Individually numbered by Bowler Motorsport, the off-road legends who built this beast, ‘FN15 LBK’ started life as a Santorini Black 2015 Land Rover Defender double-cab pickup.

Bowler is not the sort of firm to throw the parts catalogue at a vehicle to justify another zero on the sticker price; with decades of top-flight motorsport behind them, they know what works and, perhaps more importantly, what doesn’t – and, because they aren’t savages, they do it all with uncommon elegance.

You’ll note, therefore, the heavy-duty front bumper with bright red recovery points underneath.

The matching rock sliders along the sills, and the steering protection.

Subtle, but gorgeous, eh? There’s a set of strong-but-lightweight 18-inch alloy wheels too, but no silly LED spotlamps on the roof because you aren’t Lara Croft.

Besides, Bowler knows that simply uprating the headlamps makes them powerful enough for anything this side of the Dakar Rally.

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