In the 2020 dependability study performed by J.D. Powers, the Land Rover brand came in literally dead last. Of all the cars in America that J.D. Powers collected data on for 2020 models, Land Rover vehicles had the most problems per 100 vehicles. A whopping 220 problems per 100 vehicles. Why would you !
Bargain, I was expecting a rusty broken rotbox but the owner really did take care of it and suprised that they just let it go that cheap, seems in amazing condition and the spec looks really nice
I can not believe that you can buy a car like that for 1250 quid. Blows my mind. I know its expensive to run, insure, fuel, maintain etc etc, but wow, what street cred for the money. Another great vid, thanks Matt
I think these "bought a cheap..." videos are your best, Matt. Great to see old cars saved from the scrapheap and given a new lease of life. 100% correct to remove the tints and private reg. How much have you spent thus far?
Had a vectra with buttons not working for window etc. popped them out stripped and cleaned contacts which oxidise over many years, worked perfect after that all the way to the breakers 😂 Heart of a lion Matt, taking on an old RR
Hey Matt. I have found myself in that same club, where you find yourself with a car that nobody else would sensibly buy but we are just so in love with the car. 16 year old Audi Q7 that had a blown V8 engine, bought a 65k mile engine and dropped it in. Having only spent $4800 pounds all up we just love driving the thing and going places as a family. It's loaded with all the features that were available at the time and looks like a handsome classic. Don't ever change Matt. Showing appreciation and love for a classic is nothing to be ashamed of and I think we can all relate.
For someone who doesn’t have any love for Range Rovers I have to admit it I like that one! I can see what you mean by elegance. It’s also cheap enough to just break for parts when it all goes wrong. In fact don’t sell it, with that nice leather and wood it would make a great place to have a coffee whilst it’s permanently parked outside your garage! 😊
After seeing Jayemm cars recent video, I couldn’t wait for you to buy one. I’m getting addicted to your cheap car videos please keep up fabulous content. Matt only thing I do want to add is can you do follow ups on some of the cars you buy and tell us how much they sold for?
I drive a 2004 Td6 L322 vogue. Bought for £1800. Fixed a few bits and bobs .... it drives like new !! Looks like new... ( at a glance). Makes me feel good every time I drive it !
It's enough to make you want to go into the motor trade. I can remember going to a customer when the L322 came out, he had an early one on an 02 and he let me sit in it and it was such an advance on anything at the time, today it shows the power of good design to remain timeless.
I absolutely love the interior design of this era of LL. And the seat design and color of cream all over the inside is so so so so so very nice. The layout of dials and wood accents are so well put together.
A good few years ago I had a '53 plate L322 Vogue 4.4 Petrol. Dark blue, with dark blue leather piped in cream. Great piece of kit. The most impressive thing about it was at 30mph feathering the throttle it was completely silent. Very relaxing. Mine was tint free too - took me ages to find one like that. The least impressive thing was, back when petrol was around £1.10-1.20 a litre, it still cost well over a hundred quid to fill it up ☹ I swapped it for a 57 plate V8 3.6 diesel version a couple of years later. Both were used for towing a track day car. I love rangies, particularly the L322. Glad to see this one had the 'right' alloys on it. They look stupid with low profile tyres and all that other tat in my opinion.
Another great vid ! Ref your lack of pixels, I think I saw Cartronix of Waterlooville featured. Not used personally but look like they do exactly what you need.
Great video Matt, really love watching your videos. It is just a good way to end the night. Watching someone who is transparent and doesn't hide the realities of a job like yours. Take care and safe travels.
Just returned from a 3500 mile round trip to Montenegro in my 2011 L322. Comfortable, great AC and handy that it’s LHD for all the tolls. Averaged 23 mpg, not bad for a 5.0 V8 petrol, also 95 RON only €1.40 once through Italy.
I’m doing almost the same thing as you Matt. I bought an 07 L320. All original hasn’t been Chavved up it’s Buckingham blue with cream leathers and grey carpets I absolutely love it. I have just set up a site where I’m going to be documenting my progress because I didn’t think I’d love the car this much … but it’s mainly for owners of L320s/L322s to interact help each other with questions advice and all that jazz.
I will never understand why plates mean so much to you folks in the UK. I stare at them and it might as well be a foreign language. Meaningless. And in this case childish.
That's a nice car Matt. Very clean and standard, just the way I like them. It's done very well for its age and mileage and will continue to carry on for much longer if you continue to look after it as well as its previous owner did.
I think you have knicked it for £1250.00, it looks lovely. Totally agree about re-investing back to its original condition. The tints had to go. I am quite sure that you will not be able to buy a decent, original one of those for less than 5 grand in the not too distant future. It looks a keeper to me.
You can always spot an L322 video by how quiet the background noise is when Matt's driving. Even if you had your eyes closed, you'd know. It's a nice example and I think it's worth 3k if written up well with good photos. I'd pay that for it.
