1 of 600 and a One Year Model – 2020 Range Rover Velar SV Autobiography Dynamic (SVAD?)

Stumbled on this hot 2020 Range Rover Velar SV Autobiography Dynamic and wondered if there was anything special about it. Was surprised to learn it’s a one year only model and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) made only 600 units. A unicorn, but not a cheap one. Invested another whole hour on the web only to learn that 60 made it Canada, and no idea how many to the USA. It was once a $100,000 SUV and two years later, it’s on the lot for $83,998. A bargain? Probably not. Exclusive? I’d say so.

With the convenience package and driver assistance package there is nothing available from Land Rover this vehicle don’t have. Adaptive cruise control, heated, cooling, and massaging performance seats for all, knurled-metal finish on the infotainment and HVAC knobs, multiple big screens, leather, carbon fiber, and on an on. Looks handsome. Tasteful.

No rear DVD system – probably interferes with the suit jacket hangar built into the driver’s headrest? Nothing opulent in the back. Nothing really to see here mate, move on.

Here’s what you really get for the $40,000 over a regular Velar – a monstrous 550 hp 5.0 liter supercharged V-8 powerplant mated to an eight speed automatic that’ll take this beast to 60 mph in less than four seconds. Same motor in the higher priced Range Rover Sport SVR and lower priced (usually) Jaguar F-Pace SVR (see the bottom of this piece). The motor engineered and built by Ford for Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations until 2020. The SVAD gets bigger wheels. bigger brakes, and corners with brake-based torque-vectoring. It also has a bigger gas tank – gonna need it. JLR is also pretty proud of the active exhaust system, providing the video sound track below to whet your appetite, or be music to your ears, depending on your epicurean preferences.

This one-owner, accident free 2020 Range Rover Velar SV Autobiography Dynamic is available in Corpus Christi, Texas here – it’s been on and off the net today so the stock number and VIN are also below. What about MaxCare? This Range Rover still has two years and 20,000 miles of manufacturer warranty – after that it’s a crap shoot. I suspect the legendary unreliability of JLR vehicles is by now more folk lore than reality, despite Doug DeMuro’s famous Range Rover some time back. (For the record, CarMax dropped more money repairing my Mercedes S55 AMG – $35,000 – than they did on his Range Rover – $21,000!) Spending $84,000 on this Velar would be a strain for me, and MaxCare might push that to $90,000. But I couldn’t own this without it. Your call.

Stock # 22148367  VIN # SALYU2EE2LA264027

As promised, here’s the sibling – a 2020 Jaguar F-Pace SVR. Same powerplant. Great SUV. Not exclusive, though. Normally I’d say the F-Pace SVR would be a less expensive vehicle – CarMax has had them in the $70,000 range – but this one is more expensive than the limited run Range Rover Velar. Go figure. It here on the far side of Texas in El Paso, if you’re wanting to mosey over and see it.

Stock # 21612154 VIN # SADCZ2EE0LA642711