Highlights
- Handsome and high specification 300TDI
- Low mileage for year of under 100,000
- Uprated interior with Corbeau-style sports seats
- Only two registered keepers
- Very well kept in desirable colour scheme
- MOT to April 2025 with no advisories
The Appeal
The trick when buying a good Defender is to find one in the right spec that looks like it could go anywhere, but hopefully hasn’t. That way you get all the show and the go, without the deterioration.
This 1998 300TDI is an impressive beast. Finished in popular dark blue with black trim and ‘sawtooth’ alloys, it comes with a high specification that carries through from the exterior - we note the snorkel, panoramic rear windows and side steps - to the luxury interior with its leather and suede quilted Corbeau-style sports seats.
With just two keepers from new and low mileage for the year, it remains in very good order. Take away the numberplate and you could easily mistake it for a much younger vehicle. That’s backed up by the MOT, which runs to the end of April with no advisories.
This era of Defender is highly regarded by enthusiasts for its durability. If you’re after a good, practical, six-seat 4x4 to see you through winter and beyond, this one looks rather tempting.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 6th January 1998
- Only two registered keepers
- V5C in current keeper’s name
- Vendor states that it can be exported to the USA
- Later model with 300TDI engine
- MOT to 29th April 2025 with no advisories
- 98,855 miles showing on test and now on 98,883 miles in photos
The Condition
- Desirable 90s Defender in mid blue with black trim features
- Well kept blue paintwork showing few indications of age or mileage
- Described as ‘immaculate’ by seller
- Due to the age and originality buyers should be realistic about minor aging
- Bodywork presents as straight and well kept with no reports of accident damage
- Neat and popular black trim accents plus checkerplate protective features
- Black bumpers, grille and other features in good condition
- Fitted with ‘panoramic’ limousine-style rear glass in good order
- Other exterior features include side steps, snorkel and LED headlights
- Black ‘sawtooth’ alloy wheels in good order with black but non-matching spare
- Fitted with Renegade all terrain tyres plus Cooper tyre on spare
- Chassis in good order as shown with no structural advisories on last MOT
- Vendor states that the vehicle has ‘no rot’
- Six seat 90 specification interior with extensive upgrades as shown
- These include Corbeau-style high back sports seats in leather and quilted suede
- Matching quilted door cards in good order
- Seats show only over light, barely visible wear
- Also fitted with suede headlining according to seller
- Some light wear to switchgear as shown such as indicator stalks
- Remaining switchgear is very well presented for year, as is dashboard
- Six seat layout with twin rear vinyl-clad benches which fold away for extra storage
- No reported electrical, lighting or switchgear malfunctions
The Mechanics
- Well regarded 300TDI 2,495cc turbodiesel engine developing 111bhp
- 5spd manual gearbox
- Usual Defender all-terrain transmission functionality
- Well maintained with no reported issues
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on last MOT
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