Vader is gone, roll on "Lara"

[Maxxed_Ross]

Well after a short ownership Vader the Defender is moving onto a new home. It wasn't for sale a week and a mate's brother in law put a deposit on it last night


















but onwards and upwards. It was sold to fund this monster... meet "Lara" the 2001 Tomb Raider Edition. One of only 400 made world-wide (only 100 made as a double cab) I'll get better pictures when I pick it up on Thursday









can't wait!

[Dan1971]

Cool .....

[zsserbia]

Nice one, any plans for it?

[Maxxed_Ross]

thanks lads

might change the front bumper as I'm not too keen on it... but apart from small stuff that's it. These are worth alot more standard

[stamford]

That I likey! Best one as well imo. Prices are a bit strange on these, some high some seem a bit cheap and not to everyones taste. Funny as I was watching Tomb Raider last night! V8?

[peterzs]

Vader is gone, roll on "Lara"

Both look great, but I know whos picture I'd have hanging from the interior mirror.

Bet Lara soon gets muddy and dirty!!!!!

Have fun.

[Maxxed_Ross]

Originally Posted by stamford

That I likey! Best one as well imo. Prices are a bit strange on these, some high some seem a bit cheap and not to everyones taste. Funny as I was watching Tomb Raider last night! V8?

They are vasty different. The 90 versions (300 made) seem to go between £8k and £14k for a mint one... these 110 versions (only 100 made) start at around £14k and can go as high as £20k. The only other 110 for sale just now (in Glasgow strangely enough and not as nice as this one!) is up for £17k

I suppose that's a realistic sort of price considering they were over £30k new back in 2001... an insane amount of money for a Defender back then. I was speaking to my mate that works for Landrover about it the other night and he was saying even the basic Tomb Raider had over £7k worth of extras on it from the factory - and with this one having the "Extreme Pack" that was another £4k

It all adds up!


As for the engine, it's a sensible TD5 I'm afraid. The movie version was a 4.2 V8 from a Discovery and mounted into a Defender 130 Hi-Cap (they never came as either a soft top or a V8!)

Landrover Special Vehicles built two of them, and as for as I know both are now in motor heritage centres

[stamford]

You can't go wrong with the TD5, cheaper to run than the V8! My Disco has the TD5 and returns reasonable MPG for its weight and tows extremely well. I was toying with idea of a Tomb Raider later on but the lack of dog carrying capacity is putting me off. I may well go for a Disco 3 but the build problems are putting me off.

[Maxxed_Ross]

you can put a hard top on the back you know

[stamford]

Yea I know but they'd be separated from the car with the cab, don't think they would like that! Besides it'll change the looks too much!