I bought my 05 4.4 v8 3 years ago now and absolutely love it. They are such great vehicles and deserve to stay on the road for another 20 years at least
Nice. You did better than me. Mine is in a lot worse condition and as a second vehicle not driven all the time but it still brings a smile to my face when I hear that V8. 👍
Thank you for the review. These are the best Range Roves next to the classic models for me. I have a big soft spot for Rangies from growing up with them, Landrover series models, defenders and Landcruiser 45 and 47 series. My father was the Wardn in Charge at St. Lucia now the iSimangaliso Wetland Unesco World Heritage Site and I lived, ate and breathed 4x4's as a lad. The bug bit and since then I've owned all manner of 4x4's from Series 2A's, Series 3 Safari 109" 2.6 wagon , Defender 110 td5 County Wagon and other makes. This clip brought home just how stuning these vehicles are. Enjoy!!!
Oh, now that looks really nice inside, Matt and I agree with your comments about the number plate, tinted windows etc... What good value for money that is, although I'm not a Range Rover man myself... I'm sure one of your viewers will be delighted to make you an offer that tempts you!!
Privacy glass also keeps in the inside cooler, cuts back on sun damage to your interior and makes in harder for theives to see inside. Plus it makes it so your not geting blinded by cars from the rear as much. Every single SUV has it in North America has it. To me it honesty looks weird without it.
I have just found and bought a 2003 Vogue in the green colour you love the most, it has the same engine and spec as the one you are driving, also original apart from some small chrome add ons on the side vents and door handles. I paid £1400,00 and needs a little welding to the rear jacking point. The car I have found only has 110K miles and most of the car is in good condition. I think your videos on RR's prompted me to go for it. Thanks Matt.
Must be a lot of these hitting the scrapyard right now, so values for the remaining ones might start to creep up! Looks great in original spec - real ‘old money’ feel to it!
@@Blackmamba12345 as much as I hate to admit when i”m wrong I think Matt has dodged a bullet with this one,it looks in stunning condition for its age,the fact the previous owner has spent a small fortune and the body is in that good condition I’m pretty confident this is a good solid buy.
Indeed but I’d like to think Matt and myself know these cars extremely well as I myself have worked on them for over 20 years so I know extremely what to look out for ,the fact that the interior and exterior is in fabulous condition tells me vehicle has been very well looked after regardless of cost ,Matt also has been in this game a long time now so again he knows exactly what to look out for,if you had bothered to search the vehicle online first you would have seen the corrosion and common problems have already been taken care of,have a wonderful day 👍
Pretty much exactly what i`m after, 4.4 petrol, prefer the 2005 facelift ideally though, the pre facelift front end hasn`t aged quite as well as the rest of the car in my opinion
I think the early ones look better, and the mesh grille versions not so good. In my view, when looking at later cars, you're better off with the V8 diesels. The 3.6 V8's are good value now. The difficult bit is finding one that isn't really tired now.
Love seeing L322's on here! Wish mine had the cream leather 😩 One thing I disagree with though is the tints, as long as they're not too dark it's the right car for them (factory rears) but them fixed side steps I personally can't stand!
great video ...hint I purchased a new touch screen infotainment from Aliixpress with the loom to connect to the rear left stereo DSP in the boot and you still have to leave the old stereo mother board connected in behind the dash or glove box or the new system cuts off after 30 seconds
I’m with you Matt regarding window tints. They invariably look rubbish after a few years. Reminds of those external plastic rear window louvres - remember those? Keep everything original.
Matt, with regards to the sat-nav screen, once repaired, a good and common upgrade is for a later mk4 BMW era nav computer, fairly cheap and updated graphics so it feels that tiny bit more modern. I had a 2003 Epsom green with ivory leather, walnut wood and the light green carpets. I agree with your comments about the No window tint look, mine looked so classy.
Beautiful car, such a good honest and original version. You should keep it permanently in your showroom to put a smile on your face everyday when you get to work.
Lovely car. Still use my 54 reg td6 as a daily work vehicle, great car and does everything needed for work and family- prefer it to the wife’s DS3, keep thinking I’d like a jag v8 N/a but there hard to find. Do think the pre face bmw era ones have a look to them and have aged well, as a another commented a lot are being scrapped so values do look to be increasing.
The early L322s hadn't got the complicated fibre optic MOST system of the later cars so it's easy to change the head unit out for a modern unit with DAB and android auto/apple carplay. Wont be original but makes the car far more enjoyable to use. Its the same system as used in the early X5's and you can retrofit a reversing camera.
Reminds me of my first l322, an 03 TD6 in Zambezi silver! Now on my third l322 (a 09 TDV8 Westminster) and don’t think I could have anything else perfect mix of luxury and utility!
I used Revtronic mate, they did my e46 nav screen fully posted and warranty for around £100. In in the process of prepping our 4.2 SC for sale. Not looking forward to seeing it go
I bought a cheap wheelbarrow. A 2013 wheelbarrow valued at £30. I paid £20. The tyres were below the legal limit and it failed the MOT due to a rusty wheel bearing. I paid £45 to fix it. Total costs were £200. I sold it for £75. That's a profit of £125. Also, I checked it out on Wheelbarrow Horizontal. My wheelbarrow had no previous crash damage or MOT failures in 78 countries.
