2015 Land Rover Defender 110 XS Double Cab Pick-up

This particular Land Rover Defender 110 Double Cabin has the distinction of being a ‘Black XS’ edition and, perhaps rather more importantly, a remarkably low mileage example with just 16,126 on the odometer, none of which were earned mud-plugging, boulder-hopping, river-fording or otherwise off-roading.

Purchased by the vendor in 2015, this 110 has had just one other owner from new.

Dark red with a black roof, wheel-arches, front grille and headlamp surrounds, this imposing vehicle is a handsome beast and has withstood the passing of the years with commendable fortitude, no doubt thanks to the fact that it’s barely warmed up its engine or worn down the hairs on any of its five Goodyear Wrangler MT/R tyres.

The car is fair bristling with features, as evidenced by this comprehensive list.

Premium ‘Windsor’ black leather seats
Reversing camera
Satellite navigation
CB radio aerial mount
USB charging ports 
Tow hitch with 7 pin electrics
Snorkel
Upgraded ICE – Carplay, touch screen large display
Sub-woofer
Upgraded 4 speaker system 2 front, 2 rear
6-speed manual transmission
5 seat configuration
ABS & traction control
Air conditioning
Alloy locking spare wheel
Black contrast roof
Black wheel-arch eyebrows
Bluetooth(R) connectivity
Cold Climate Pack
Contrast stitching in ebony
Convenience Pack
Ebony leather steering wheel rim and spokes
Ebony Morzine headlining
Ebony perforated leather handbrake grip
Electric front windows
Rear rubber mat
Headlamp surround in ‘Santorini’ black
Heated front seats
Heated windscreen
Hi-line cubby box
Intrusion sensor
Nolden LED headlights  
Daytime running lights 
LED side lights
Locking wheel nuts
Perforated leather trimmed gear knob
Raised air intake
Rear towing ball
Remote central locking
Seat back map pockets
Speed limiter 145kph/90mph
Front and rear anti-roll bars
Front and rear mudflaps black logo
Gloss black ‘Sawtooth’ alloy wheels

The car presents very well from every angle and is reassuringly free of any dents or dinks of consequence that we can see.

The shut-lines and panel gaps are decent and everything feels as robust and durable as you would hope and expect to find on one of Solihull’s finest.

The wheels don’t appear to have been introduced to any kerbs or other roadside hazards and the matching tyres have plenty of life left in them.

The paintwork is in good order and even entirely standard stone chips, scratches and scuffs are more notable for their absence than their presence.

There’s some surface rust in evidence on hinges, nuts and some areas of exposed metal.

There’s some bubbling to be seen in the brackets at either end of the bodywork beneath the windscreen and, to a lesser extent, under the black paint on the wing mirror arms.

The hood on the rear cabin is free of any meaningful damage that we can detect but it could do with a good clean and a general freshen-up.

Relatively luxurious and well-appointed (by Land Rover standards) the interior is in good condition all round.

The black upholstery is untroubled by any creases, nicks or tears, front and back,

The headlining, too, is beyond reproach, as are the door cards.

The ‘Defender’ embossed rubber mats look as good new and the dashboard has little more than the odd scratch here and there to show for its decade of life.

Some of the trim around the base under the front passenger seat is a little ragged.

As far as we’re aware, all knobs, buttons, switches, dials and toggles do what they’re supposed to do.

The rear cabin is empty, save for a spare wheel, and there are numerous scratches to the red paint, particularly on the floor.

Although there is some apparently surface rust in evidence, the undersides seem to be well preserved and everything we can see appears to have plenty of structural integrity.

Unsurprisingly in a car that’s only just crept past the 16,000-mile mark, the engine bay and engine look to be in fine condition and everything is in its right and proper place.

The vendor tells us that the car ‘benefits from a great service history’. We’ll share photographs of that with you in the documents section as, when and if we receive them.

The car comes with an MoT certificate that’s valid until January 2025.

The car comes with two sets of keys, although only one key fob seems to be working at present.

These cars were designed and built to clock-up a quarter of a million miles and then spend their twilight years pottering around a small holding in the Yorkshire Dales, earning a crust as a taxi in Côte d'Ivoire, or taking chickens to market somewhere in the Mekong delta.

This one has barely cleared its throat yet and wouldn’t recognise a swamp, desert or boulder-field if you showed it pictures of them.

Aside from one or two cosmetic jobs, it appears to need very little work to get it into the best possible version of itself.

Seems like a pretty good bet to us.

We are happy to offer this car for auction with an estimate in the range of £30,000 - £35,000.

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