All-new 2026 Range Rover Velar spied with ultra-sleek new body

The brand-new 2026 Range Rover Velar is finally coming into view before its official reveal next year. The Velar has typically been a style-led model, often sacrificing interior space for the sake of its proportions, and thanks to these spy shots we can confirm the new Velar will be even lower, longer and more striking than ever. In addition to this, the Velar will be all-electric, rivalling other high-fashion electric SUV models such as the Porsche Macan EV, Polestar 3 and Audi Q6 E-tron Sportback. 

As part of a proliferation of electric models coming from Land Rover in the next two years, the Velar will break from the upcoming all-electric Range Rover and Range Rover Sport by being designed from the ground up as a pure battery-electric vehicle (BEV). In doing so, the new Velar will adopt the next-generation EMA platform that will also be later used in other models. 

This EMA architecture will be cutting edge, and utilise over-the-air updates to keep it up to date as the model matures in the market. It will do this by focusing on features such as ‘evolving advanced driver-assistance systems’, ‘non-stop access to media streaming’ and exchanging data between JLR and EMA-based cars for additional service and maintenance prompts to ‘reduce costs for the client and JLR’.

Given the EV rides on an all-new platform, there’s little in the way of technical details available, but 800V architecture is expected to allow rapid charging up to 350kW. The EMA platform is also expected to underpin a next-generation Evoque, and while it was initially muted to also support ICE powertrains, JLR has remained tight-lipped about whether it will follow Porsche and other brands in softening its focus on BEV models. 

What this new platform also provides is the basis for a very dramatic set of proportions that are unique to the class. While the current Velar is hardly upright, the new model looks even lower and longer, whilst retaining its long clamshell bonnet, flush door handles and massive wheel size. 

Looking closely at the side, we can see the doors are now frameless, helping keep the side of the car visually clean, with more accentuated wheelarches hiding huge rims and tyres. The typical Range Rover floating roof looks to still be in place, and while the rear window will likely be little more useful than the one on a seventies Lamborghini Countach, tech such as a digital rear-view mirror will help with general rearward visibility. 

We expect to see the next generation of Land Rover interior design, with the latest digital interfaces and new-age materials. The original Velar was just as much a trailblazer in regards to its cabin styling when it was revealed in 2018, introducing us to a new, more contemporary take on Land Rover’s traditional interior design language. This is something we expect will be repeated this time around.

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