The late Queen Elizabeth II’s Land Rover Range Rover SDV8 Autobiography LWB is offered to purchase for ₤ 224,850 (about R5.3 m) on the UK automobile market PistonHeads.com. The vehicle was commissioned by the royal family in March 2016 and was utilized to chauffeur the late queen and Duke of Edinburgh to and from prominent occasions. The royal Range Rover likewise played a starring function throughout Barack Obama’s state check out to the UK in 2016, with photos revealing the previous United States president and First Lady Michelle Obama being accompanied into the back of the automobile. A number of adjustments were made by the Land Rover Workshop in Gaydon to fit the royal home’s requirements, consisting of side actions and a cops siren. These have actually given that been eliminated for homologation functions, though a set of grab deals with the queen asked for on a number of her vehicles, together with a caution label for the cops siren, are consisted of in the sale as keepsakes of its time at the royal home. The SDV8 Autobiography LWB is completed in metal blue with a cream leather interior. Dignitaries in the rear take advantage of additional legroom thanks to the prolonged wheelbase, while the rear headrest screens, which were gotten rid of while in service, have actually been restored for the brand-new owner. It is powered by a 4.4 l twin-turbocharged diesel V8 with 250kW of power, which is sent out to all-four wheels through an eight-speed automated transmission. The automobile has actually been noted on PistonHeads.com by Bramley Motors and is provided with 29,000 km on the clock, 4,100 km of which were covered while under royal ownership. Consisted of in the sale are its initial number plates– OU16 XVH– as seen on the vehicle throughout Royal occasions. Matt Bird, deputy editor of PistonHeads, stated: “This would have been among the last automobiles defined by Her Majesty. That it stays with a few of those functions undamaged is charming to see. Understanding the automobile was utilized for the Obamas on a state go to just enhances the appeal.”
Late Queen Elizabeth II’s Range Rover on sale for R5.3 m
