Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
1993 Range Rover Classic Vogue 4. 2 LSE
No Reserve
Registration No: L149 RYG
Chassis No: SALLHBM33KA638361
MOT: August 2025
One of only 3, 000 manufactured
Rare and desirable factory LSE LWB model
Offered with just 5 former keepers
The Range Rover is a 4x4, mid-size off-road vehicle series produced from 1970 to 1996 – initially by the Rover (later Land Rover) division of British Leyland, and latterly by the Rover Group. The first generation of vehicles produced under the Range Rover name, it was built as a two-door model for its first 11 years, until a four-door also became available in 1981. The Range Rover then successfully moved upmarket during the 1980s and remarkably debuted in the U. S. as a 17-year old model at the 1987 Los Angeles Auto Show. Availability of the two-door version was restricted from 1984, but it remained in production for some markets until 1994, when the second generation was launched. From that moment, Land Rover rebranded the original model under the term Range Rover Classic, to distinguish it from its new P38A successor, when the two were briefly built alongside and applied the name retrospectively to all first-generation Range Rovers. Although formally superseded by the second generation Range Rover, starting in 1994 – both the successor and the more affordable first and second series of the Land Rover Discovery were heavily based on the original Range Rover's chassis, drive-train and body-structure, which in essence lived on until the third generation Discovery arrived, and its mechanical blood-line ended with the replacement of the Mk2 Discovery after 2004.
The Range Rover LSE was a low production, long wheelbase version of the ‘SE/ Special Equipment’ Range Rover Classic, coming in both hard and soft dash forms, with plenty of upgrades over the standard, short wheelbase cars, and plenty of legroom for rear seat passengers. These LSE cars feature a 4. 2 litre V8 producing 200hp, an upgrade on both the 3. 5 and 3. 9. litre V8s offered in earlier cars. These cars were the height of luxury at the time that they were built, with electric seats, electric sunroof, electric mirrors and many other options. Over the short production run, roughly 3, 000 were produced.
First registered 8th September 1993, this is the rare and desirable factory LSE long wheel-base model and one of only 3, 000 manufactured in this specification. With just 5 former keepers recorded, the vendor states the chassis is ‘in good order’ and the sills have been replaced at some stage. Offered at auction with a collection of old MOTs and a couple of invoices, there’s a box of spares for this LWB Range Rover, along with an original handbook for the car. Find another!
