Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to end production of the Range Rover Evoque and Range Rover Velar SUVs in mid-2027. Both models will be dropped from the line-up without direct successors, and their production capacity will be reassigned to more expensive vehicles.<\/p>\n
The decision to discontinue the models is linked to their natural product life cycles. By the time production ends, the current generation of the Evoque will have been on the market for eight years, while the Velar will have been available for nine.<\/p>\n
The Range Rover Evoque is currently the brand\u2019s most affordable model. In the United States, its starting price is $51,375. Despite using a front-wheel-drive-based platform derived from Ford engineering, the SUV has gained a distinctive design and a minimalist interior featuring high-quality materials in keeping with Range Rover\u2019s positioning. The model was launched in 2011, has gone through two generations and maintained relatively strong demand. However, it will not receive a new generation.<\/p>\n
The Range Rover Velar will also be discontinued. It debuted in 2018 and has a starting price of $63,175. The SUV shares its platform with the Jaguar F-Pace and initially attracted attention primarily for its design, which is considered one of the most successful in Range Rover\u2019s history. Compared with the Evoque, the Velar offered more interior space while retaining the brand\u2019s distinctive styling, although its off-road image was less pronounced.<\/p>\n
The freed-up production capacity will allow Jaguar Land Rover to focus on higher-value vehicles. The Solihull plant in the UK, where the Velar is currently manufactured, will be reconfigured to produce the full-size Range Rover and mid-size Range Rover Sport. The facility will also receive additional capacity to manufacture the all-electric luxury Jaguar Type 01 saloon, which has already attracted attention for its controversial design.<\/p>\n
The Halewood plant, where the Evoque is manufactured, will instead switch to producing a new model in the Land Rover Defender family, which is likely to be the compact Defender Sport. The facility will also be prepared for production of the fully electric Range Rover GT, recently announced by the company.<\/p>\n
Following the discontinuation of the Evoque and Velar, the Range Rover GT is expected to become the most affordable model in the Range Rover line-up. However, its projected starting price will exceed $80,000, significantly raising the entry price for the brand\u2019s range of vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":152413,"menu_order":0,"template":"","newscat":[9],"newstag":[],"issues":[],"class_list":["post-152412","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","newscat-novosti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/152412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"newscat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newscat?post=152412"},{"taxonomy":"newstag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newstag?post=152412"},{"taxonomy":"issues","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ldaily.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issues?post=152412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}