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1987 Defender 90 2.5 Diesel Green Lhd Ex-military (raf) on 2040-cars

Year:1987 Mileage:100867 Color: Green /
 Green
Location:

Kidlington, United Kingdom

Kidlington, United Kingdom
Transmission:Manual
Body Type:Convertible
Engine:2.5 Diesel
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Diesel
For Sale By:Private Seller
VIN: 00000000000000000 Year: 1987
Interior Color: Green
Make: Land Rover
Number of Cylinders: 4
Model: Defender
Trim: BLACK
Drive Type: AWD
Options: 4-Wheel Drive, Convertible
Mileage: 100,867
Sub Model: Ex-Military
Exterior Color: Green
Condition: UsedA vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections.Seller Notes:"Used condition comensurate with age; faded paint, interior trim worn, some surface rust on chassis and Aluminium panels - one careful (!) owner before me, Her Majesty's Armed Forces..!"

 For Sale:
My (much loved) Land Rover Ninety (eBay doesn't distinguishe between Ninety/90/Defender, so apologies for any confusion), looking for a new home in the States.

This is officially a 'TRUCK, UTILITY, LIGHT GS, CARGO, SOFT TOP, 12V, 4X4 LHD LAND ROVER 90 DSL' (nsn 2320998938030) that was previously (military) registered as 56 KG 26 (VIN SALLDVAC8AA311665). Records requested from the UK Defence Logistics Organisation (Chilwell) show the vehicle spent the periods Aug 1988 to Aug 1990 in MT Storage with the Royal Air Force Germany, then on to RAF Decimomannu (Cyprus) until disposal in Oct 1996 - I bought her from MOD Disposal Agents, Witham (Specialist Vehicles) Ltd on 26th July 2000 and have owned her since.

I have a British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificated factory record copy (cert # 2013/29871) listing the build date as 22 - 31 December 1987, making the old girl over 25 years young and therefore exempt from the Federal Regulations restriciting imports on older vehicles due to the safety and emissions laws... Plus, being LHD she is ready made for the wrong side of the road...

The listing states 100,867 miles - this is the nearest approximation to the 162334KM that is actually on the odometer  - and is believed to be genuine (Cyprus is a small island!!) as there was 27597 miles/44419KM on the clock when I bought her.

The Condition is comensurate with age - the paint has faded, the interior is a little scruffy (seats still original!) and there is some surface rust on the Chassis. She is mechanically sound and drives well (albeit noisy and bumpy - well, it is a Land Rover...) and the usual oil leaks (again, it is a Land Rover...!). The vehicle was used daily from August 2000 to March 2008 when we bought a 'proper' family car and the Landie was garaged, and returned to the road in Sept 2011 for daily use again.

On return to service she had a full service, new fuel tank, new brake hoses, front callipers resealed, rear brake pistons replaced and Brake and Clutch fluid flushed. Since I bought her, I have kept a Vehicle Log of every service event (including engine oil top-up's and annual emmisions test results) and every defect occured/rectified since Sept 2000 (first service entry - 10/09/00 full chassis/bulkhead waxoyl!). I also have every receipt/invoice spent on parts, etc.

I have added the following over the years:
Reverse lights (Geniuine parts gearbox swith and Loom, Mil-spec side lamps for the light units)
Black Mohair Soft-top (with side windows), hood frame painted gloss black.
Roof (spot), bumper (fog) and Rear (work) lights - all on custom made brackets and wired through guarded switches on the seat box side.
Silver 8-Spoke Steel wheels with BFG Radial All-Terrain's (265/75R16).
Custom fabricated (aluminium) side-opening tailgate.
Jackable sills/rocksliders.
Wright Off-Road Acoustic Mat system (moulded soundproofing) fitted to cab floor and seatbox.
E-Eng. Transmission brake Disc conversion.
Cabin bulkhead removed and replaced with custom fabricated (aluminium) bulkhead.
(also, not pictured, a folding forward-facing rear seat)

Sadly for sale now as the family is growing (and I'd like a Discovery 3...!)

Any questions or additional information required - please ask! Happy bidding!!

Please note - this vehicle currently lives in the UK! The successful bidder will need to arrange collection, shipping and import to the US - I can arrange delivery to Southampton Docks (if fuel expenses are covered). Funds to be cleared to UK account before arrangements are made.

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Jaguar crossover won't be based on Evoque or have off-road chops

Wed, 21 Aug 2013

Jaguar's long-rumored crossover won't be built on the same platform as the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, says the Australian site Car Advice. The future of the new CUV remains uncertain, but if Jaguar does dip its toes into the SUV/crossover pool, though, the new vehicle will likely be a car-based soft roader, lacking (or perhaps more appropriately, not needing) the off-road-engineered chops inherent in Land Rover's small CUV platform.
Jaguar product planner Steven De Ploey explained to Car Advice, "There's many groups around the world [platform sharing] - obviously Volkswagen Group is doing it all the time - but I think we have to be careful. He added, "Jaguar is something quite different... It's about capability, but very much on-road focused capability." That seems to gel with our suspicions that the XQ, as it's expected to be called, will share its platform with an upcoming small Jaguar sedan, the oft-rumored X-Type successor.
Still, we'd recommend taking any mention of a Jaguar crossover with a grain of salt. Based on many of the (quite compelling) statements made by De Ploey against a Jag crossover and previous statements made by Jag's design boss, Ian Callum, the case against a leaper-bearing crossover seems strong. If a high-rider were to arrive from Jaguar, though, the article insinuates that it'd be more in line with the BMW X6 or upcoming X4 - sort of a coupe-based crossover. Like we said, grain of salt. If a Jag crossover is going to arrive soon, the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show is the most likely locale for its debut. We'll find out in a few weeks.

