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HIGHLIGHTS
- Top spec facelift L322
- 503bhp performance
- Rare and desirable Ipanema Sand paintwork
- Lined Oak Anthracite trim with leather headlining
- Full history file
THE APPEAL
When Land Rover facelifted the L322-Series Range Rover for the 2010 model year, it threw everything it had at what was already the finest luxury 4x4xfar.
Not content with lording it over the rest of the vehicles on the road with the grand and stately original, the mid-life tweaks gave the L322 a new face, a vastly improved cabin and – most significantly – an all-new engine range, banishing the old BMW powertrains to the past and instead using the recently cojoined Jaguar Land Rover’s own units – a 3.0-litre diesel and a stupendous 5.0-litre V8, which was fitted to the top models in the range.
This one is as indulgent as they got – not only is it a V8, but it’s also the 503bhp supercharged model (thank you, Jaguar…) and is equipped in Autobiography specification – essentially a bespoke menu of options from which prosperous customers could throw as much money as they wanted to towards. In this case, such additions as a full leather headlining and 360-degree surround camera system were among the boxes ticked, with Autobiography-only two-tone leather trim.
When new, it would have tipped the scales at comfortably more than £100,000. Today, it’s yours for a much smaller amount, perhaps closer to what its original owner spent on options, if the monumental spec list is anything to go by. It’s a hell of a car.
THE HISTORY AND PAPERWORK
- Four owners
- UK V5C
- New MOT to be issued on sale
- Warranted mileage
- Land Rover book pack and wallet
- Owner’s manual
- All original booklets
- Land Rover main dealer and specialist history
THE INTERIOR
- Arabica (brown) over Ivory, two-tone leather
- Lined Oak Anthracite dash and door trims
- Excellent seats and carpets, very minor wear to driver’s side seat bolster
- Ivory leather headlining
- Central touchscreen
- TFT screen with welcome display and virtual dials
- Smart brushed aluminium trim highlights
- Sunroof
- Fuel burning pre heater
- Lane departure warning
- High beam assist
- 360-degree surround camera system
- Multi-zone climate control
- Heated front and rear seats
THE EXTERIOR
- Rare Ipanema Sand coachwork
- No notable dents or damage
- Rot-free inner arches
- Appears very good underneath
- Excellent 20-inch factory alloys
- New Pirelli Scorpion tyres all-round
- Infrared reflective heated windscreen
- Excellent condition with only a few very tiny stone chips and marks, nothing of any note
THE MECHANICS
- 5.0-litre supercharged V8
- Six-speed auto
- Permanent all-wheel-drive with Terrain Response selectable low range
- 503bhp
- 0-60mph in 4.9 seconds
- Adjustable air suspension
- Very well-serviced and maintained for all of its life
- Drives exceptionally well with no known or evident running issues
- Completely serviced ahead of sale with new oils and filters all-round, including transmission and differential oils and coolant
SUMMARY
The L322 Range Rover was a world-beater when it first came out and evolved to be something even quicker, stronger, more luxurious and even more desirable as it got older. It was, for the entirety of its production run, the best luxury SUV in the world. That made it hugely desirable then and it means it’s still equally desirable now.
This on, in particular, will have masses of appeal for fans of the model – a truly superb and sumptuously appointed version that was absolutely as good as an L322 could be, with a howling supercharged powertrain, incredible performance and a to-die-for soundtrack. It’s a wonderful machine, as good as a Range Rover of its era gets. And that means it’s very good indeed.
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