REARR ANGED!

WITH THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE NEARING the end of its protracted death march, and more and more car brands announcing EV-only near-future strategies, the emotional and aspirational shift towards classic cars with modernised manners and enhanced performance grows ever stronger. As a result, where once the notion of a restomod sat firmly on the periphery, it now occupies something approaching the centre ground, providing those with the requisite cash a straight choice between brand new stock showroom offerings and something far more interesting and individual (and those less flush with folding something to dream of owning).

Of the latest restored and revitalised classics currently competing for our attention, this rather special Range Rover is an unlikely yet very appealing outlier. The product of a collaboration between cult timepiece customisers Bamford Watch Department and long-established Land Rover and Range