2000 Land Rover Defender 110
HRH has driven many Defenders since Land Rover began supplying 4X4s to the royal family when her father King George VI reigned in 1948. The Queen rarely drives in public, but she’s been often seen casually attired behind the wheel of these iconic British vehicles on royal properties. At Balmoral in 1998 she took the visiting prince of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, for a spin around the grounds. Hanging onto his seat, the future king of the Arab nation that forbids women to drive asked his regal chauffeur, through his interpreter in the back seat, to slow down. Its 122 hp 2.5-litre, five-cylinder diesel engine tops out at 130 km/h, more than anyone, including royalty, would care to go in a rough riding box built more for off-road conditions than long motorway hauls. The last Defender rolled off the line Jan. 29 this year.
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