Via Insty (again), I see that Overfinch has crafted a line of bespoke Range Rovers in Holland & Holland livery:
The 2025 Range Rover Holland & Holland Overfinch’s interior is much more overtly extravagant, though Range Rover’s minimalist form language still dominates. Most surfaces are wrapped in Bridge of Weir leather, and those that are not are instead covered with open-pore French walnut veneer or real metal. The stainless-steel inserts in the doors feature the same engraved scroll work as on the “Royal” shotguns, the engraved diamonds embedded in the veneers in the doors echo those on the guns’ stocks, and the Holland & Holland crest is inlaid on the front and rear center consoles, the latter housing a Champagne cooler and a pair of Champagne flutes.
The leather seats feature a unique quilting pattern that also echoes the Holland & Holland diamond motif and features illustrations of game birds stitched into the backrests. In the duo-tone colorway the front seats are trimmed mainly in Harris Green and the rears mainly in London Tan.
Sounds like something an Arab oil sheikh would want to putter around his Scottish estate in, playing a Laird. Still, I like that interior.
Of course, from the outside the thing is 2025 Rolls-Royce-level Fugly:
…but not as ugly as its price of $650,000.
To put it into perspective, that’s just over the price of three new H&H Royal and a couple-three of their secondhand Royal shotguns.
Lovely as all get-out, but not even with a lottery winning would I be tempted. And that’s by any of them: the H&H Range Rover or the H&H shotguns, which taken as the package above would set you back about a million bucks.
Maybe the parvenu status-seekers of today’s ultra-wealthy set would be tempted by such blatant brand-harvesting… hence the title of this post.
As for myself (given a lottery winning as above), my choices are below the fold.
1986 Land Rover Defender 110
(and should you follow the link in its title, please note this Defender’s replacement engine)
Grulla 216 coin-finish 20ga (x2)
And why would I go for this Spanish-made shotgun, you ask?
Because according to their very own website, all H&H shotgun actions are actually made by Grulla*.
Total cost of the above package: $125,000. Still spendy, but then again it’s my lottery and my stupid money.
*pronounced “Groo-yah” and not “Gorilla”.
agreed across the board Kim.
I love the incredible craftsmanship of the Holland and Holland inspired decoration to the Land Rover but I think that’s just an expensive pavement princess.
I would prefer something more utilitarian to take off road. Maybe the same for a shotgun. The embellishments are breathtaking but I’d feel bad about getting it dirty.
The “110” with the Caddy 5.3 and A/T is my choice. Plus, I see in one of the other pix that it won’t mind sharing a garage with my MV Agusta.
I think the decimal point in that vehicle’s price tag is seriously misplaced. I wouldn’t pay more than about $6.50 for anything branded Range Rover that’s been manufactured within the last 20 or so years. Junque.
Now that Defender 110—that’s still, and always will be a work of art. And if you’re lucky you can score one for around $40-50k, although in need of work at that price. Of the shotguns, I shall not comment.