Land Rover to build Discovery Sport at new Brazilian factory

Fri, Oct 31 2014

Looking forward to getting your mitts on a new Land Rover Discovery Sport? Well you should, because it promises to be a markedly better product than the Freelander/LR2 it replaces. Just don't assume it will necessarily be built in the UK, as just about every Land Rover has in the company's 66-year history. The new Discovery Sport (pictured above in Sao Paulo) will, of course, be built in the UK, at the Halewood plant where the Evoque is made and which has in the past handled the Freelander, the Jaguar X-Type and a variety of Fords. But it will also be assembled for local consumption at JLR's new factory in Changsu, China. And, according to the press release down below, it will also be made for the Latin American market at the new factory being built in Brazil. The new plant is being built in Itatiaia on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and will come online in 2016. Once it gets up to speed by the end of 2020, it will have the capacity to build 24,000 vehicles each year, ratcheting its workforce up from 400 when it opens to nearly 1,000 when all's said and done. The Discovery Sport will be one of the products made there for the local market, but it surely won't be the only one. As in China, we expect the Evoque will be built there as well, and we wouldn't be surprised to see the new Jaguar XE join it in the near future, either. Don't expect the Brazilian-made vehicles to be sold in the US, though: those will likely still be imported from the UK... at least, that is, until the facility said to be under consideration for the southern United States opens its doors. JAGUAR LAND ROVER CONFIRMS ITS ALL-NEW DISCOVERY SPORT FOR BRAZIL FACILITY - Jaguar Land Rover confirms Discovery Sport as one of the models to be produced at its new local manufacturing facility in Brazil - R$750m investment in the new facility in Itatiaia in the State of Rio de Janeiro - Annual production capacity of 24,000 units for the Brazilian market only – from 2016 Sao Paulo, Brazil – Jaguar Land Rover confirmed today, at the Sao Paulo International Motor Show, that its breakthrough Land Rover Discovery Sport will be one of the first models to be built at its new R$750m (GBP240m) local manufacturing facility in Itatiaia, Brazil. The new factory, which will see a total investment of R$750m (GBP240m) by the end of 2020, will supplement UK production and have the capacity to build 24,000 vehicles annually for the Brazilian market.

Could Jaguar become an EV-only brand?

Fri, Oct 12 2018

Just yesterday we wrote about the Heisenbergian uncertainty surrounding the future of the Jaguar F-Type. A new report in Autocar prompts us to consider extending that ambiguity to the entire Jaguar brand. The UK magazine reports the automaker's product planners have devised a ten-year plan to switch to a pure EV lineup of cars and crossovers. According to Autocar's sources this is a planning exercise and doesn't have the green light, but it's "fairly advanced" and has adherents inside the company. The first shot fired would be an all-electric XJ replacement. That sedan, a "no-holds-barred luxury car" to challenge the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan, would provide emissions-free motoring before the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and BMW 7 Series come with their EV propositions. Around 2023, an EV crossover a touch larger than the full-sized Audi E-tron would replace both the XF and XE sedans. Two years later, a new mid-sized I-Pace would debut as both the F-Pace and E-Pace fade out. And two years after that, around 2027, the J-Pace luxury crossover would sigh its last ICE gasp. And what about the F-Type? The report says "with no replacement for F-Type in the works," an electric sports car "is also a possibility." There's no mention of the XK revival. Right now, Jaguar sells seven models - four sedans and three crossovers. As the Autocar article's written, come 2027 Jaguar would have an electric XJ sedan, a full-sized EV crossover, the I-Pace, and perhaps an electric sports car. That's a brave new world - one we're not sure Jaguar dealers could survive in. Problem is that Jaguar and its dealers are having plenty of problems now. Chinese-market volatility, the cloud around diesels, and Brexit uncertainty have contributed to a sales slump so dire that Jaguar's Castle Bromwich plant is going to a three-day week for the rest of the year. The sales flu has spread to Land Rover, too, the brand's Solihull plant closing for two weeks to realign dealer inventory. Considering all that, and with no easy relief in sight, the product planners are apparently debating whether a new, traditional three-model sedan range is worth the investment. The upside of going all-electric is said to be higher sales, with internal estimates supposing 300,000 units annually. Last year Jaguar sold 178,500 units. The marque could rake in larger profit margins on those sales, too, thanks to premium buyers being ready to shell out big ducats for EVs.