Range Rover: Re-Engineered by Kingsley | Carfection 4K 

All restomodding should be done like this, respectfully and thoroughly.

The Range Rover classic would always be my favorite car. Just love it!!!

What a cool guy that founder, his mindset, outlook and approach are remarkably similar to my very own. Love the product, love the ethos.

Recycling at it's best...and I'd have one of these over a new one any day of the week.

Wow, now that’s a classic I wouldn’t mind driving around London

My biggest regret...i refurbished one in my workshop, it was a last generation 2 door carburettor type. 5 speed, aircon, power steering, 3.8l. Did A FULL rebuild with a total stripdown, with the body off, etc etc. Rebuilt the engine with slight tweaks, every item on the powertain was stripped, checked, rebuilt as required. New headers, MUCH bettrer springs and shocks, 4 shock system at the rear- 1 gas, 1 oil, car cornered flat through bends. I left a guy with a brand new Landcruiser VX 4.6l petrol in the dust in a drag race, he wasn't amused..😂 So...am in the car industry. An English guy kept pestering me to sell it, i gave him what i thought was a ridiculous price...and he turns up with the money...in cash. From what i know, that car's back in the UK somewhere, the full rebuild was carried out in 🇰🇪 Kenya. I still regret selling it. These cars in the video look great!! After hearing the price of thr basic restoration price in the video, my client must have been laughing at me all the way to the bank!!! 😀😀😀😀

I visited Kingsley a few years ago and met the owner and some of the guys that work there. Amazing day and amazing vehicles.

Wow a classic restored car that doesn't cost 200k. Very reasonable price for a British Icon.

The cost actually seems reasonable. I’d take mine with the General Motors engine. Any LS would do. Not because they make more power, just because they’re quite reliable

What a great example of why I love this whole restomod thing! It's the cool old car you love, but not. It's exactly what you picture when you imagine a classic Range Rover through rose tinted nostalgia goggles, not the kinda crap cars they actually were. Obviously there are many different approaches to these kinds of things but for me that's the essence of them all, the cars you loved exactly the way you loved them, not the way they actually were

Unquestionably the best SUV design of all time. If it were my money, I'd spec the GM LS engine & transmission. The interior looks superb here.

Please do more videos of classic cars. Are there any garages/companies restoring Ford Capri...? One my favorites. I still watch "the professionals " to watch Bodie drive the Capri. 😁😁 I know it sounds bonkers but I still enjoy it. In sure will many will love it too

Great video! His company should do well. The car is so well liked, it’s nice that he just wants to improve what never was good in the first place. And I love how reserved the outcome is.

Stunning! I'd have this over a new RR everytime. Growing up in the 70's & 80's there was nothing else looked or sounded like it. Absolute design classic like a Rolex Submariner...

Loving this run of Alex content

Polar bear cool.

It's simply the coolest Range Rover you can own.. Restomod Defenders and Range Rovers all day long!

Carfection, non scripted , real-world and truthful car reviews. What a breath of fresh air.. thanks 🙏

I love these. How much classier than the current Chelsea tractors? Kudos to Kingsley!

A wonderful endeavour from Kingsley (and select other companies). I'd have a 90's CSK restored and 'fettled' to keep it going another 20+ years ...that would be a great investment.

Nice. I'd take one of this over a latest one without hesitation.

They are the nicest people as well. Damon, Martin and the rest of the crew are proper, proper enthusiasts for all things RR and LR. I visited a few years ago and I wasn’t massively impressed, but a recent visit showed a gigantic improvement in the quality of everything going on at the Kingsley site. I was blown away and a KR is definitely on my bucket list now.

stunning and just wonderful

Saw you driving this around Notting Hill the other day. Looked great.

Absolutely glorious cars 🤩

Heard about the guy who owns it, he’s had that collection since a teenager, just so much of them. I think it said in Lro magazine that he is listing some for sale !

Absolutely fantastic

timeless

Gorgeous motor as always, with updates it’s stunning 😍😍😍😍👌🏻

What a lovely video, thank you :D

V8 is psychologically Soothing and leaves you feeling Upbeat !!

Great video guys. Really liked the owners honesty too.👍

Very cool & impressive work being done, Rj in Oz

Really nice >>>>> Thank you

Awesome video!! Also nice BREW watch! 👌

I Love This!!!

Saw the white one on the A4 yesterday, looks fantastic.

Great Video. Thanks :).

Lovely.

what a lovely idea.

All the screw heads are beautifully lined up. I’d expect nothing less.

I haven’t watched the whole video yet but I’m ready for a ludicrous price tag.

Great video, one of these in Bahama Gold in the fantasy garage I think 👌

I want one just so I can feel like a Gangster or someone so important that they never need to rush to be anywhere.

That white K plate is lovely. Nothing looks better than a 2 door. Simplicity and elegance defined. 👍🏻 Another timeless car I now thoroughly regret not buying when they were affordable. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Fantastic! Now do the same for the Matra Rancho.