That’s lovely for the money. I’ll be honest I love the tint and thought no leave it on yet when it was off I totally understood why you removed it it looked so much better enjoy your car
I agree, so many of the L322's have been molested by wannabe gangstas with the bling bling on chrome 22's, it's hard to come across an original one now. Sometimes it can be 10x cheaper to replace trim with these 'chrome' bits, that doesn't help.
Matt, you and I must be the only 2 people that don’t like privacy glass, I cannot possibly imagine why on earth would anyone want a window that limits your visibility, particularly in the dark
Matt, you’re fast becoming the equivalent of a hoarder that has multiple cats and can’t say no to another waif and stray, in your case its V8 Land Rovers with a road tax bill to make your TSB squirrel account take a sharp intake of breath. Fantastic, keep it up.
There is a very good reason Land Rover built Range Rovers with a significantly higher-than-normal entry and departure angle. It is so that the Tilt-trays typically used to recover them when they break down don't have problems with the tilt tray retrieving them. Probably the last vehicle I would consider buying.
It certainly looks well and deffo agree on tints/private reg. What miles on it? I had an 05 model bought in 2014. Beautiful but electrics(suspension) went bonkers sadly.
Hi Matt, another great video and what a beautiful car, love the interior, and yes, it looks much better without the tinted windows, all the very best to you from Nick the Lexus guy from Wolsingham.
After watching some of your past You Tube Range Rover offerings along with those by the timeless Harry Metcalfe, I too took the plunge about 18 months ago (at the height of the car prices madness...) and bought a near immaculate 2012 4.4 TDV8 L322 Autobiography with a mere 50,000 documented miles on it. I have owned some nice (and newer!) top spec cars in my time but non have compared to the pleasure of owning this car. I genuinely do think "I love this car" every time I drive it. It will bite me in the wallet at some point I know, but besides some "Land Rover Specialist" garage (who shall remain nameless but you know who you are in the Halstead area of Essex) displaying only incompetence or dishonesty - it was one or the other - in the first month or so of ownership and more recently a new battery, this car has been totally reliable. I do believe that reliability is largely due to the specialist skill, knowledge and honesty of the local garage that I now entrust the car to (shout-out to Fairfax Motors in Colchester), partly my own attention to detail and partly using the vehicle for longer journeys rather than much town use. Fingers crossed I get another 18 months of reliability as by then I will have a maintenance fund set aside that should address the worst costs a car like this can and probably will throw at me. But I will still love this car!
I saw a brand new Range Rover the other day in a nice dark green with silver alloys and a light interior with no tints, and it looked absolutely lovely, really classy. Every other new model Range Rover I've seen seems to be black with black alloys and limo tints. I think all Range Rover models look better without the gangster look, although I think I prefer the gangster look to the loads of chrome stuck everywhere look.
This is a very nice example of a Range Rover from this era, especially now you’ve returned it to factory, the original registration plates look better too, now it’s time to enjoy it, and I’m sure you will do just that Matt!!.
Surely the one deviation from standard that should be allowed is the Head unit upgrade like PowerfulUK did Mines the 06 jag engine, 210k, 150k of those miles on LPG, in the Midlands have easy access to gas and mechanics, de pimped it but kept rear privacy as its a stealth van for me, more reliable than any real van I've owned.
Lovely clean old example. Getting hard to find honest ones now. I’m a hopeless R/R addict too so biased but regarding the windows they are not unappealing given the black and cream combo. Same can’t be said for the plates back to standard without question. Good luck with her.
I agree about the privacy ( tinted) glass.. I had to go dark on mine.. only because I carry around either Custom made Italian Race bikes or my Vintage Jazz drums.. its a small trade -off that protects my investment from would be prying eyes./ thieves,..but., without it.. yours is quite classy , as mine would be .as its a 09 L22 santorini blk.. off white interior .. Did I mention I live in the Deserts of Southern Arizona where temps get to be over 40c..in the summer
just did my air con.. pressure tested it., and it leaked at the hose and coupler.. repalced it and charged it up.. good for the Hot season.. 16 c.. wow thats winter for us..
Same model, colour scheme etc as the only Range Rover I ever owned. Mine cost me £28k though!!! I’ve had a number of really nice cars over the years but none of them even approached the comfort and pleasure of driving one of these. After a couple of years I took the back seats out and used it as my works van, which sounds nuts but it was a treat to get up and go to work in the morning!
Mat your taste in cars makes me over the moon🔥wow what a classy spec, yea I need to buy a old Range Rover too ngl😂man what a beauty and taken care of too😢
Matt, you and I must be the only two people in the country who agree that blacked-out windows make cars look shit. And, a gentleman would never have a private plate. The car is exactly the same colour and spec as the one we hired for our wedding car in 2003, when it was the latest and greatest thing. You know you said the market was tiny... for a grand I'd almost put it on my credit card and hope my wife wouldn't notice, but she probably would. Keep up the good work!
