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Jaguar Land Rover has been "flabbergasted" by the early response to the Velar, with huge interest being shown in the new SUV

Land Rover is already confident of bumper local sales with its new Porsche Macan-chasing mid-sized SUV - the Range Rover Velar.

According to Jaguar Land Rover  UK managing director Jeremy Hicks, after just six days of public awareness of the Velar, the company's score of KMIs (Keep Me Informed requests) had passed 12,000, compared with around 3000 for the Range Rover Evoque - itself a spectacular seller - in the same period.

We've now driven the Range Rover Velar - read our first impression here

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