Series III Land Rover
cj10jeeper
Posts: 1914
Joined: Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:37 pm

Post by cj10jeeper »

kaspa wrote: Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:43 am very nice

My wife has just purchase last of the line petrol Evoques .. 250 BHP HSE Dynamic .. we are very please with our purchase
Very nice. Looks great spec.
Be careful with the perforated leather seats. I have light inserts and they pick up colour too easily..

Btw. Is it 250bhp? I thought the petrol and diesel HSE both ran at 240bhp (237)
2014 MY 3.0 V6S Roadster
Subtle enhancements to create the car I wanted from SVR nose cone, 400 series side skirts & customised 'design' rear bumper, to heated SVR steering wheel and more
User avatar
PhilB
Posts: 681
Joined: Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:54 pm
Location: South Bucks

Post by PhilB »

cj10jeeper wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:01 am Btw. Is it 250bhp? I thought the petrol and diesel HSE both ran at 240bhp (237)
I thought the same.
The petrol was the Pre-Ingenium (Ford) 4 pot the Si 4 ?

The new one that has just come out now has the Ingenium petrols including a P300.
Deleted User 1088

Post by Deleted User 1088 »

PhilB wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:22 am
cj10jeeper wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:01 am Btw. Is it 250bhp? I thought the petrol and diesel HSE both ran at 240bhp (237)
I thought the same.
The petrol was the Pre-Ingenium (Ford) 4 pot the Si 4 ?

The new one that has just come out now has the Ingenium petrols including a P300.
Hello Yes my mistake .. is the 240 (237) its a 2019 model year (68 plate) which has the Ingenium engine not the old Ford unit
regards
Post Reply

  • You may also be interested in...
    Replies
    Views
    Last post