Queen Elizabeth II’s custom Land Rover Range Rover SDV8 Autobiography LWB is for sale on PistonHeads.com for the price of £224,850. The vehicle was commissioned by the Royal Household in March 2016 and was seen transporting the late Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to various high-profile events.
Noteworthy appearances include its role during Barack Obama’s state visit to the U.K. in the same year, where the former U.S. President and First Lady Michelle Obama were seen entering the rear of the car.
The late Queen’s Range Rover was modified by the Land Rover Workshop in Gaydon, to meet the Royal Household’s specifications. These modifications included side steps and a police siren. However, certain adjustments have been removed for homologation purposes. The set of grab handles requested by Her Majesty The Queen, along with a warning label for the police siren, are included in the sale though.
The Vehicle
This SDV8 Autobiography LWB has a metallic blue exterior with a cream leather interior. The extended wheelbase provides dignitaries in the rear with added legroom, and the rear headrest screens have been reinstated for the new owner.
Under the bonnet, a 4.4-litre, twin-turbocharged diesel V8 with 339hp and 519 lb-ft of torque powers the vehicle, delivering its capabilities through an eight-speed automatic gearbox to all four wheels. With a quick 0 to 60mph time of 6.5 seconds and a top speed of 135mph, this luxurious vehicle, listed by Bramley Motors on PistonHeads.com, comes with 18,000 miles on the odometer, including 2,586 miles driven during its Royal ownership. The sale includes the original number plates, OU16 XVH, as seen on the vehicle during Royal events.
Matt Bird, Deputy Editor of PistonHeads, said: “There are few finer ways to travel than in the back of a long-wheelbase Range Rover. They really are unmatched for opulence and sense of occasion, especially when specified like this one with lovely light leather and dark wood. Even the wheels look ideal for sumptuous rolling refinement, and the lusty V8 diesel will be the perfect accompaniment for mile after effortless mile.
This model is desirable enough already, but to know this was personal transport for the late Queen and Prince Phillip elevates this Range Rover onto another plane of specialness entirely. This would have been one of the final vehicles specified by Her Majesty; that it remains with some of those features intact is lovely to see. Knowing that this vehicle was used for the Obamas on a state visit only furthers the appeal. For those enamoured with the Royal family, it’s an unrepeatable (and wonderful) piece of history.”
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