Update - Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Australia has confirmed pricing and specifications for all new Ingenium petrol models will be announced on August 1.
The upcoming*2018 Range Rover Velar has become the latest recipient of parent company Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) most powerful version of its 2.0-litre 'Ingenium' petrol engine.With the wider Velar range heading Down Under later this year, the company expects the high-output petrol models to go on sale around December 2017.Producing 221kW of power and 400Nm of torque from the four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine, the Velar can sprint from 0-100km/h in a brisk 6.0 seconds.It's unclear whether the new engine will be available across all nine trim levels of the Velar range, though it's likely several new variants*will be added to the 42-strong model family*as a result.Pricing and specifications for the 221kW petrol versions of the Velar are unconfirmed as yet, so stay tuned to*CarAdvice for an update in the lead-up to the December on-sale date.The addition of the new engine to the Velar range follows the introduction of the same unit across several JLR Group models, including the Jaguar XE, XF and F-Pace, along with the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque.MORE: 2018 Evoque, Discovery Sport 221kW petrol engine confirmedMORE: 2018 Range Rover Velar full pricing revealedMORE: Range Rover Velar newsMORE: Range Rover news, reviews, comparisons and video

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