2014 Land Rover Defender 90 XS by Bowler

Since its inception in 1985, Bowler Motors has developed a worldwide reputation in the area of design and construction of Land Rover-based off-road vehicles. Led by the company’s inspirational founder, Drew Bowler, until his untimely death in 2016, the company grew from a nascent workforce of just eight to the present group of 35 highly-skilled engineers. Initially focussing on the preparation of cars for British off-road events, the company's ambitions expanded rapidly to encompass participation in events including the Dakar Rally, Morocco Desert Challenge and Spanish Baja and, for the past two decades, their cars have formed the backbone of many Rally Raid events across the globe.

In late 2019, Jaguar Land Rover acquired Bowler to add to their Special Vehicle Operations Division, seeing an opportunity for not just motorsport but the subtle enhancement of their current range, having admired the rapid, road-going examples given the Bowler treatment over the years. A fabulous example of such enhancements is this Firenze Red Defender 90 with black canvas soft-top and first registered on 28th July 2014. With less than 6,000 miles travelled, it has had brand new Recaro-style Black Leather Sports seats with matching facia, dashboard and cubby box with a Momo steering wheel also fitted.

Recently fitted with all new 265 BF-Goodrich All Terrain tyres, a Bowler bespoke steering guard, rock sliders, gear levers, LED headlights, DRL bumper, safari snorkel, rear bulkhead deletion, genuine load area rubber mat, LED rear lights, NAS tow step, large diameter stainless steel sports exhaust, re-mapped ECU. As an XS it came with factory-fitted air conditioning, electric windows and central locking.

Presented to auction with all its book packs, service book, reams of receipts and a very special pedigree.