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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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