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This lot will be auctioned via Silverstone Auctions, The Classic Sale at Silverstone Festival 2023 on Friday the 25th of August - Saturday the 26th of August, The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN. , By the late 1990s, Land Rover had begun to realise that most Range Rovers rarely saw turf, and fuel efficiency was at the forefront of the suburban driver’s mind, so development of a more refined diesel engine for the Range Rover and Discovery began in earnest. Ironically, during this time, the V8 Defender had begun to appeal to the 'lifestyle' end of the market and a number of limited-edition cars were developed and marketed by the company, proving popular for occasional use in a similar way to a classic car. Over the past decade, this has led to a new sub-market for upgraded, used Land Rovers with leather interiors and more powerful engines, and a number of small companies have sprung up to fulfil this need.J E Motor Works of Coventry are one of those companies skilled in developing bespoke products for Land Rover Defenders but they are not new arrivals in this area having built a 50-year reputation for engineering excellence when it comes to all things Land Rover. Known in the past for building unburstable competition engines for Paris-Dakar entrants, their business these days is equally well known for an extensive range of styling and performance enhancements for LR’s ubiquitous Defender.During 2016, our vendor was keen to purchase a new Defender 90, but it appears that there was a two-year waiting list at the time. One dealer that he spoke to suggested that he had a chat with JE Motor Works as they had been buying a few for stock. Happily they had exactly what he wanted in Santorini Black and, after what we imagine must have been a good afternoon going through their upgrades option list, a deal was struck and JEM commenced work on our vendor's new car. It was ready for collection on 22nd December 2016, just in time for Christmas, and the J E Motorworks invoices in the history file indicate that well in excess of
Central Locking; Electronic Stability Program (ESP); Power-assisted Steering (PAS); Tuning; Safety Belt Pretensioners