New old Defenders for sale

lt seems Twisted have a stock of new TDCi Defenders that they've decided to sell.
Prices "start at £162,000 and rise to £221,000 depending on version" and l wonder who will actually buy these
vehicles.

It would be foolhardy to pay that price and put one into daily use, as you would wipe over £100,000 off the value in the first 12 months.

As for stuffing one in an "investment barn" l would be surprised if future values will anything like that high. That's E Type and Ferrari 458 money.

You can buy a pristine late low mileage Defender TDCi for around £40,000

l hope for the sake of the people who sink £160-220,000 into one of these vehicles that l am wrong.

lf l won the lottery, would l buy one? No.
What do others think. Would you pay £200,000 for a NOS Defender TDCi if you had the money?

There was a thread about this a couple of weeks ago...I think they customise to your requirments rather than sell as bog standard...

These are being sold "as is" with minimal modifications (remap, wheels) to satisfy some contractual requirements although you can specify further modifications.

There's an article about the Defenders in one of this months Land Rover magazines.

Tend to agree. 35k -40k tops really for no matter how cherished, loved or desired it is - it is unfortunately obsolete from an emissions point of view unless you do an electric conversion later and that ain’t cheap either. Even then still won’t have airbags etc either.

If I had that kind of money, Id pay Richard Hammonds workshop guys to do a full resto on my series 3. As long as Hammond kept away from it.

Col

Richard Hammond had a restoration business?
I guess it's something to do after Top Gear. Clarkson's got his farm and May's doing TV documentaries.

lightning said:

Richard Hammond had a restoration business?
I guess it's something to do after Top Gear. Clarkson's got his farm and May's doing TV documentaries.

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It's called The Small Cog and the progs are on Discovery...the father and son team that do the resto are good...

Shippers said:

It's called The Small Cog and the progs are on Discovery...the father and son team that do the resto are good...

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Here they are ... https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13133877/filing-history
On the last page of thier submitted accounts you'll see that they are owed £371K from 'a common Director' which when you look up the somewhat more financially succesful TV production company (owned in part by Amanda Hammond) you realise they have good accountants.

I thought it was called Richard Hammonds Worshop. Ive watched a couple.of episodes, they two doing the resto work are good but Hammond acts the fool and keeps getting them loss making jobs

Col

Colthebrummie said:

I thought it was called Richard Hammonds Worshop. Ive watched a couple.of episodes, they two doing the resto work are good but Hammond acts the fool and keeps getting them loss making jobs

Col

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Thats the production name his workshop is as above...

No matter how desirable the defender is, that price is ridiculous. But I’m sure someone will pay it…

Many years ago a chap developed a tool [ I forgot exactly what ] that was simple to make and did a better job than those sold by the main producers of the time. Sales were limited until he was advised to double the price even though this was not needed to make a tidy profit. He did as advise and sales rocketed.