1992 | Land Rover Range Rover Classic Vogue SE

Lot details

Year: 1992
Make: Range Rover
Model: Classic Vogue SE
Registration: J187 SKV
Chassis No: SALLHAMM7KA619240
Engine No: 35D06751A
Mileage: 86,538

Originally owned by Land Rover

Single family ownership since 1993

The Range Rover's origins can be seen as far back as the early 1950s when Maurice Wilks, Land Rover's principal design engineer, mooted the idea of a 'Road Rover'. Initially conceived as a bigger and better Land Rover, it never progressed beyond the stage of test models and the project was cancelled in 1958. The idea of a luxury Land Rover was taken up again in the mid-1960s by Spencer King and Gordon Bashford, chief engineer and chief designer respectively of New Vehicle Projects, who set out to combine the practicality and cross-country ability of Land Rover engineering with the performance and comfort of Rover saloons. The Range Rover was successfully launched in June 1970. At that time, management felt confident in describing its versatility as 'four cars in one - a luxury car, a performance car, an estate car and a cross-country car'. It is a matter of history that Range Rover was received with tremendous enthusiasm and has subsequently fulfilled all these and many other roles with great success. Features such as power assisted steering, carpeted floors, air conditioning, cloth or leather seats and wooden interior trim were fitted later. It was a body-on-frame design with a box section ladder type chassis similar to contemporary Land Rovers. It utilised coil springs as opposed to leaf springs, permanent four-wheel drive and four-wheel disc brakes and was originally powered by the Rover V8 engine.

This Range Rover Vogue SE was originally registered to Land Rover UK Ltd, Lode Lane, Solihull on 28th April 1992 before its first owner, our vendors father, acquired it on 16th January 1993 and has owned it since. Garaged all its life we are told this was the family car seen in the local supermarket carpark rather than the motorway or anything more strenuous which is reflected in the time warp condition of the car. Presenting in Agean Blue with grey leather interior, the paintwork is in good order as is the interior.

The 3.9 Litre V8 engine is a very well tried and trusted unit, we are informed this example runs well and the manual gearbox operates as it should. The original service books are present, clearly this Range Rover having been owned by the same vendor since 1993 and has been very well cared for. An MoT test certificate valid until 6th March 2025 and this example is supplied with a good history file. With the higher-up driving position, ample legroom and more than adequate storage space, it is easy to see why Range Rovers are so popular. Consigned by Mathew Priddy

For more information on this lot please email mrp@historics.co.uk