1997 RANGE ROVER ‘MOBILE OFFICE’ CONCEPT - COYS AUCTIONS Auction Of Fine Historic Automobiles Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 8JF Saturday 13th October 2018

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1997 RANGE ROVER ‘MOBILE OFFICE’ CONCEPT

The Range Rover (LP) was the second-generation Range Rover model from Land Rover. It was launched on 28th September 1994, 24 years after the introduction of the first-generation Range Rover. It included an updated version of the Rover V8 engine, with the option of a 2.5-litre BMW six-cylinder turbo-diesel. The new model offered more equipment and premium trims, positioning the vehicle above the Land Rover Discovery to face the increased competition in the SUV marketplace.

The Range Rover offered here today is no ordinary LP or P38A; with increased demand from the Autobiography programme, LR-SVO turned P880-KAC into a Mobile Office Concept. P880 was used as a Pilot/Test vehicle to showcase different options for future Autobiography customers. LR-SVO approached Noel Edmond’s Unique Group to help supply some of this technology with the intention to market these additional options to new Autobiography owners across LR/RR dealerships. As a result P880 was also used for promotion and demonstration purposes by Sony, Cellnet and Land Rover themselves. After P880 had served its PR purposes and in order to save the car from being disassembled, Noel Edmonds bought P880 and a copy of his V5 is part of the extensive history file. P880 had a £450,000 development budget, which was a staggering amount at the time and makes this Range Rover one of the most unique and interesting we have ever come across.

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1997-range-rover-mobile-office-concept

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1958 BMW ISETTA 300 - COYS AUCTIONS Auction Of Fine Historic Automobiles Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 8JF Saturday 13th October 2018

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1958 BMW ISETTA 300

One of the more successful designs of the cabin scooter’s heyday was the BMW Isetta, a model the German firm manufactured under license from its Italian originator, Iso (the name means ‘little Iso’). Faced with competition from the FIAT 500 and 600, Renzo Rivolta’s Iso was not selling well in its native Italy and it would be left to BMW to fully exploit the design’s potential. Although at first glance a three-wheeler, the German-built Isetta used a pair of closely spaced wheels at the rear and was powered by a BMW single-cylinder four-stroke motorcycle engine of 247cc, replacing the original’s noisy two-stroke motor. The coachwork of early examples featured a side-hinged single door at the front, roll-top sunroof and fixed side windows, while the steering wheel and dashboard were attached to the door to facilitate entry.

The two-seater Isetta’s most popular accessory, understandably so given the limited interior space, was a small luggage rack mounted at the rear. Later (1957-onwards) models incorporated sliding side windows for better ventilation. These improved models displaced 297cc and the ‘big’ Isetta 300 was reckoned capable of 65mph and 55mpg. Approximately 162,000 Isettas had been made by the time production ceased in 1962.

This remarkable left-hand drive Isetta 300 Hot Rod has only 2,026 miles recorded on its odometer and has had only one family owner from new.

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1926 HUMBER 9/20 - COYS AUCTIONS Auction Of Fine Historic Automobiles Syon Park, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 8JF Saturday 13th October 2018

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1926 HUMBER 9/20

Registration No: UH 488

Chassis No: 2885L

From the dawn of the motoring age until the end of the 1970s, Humber cars were a very important part of the British motor industry.

At first, high quality cars were produced at Beeston in Nottinghamshire and in Coventry; later production was concentrated in Coventry and a popular range of luxury light cars was developed which lasted into the late 1920s. As prosperity increased after the Great War, the firm introduced larger and more luxurious models and throughout the 1930s the catalogue came to consist overwhelmingly of large and stately cars as the Rootes Group used the Hillman marque for their cheaper offerings.

The smaller Humber cars of the 1920s represented the epitome of upper middle-class expectations and every successful doctor, broker or bank manager aspired to the cachet of this solid and respectable marque. Typical of the breed was the delightful 9/20 of 1925-28. Powered by a 1.1-litre inlet-over-exhaust four-cylinder engine, the 9/20 was beautifully made and trimmed. “A luxurious and comparatively large £280 saloon which, with an engine rated at only 8.3hp, is capable of over 50mph,” was how Light Car & Cycle Car summed it up in a contemporary road test.

This particular example was purchased in perfect running order by the vendors late husband in 1993, however was subsequently laid up almost immediately. Intended to be worked on and perfected over the years as a labour of love, sadly this dream never came to fruition.

Still remaining a wonderful project for someone to take on, included in the cars history file are some old MOT’s, the most recent from 1994 and the oldest dating back to 1982, period photos of the car when it was last used, old invoices dating back to 1970, an old Humber register and old-style V5 logbooks.

A very important piece of British motoring history and not to be missed.

SOURCE: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1926-humber-920

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