1994 Range Rover Classic LSE 'Soft-dash' Autobiography 4x4

• Built by Land Rover's Special Vehicles department
• Unique 'soft-dash' limited edition Autobiography model
• 4.2-litre V8 engine
• Automatic transmission
• Present ownership since 2002
• Maintained by marque specialists

Built by Land Rover's Special Vehicles department, this is an exceptionally rare 1994 Range Rover LSE Autobiography. It is believed that only one 'soft-dash' LSE Autobiography was ever produced, making this one of the rarest and most collectible Range Rover Classics ever. The Autobiography personalisation concept was presented to the company's directors by Land Rover Special Vehicles in 1993/1994, although the Autobiography service was not properly brought to fruition until the introduction of the successor P38 range later in 1994.

The Autobiography scheme was announced at the London Motorfair in October 1993; it was run by Land Rover Special Vehicles and billed as a customising service that offered 'the ultimate personalisation' for Range Rovers. Only a relative handful of Autobiography models was made on the outgoing first-generation chassis, most of which were used as show cars and dealer demonstrators. Excluding the 4.2-litre standard wheelbase limited edition cars built in the summer of 1994, only nine of this particular model were made between hard and soft dash examples.

The rarest of this extremely limited series of Special Vehicles LSE Autobiography cars is this unique 'soft-dash' model. The car was featured by Range Rover authority James Tayor in Land Rover International's February 2022 edition in an article on the Classic Autobiography cars, with 'M813 PPP' reckoned to be the last Classic LSE Autobiography built . See also Range Rover Specification Guide: First Generation Models 1970-1996 by James Taylor Press. Special features include the following:

Painted same Rover Cars colour of metallic British Racing Green as the 26 limited edition 100" (standard) chassis 1994 Autobiography cars

Stone Connolly leather interior

Cyclone alloy wheels and an Autobiography body kit supplied to Land Rover by TWR

The Range Rover was purchased by the current owner in 2002 and has been maintained for them (as it was for the previous owner) by Range Rover specialists Brookfields Garage Ltd in Barnet. Accompanying paperwork includes V5 registration documents; Land Rover correspondence; sundry invoices; a 2004 valuation report; a copy of the aforementioned magazine; and the service booklet (stamped from new by RR Garages Broadfields and then Brookfields). The car was resprayed in 2021 and the bodywork and paintwork are described by the vendor as excellent (bills available). The current odometer reading is circa 134,000 miles. This highly collectible car represents a unique opportunity to own a very rare piece of Range Rover and British automotive history.