Range Rover classic reincarnated
Hip fans are snapping up restored versions of this vintage behemoth, writes Hannah Elliott
File this away as the latest example in the craze to bring back every cool vehicle from years past: Land Rover has reintroduced the classic Range. Last Wednesday, Land Rover unveiled the first of a new series of cars it is calling Range Rover Reborn: a mustard-yellow 1978 Range Rover reissued and certified perfect by Land Rover Classic, the same division that restored a handful of early Series I Land Rovers last year. The Britain-based company is reissuing 10 1970s-era Range Rovers to capitalise on the explosion of interest in the vintage market. They fall in the same general affinity categories as Ford’s Bronco, old FJs and G-Wagons, Scrambler trucks and the famous Defender. Last year, 13 Range Rovers from the era hit public auctions in the US at an average sale price of $20,000; only eight were offered in 2014, according to classic-car insurer Hagerty. The average value of these British rigs, as quoted by Hagerty, was up 11% in 2016 compared with 2015, and up 67% over the past fiv...
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