Land Rover Defender 110 XS

This one-off customisation of THE off-road legend is by London-based luxury vehicle modifiers Revere. It has the knack of looking at once individual and yet soooo Land Rover. Underneath the many coats of deepest black paint, this is a 2014 Defender 110 XS, complete with seven sensible seats, and a 2.2 TDCi Puma diesel engine coupled to a six-speed transmission. It sports some rather tasty add-ons – such as custom grill, LED lights, wide flared wheel arches, and those fairly big custom Revere boots (which we’ll get to later), which add to the mighty station wagon’s already powerful stance.

Owner Richard is the third keeper.

‘I’ve had it since 2016,’ he says. ‘It’s only done 16,000 miles. 14,000 were with the first keeper.’ Apparently the second owner only had it for a matter of weeks, since his elderly parents – the intended passengers – found it a bit high to get in and out of.’He only did around 1000 miles,’ Richard carries on; ‘and I’ve done about a thousand miles in the five years I’ve had it.’

Certainly in these last five years, the Land Rover has led a far more cosseted life than any defender would dare to dream of – sleeping indoors when not in use, under its own custom cover. It has not been driven in the wet.

An ex-Jaguar Land Rover man himself, Richard was very picky about the vehicle he chose.

‘I think this was the only defender Revere did,’ he explains. ‘It featured in their catalogue and is still on their web site.’

As well as leading a very quiet life, the station wagon has been serviced by a local main dealer with fluids changed by Richard himself in the interim.