Starts at $61,500
FAST FACTS
"Land Rover bookends this segment with the Velar, which is one of the longest compact luxury SUVs, and the Discovery Sport, which is one of the shortest. Both unfortunately come standard with Land Rover's forgettable four-cylinder engine, an underachiever in terms of both acceleration and fuel economy. So why pay five figures more for the Velar? The obvious answer is styling — the Velar takes after the subcompact Range Rover Evoque in putting fashion first. You can also specify a much stronger inline-6 engine in the Velar — the same one offered in its Jag F-Pace platform-mate — but that drives the price even farther away from sensibility."—Ranked #11 out of 16 Compact Luxury SUVs
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Josh has been reviewing cars professionally since joining Edmunds.com fresh out of grad school in 2008, personally driving most new cars on the market every year since. He also served as the project manager for Edmunds' expert vehicle rankings from their inception in 2018, building the product out from the back end to the front end. Josh is a card-carrying member of the Motor Press Guild and a lifelong car nut who has tested, compared and critiqued a ridiculous number of cars in his career.
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