King Charles’ Land Rover 4X4 heads to public sale – and will go for £30k
- Land Rover Discovery first owned by HRH King Charles to go underneath the hammer
- The 2007 Discovery 3 was initially delivered to the Royal property that yr
- Classic Car Auctions will promote it in March for an estimated £20k-£30k
An ‘immaculate’ 17-year-old Land Rover Discovery that was first delivered to King Charles is ready to be supplied to the best bidder in March – and the public sale home promoting it thinks it might go for double what it made simply 12 months earlier.
The Tonga Green Discovery 3 with an ebony trimmed leather-based inside was equipped new in 2007 for the only real use of then Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall.
This Royal Land Rover options some particular objects together with alternate flashing headlamps and fog lights, and rear strobe lights, all including to the curiosity and provenance of this particular automobile.
Automotive sale specialists Classic Car Auctions (CCA) estimate it should promote for a determine within the area of £20,000 to £30,000.
A automotive match for a King or somebody seeking to make a fast buck? This 2007 Land Rover Discovery 3 was first delivered to King Charles, then The Prince of Wales, for his unique use
That’s regardless of the exact same motor being bought by one other basic automobile public sale home – Collecting Cars – for simply £12,050 in March 2023.
The Land Rover Discovery 3 is fitted with the sturdy 2.7-litre TDV6 diesel engine producing 195bhp.
This is married to a six velocity ‘Steptronic’ computerized transmission.
And the Disco has seen loads of use in its 17-year life.
The odometer exhibits it has lined 118,300 miles from new – although CCA says it ‘appears to be like and looks like a 40,000 mile instance’.
It is being bought with its unique Book Pack consisting of the hand ebook, totally stamped service ebook and navigation leaflet.
The Tonga Green Discovery 3 with an ebony trimmed leather-based inside was equipped new in January 2007 for the only real use of then Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
A signed letter supplied with the automotive confirms it was issued to The Royal Garage at Highgrove House on Friday 12 January 2007
Automotive sale specialists Classic Car Auctions estimate it should promote for a determine within the area of £20,000 to £30,000 when the hammer drops in March…
A sale value of £30k could be an enormous mark-up on what it went for 12 months earlier. The exact same motor was bought by Collecting Cars for simply £12,050 in March 2023
The odometer exhibits the automotive has lined 118,300 miles. That means the seller has clocked simply 300 miles because it final bought in March 2023
Simon Langsdale who sourced the automobile for CCA, says: ‘This is definitely one for a severe Royal household collector and with the Prince Charles now King Charles, the automobile has a double royal provenance, including to its future worth.
‘One wonders if this would be the third royal 4×4 to make a world file with us?’
While CCA seem optimistic it might go for a stellar sum, any file determine could be painful information to the earlier keeper, who bought registration ‘BJ56 YSK’ only one yr in the past.
Following a week-long on-line public sale, it will definitely went for a bid of £12,000.
Similar examples (with no Royal connections, we must always add) on the market at the moment with the identical mileage can be found second-hand for between simply £6,000 and £7,000.
The Land Rover Discovery 3 is fitted with the sturdy 2.7-litre TDV6 diesel engine producing 195bhp. This is married to a six velocity ‘Steptronic’ computerized transmission
It is being bought with its unique Book Pack consisting of the hand ebook, totally stamped service ebook and navigation leaflet. Despite its excessive mileage and age, the inside is in good situation
This Royal Land Rover options some particular objects, as you would possibly anticipate for a automobile commissioned for a Prince
Bespoke options embrace alternate flashing headlamps, entrance and rear strobe lights and flashing rear fog lamps
While a information value of as much as £30,000 for this one appears steep as compared, there was current proof of collectors paying properly over the percentages to get their palms on a modern-day Land Rover that had beforehand been owned by a British monarch.
Last yr, Iconic Auctioneers, CCA’s sister firm, bought two royal 4X4 autos for properly in extra of their market worth.
In November, HM Queen Elizabeth’s 2004 Range Rover entered the public sale world file books at a guide-price smashing £132,750.
The ebony trimmed leather-based inside seems to have been totally valeted forward of the automotive main the CCA March public sale occasion
Similar examples (with no Royal connections, we must always add) on the market at the moment with the identical mileage can be found second-hand for between simply £6,000 and £7,000
The rear of the inside appears to be like as clear because the entrance of the cabin, as proven within the lot photos offered
The Disco 3 would be the lead lot on the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show Sale, hosted on the NEC in Birmingham on Sunday 23 March
Another automobile with Royal Heritage was HRH Duke of Edinburgh’s Land Rover 110, which obtained a lot pre-sale publicity all over the world and bought for £123,750 on the Race Retro Sale in February 2023, additionally obliterating its pre-sale estimate to set one other public sale world file.
This Land Rover Disco 3 utilized by King Charles was delivered new to Mr Tim Williams, Head Chauffer to then HRH The Prince Of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.
It was issued to The Royal Garage at Highgrove House on Friday 12 January 2007 with provenance by the use of a signed letter from the producer to substantiate this.
As you’d think about, it was specified to the best requirements and comes with a full detailed record of choices and likewise a Heritage Certificate confirming its authenticity.
It would be the lead lot at The Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show Sale, hosted on the NEC in Birmingham on Sunday 23 March.
