You can’t buy this classic Range Rover Limousine—it has just been auctioned off. But we’re still writing about it because it has quite the resume. Originally commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei as a gift for his younger brother, Prince Jefri, this titan of the road was then used to ferry Mike Tyson to Hampden Park in June 2000 for his highly anticipated heavyweight bout against Lou Savarese.
It was built by Townley Cross Country Vehicles, which has conducted the same elongation process for several hundred other examples, too. It began life as a 1994 Range Rover Vogue LSE until a nine-month conversion saw the body stretched by 40 inches before an extra pair of Range Rover doors were used to plug what surely would’ve been the world’s largest panel gaps.
The roof was then raised by a further eight inches and underlined by a laminated sunroof with dark-tinted windows. A single-piece opening tailgate was added before an elegant coat of Rolls-Royce Mason Black was applied to cap the exterior changes.
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As expected, the interior has seen the sort of redecoration that’s quite literally fit for royalty. Highlights include a glass panel all-electric central reservation and two remote-controlled eight-inch TV screens with a VHS recorder—bye-bye Netflix.
The interior was then trimmed in black-piped Oxblood Connolly hide, Wilton carpeting, and Burr Walnut trim. In layman’s terms, it basically translates into a lot of money, which is why the entire conversion is claimed to have racked up a £135,000 bill for everyone’s favorite Sultan. That’s roughly what a Ferrari 360 Modena with an exhausted options list would’ve cost when released in 1999, or what breathing in Central London does currently.
Further specifications remain under wraps, but we do know this particular car bears the 4.3-liter V8 and has covered under 27,500km over its many years of service. According to the listing on Iconic Auctioneers, it fetched a price of £31,500 (around P2.16 million). Quite the bargain?
More photos of the Range Rover Limousine commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei:
NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.
