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If you're in the market for a Range Rover but think that it could (a) stand to be a bit posher than standard and (b) really, really needs a pair of expensive shotguns in the boot, then this is the car for you. It's the Range Rover Holland & Holland edition, a tie-up between Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations and Holland & Holland - a famed and storied maker of enormously expensive rifles and shotguns.
Based on the top-spec Range Rover Autobiography, you can have the Holland & Holland with either a 4.4-litre V8 diesel engine or the 510hp supercharged V8 petrol unit. The only colour is the lustrously deep Holland & Holland green and the cabin will come with acres of both tan and chocolate coloured leather and gorgeous French walnut, pared from a single piece of wood and polished to within an inch of its life.
There are nods to Holland & Holland heritage everywhere, notably in the door handles, which are engraved with the same swirling decorations found on the gun breeches, while in the back seats you can have an extended and redesigned centre console with electrically deployable walnut tables, integrated USB charging sockets, enhanced stowage and bespoke lighting. The Executive Class seating package in the long wheelbase car makes the most of the additional 186mm of legroom and 17 degrees recline available to the rear seat passengers.
What really sets the new Holland & Holland Range Rover apart, though, is located in the boot. A stunning leather-trimmed aluminium load space cabinet - embossed with the Holland & Holland logo - has been designed especially for this car. Its espresso Alcantara-trimmed interior can be precisely fitted to safely transport the owner of the car's pair of Holland & Hollands - although it is also removable when maximum luggage capacity is required.
It sits on a sliding load space floor, engineered from aluminium and carbon fibre and finished with leather and wood veneer. The floor components are machined and cut to produce a unique platform that slides out with a perfectly damped action, to ensure that the cabinet is easily accessible, even when the tailgate is open. The sliding floor is also designed to be load-bearing so that it can still be sat upon when owners wish to change their footwear or stop for a brief picnic. When floor and box are in their travel position, they sit low and well back in the boot to ensure that there is still plenty of room for luggage or sports equipment.
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Only 40 Holland & Hollands will be made, over a four-year period, so this is going to be one of the most exclusive Range Rovers ever.
John Edwards, managing director of Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations, said, "The whole SVO team is very proud of this car, a bespoke design, which perfectly meets the very particular needs of Holland & Holland's customers. This shows the huge potential of SVO, which encapsulates both off- and on-road performance as well as luxury and craftsmanship."