Loved it thanks! And want one baaaaadlyy

Going to be filming my brothers own Classic Range Rover very soon on my channel. 😎

Thank you, guys! 4.6 Most of all, I hope they will make the Classic 5-door long 3:32. Who restored the Royal Range Rover Classic?

Goooood 😎

Imagine having this, an Eagle E-type and a singer 911 in your garage.

Yes please.

Do they still maintain their axel articulation for going off-road? (Wondering as he said about them now being road cars.)

That *XC prefix, H suffix Range Rover (NXC235H) at the beginning is an incredibly rare surviving prototype (Velar - that's where JLR got the name) and needs to be restored to OEM spec!

Harry needs to get his old Rangey done up like this.

Smart man make your hobby your business and you will succeed as you have. Well done.

I really admire the amount of work that goes into these things, and you really feel the passion the company has for them. Personally, I think the original Range Rover is a bit of an ugly thing, but at least those who like them get to enjoy them.

my dad used it for oman rally in 80s

Let's just appreciate that he didn't dress like a fashion model while at the shop. He's starting to come around.

range rover classic is beautiful

Apart from the lack of hair, Alex is almost identical to Richard Hammond. Great review, cool company.

Impressive restoration and with the work going in and compared with others, tasteful, elegant, effective, and worthwhile. Not a crazy power monster with bad taste, but by someone who seems to get Range Rovers, and their on-road life.

This is actually clean🤌🏽

Love the T Shirt Damon !!!!!!!!!!!! Are they for sale ??

Id take this ... a 3 door.. in yellow like layer cake...with the ls3

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Phenomenal job guys.. There r RR for millionaires.. Then these RR for true enthusiasts.

If I won the lottery , I'd definitely be knocking on their door . They are stunning 😍.

A neighbour bought one of the very first Range Rovers on Launch day and being in the Diplomatic Service, drove it to work from the U.K. to Morocco. Sadly the gearbox died on the way but a garage in a French village managed to fix it. They arrived in Morocco and headed for the dunes but the transmission broke again and it was a real job to fix it so far away. Then a trip to the desert resulted in more failures and it narrowly escaped being dumped where it died. However it was patched up, made it back to the U.K.and after some words were exchanged, Land Rover gave him his money back! I remember it brand new parked outside our house and looking astonishing in Sandy beige…..his next car was a Mercedes 250…vastly better quality….but he missed the RR so bought another years later! He would have been a perfect customer for this car though!!😎😎😎

7:50 I think this is spot on, you're getting all the good bits you remember with the rubbish bits brought up to date. Am I going to get crucified for wondering if there is an electric version in the offing? :-)

Awesome job. I just wonder if current Range Rovers will worth the rescue, given the hundreds of problems they do show you, as (not much)time goes by.

What they _actually_ say is 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'

Wow! Money no object, I’d rather have one of these than the new ones.

Holy Wallace and Gromit @2:20

This is what I'd love to do with NA MX-5s and FA / FB RX-7s

i want one

I want one with a Landcruiser's straight six and own it for life.

Perhaps you might advise Land Rover how to make their current range reliable.the USA is the biggest market but they seem to love knocking these cars for unreliability . I personally love them .

What did that one in this video cost?

any companies that do this for the p38 rr?

They do have the market cornered somewhat.....

Have you considered wearing a cap?

Historic car status is how you get a growling V8 inside ULEZ and congestion charge London.

I think I would choose one over a modern day 4 wheel computer .

They should also do it with the Defender

If I could afford it, I would have Kingsley build a CSK for me.

If it runs for half hour continuously at least

For a second I thought they were all being electrified lol phew.....What an amazing company

Sadly the one word not mentioned unles i missed it was cost.. These cars cost more than an Aston or a second hand Porche or Bentley etc etc So it depends how much you love them and I love them but will never ever be able to afford one how sad is that !!

Haven't finished watching yet ... please move to Australia!

The word is everything not everythink .

holy fuc** christ. This is car porn. Those Range are perfect. Quite, simple, confortable. It is a perfectly realized symphony. I could sell my soul to work in this workshop

That's a kind of upgrade do properly

£50k Starting price includes donor car? If so that's fantastic.

Range Rover's reliability stems from the fact it was made by Roberts not Robots.

Umm… how much are these?

Normally a great presenter but, on this occasion, presented with some really misleading dialogue during some of the initial footage, suggests that the fabulous two door Kingsley Range Rover in which he is sitting, is deeply flawed.

Maybe you should get a Land Cruiser next time but then I guess there still all on the road driving round because they just keep on going and there owners love them enough not to let them go to scrap.

Kingsley? Have you seen the video in Harry's Garage, tested about a year ago? For £170k it was a shocking attempt to extract the urine. Squeaks rattles, terrible finish in the interior, engine and transmission issues... I owned new Range Rovers from 1992 to 2016, LR series 2a and 3, and my all time favourite an 'enhanced' 1972 2 door, God I miss that car. I considered a Kingsley, then saw Harry's review. I'm still searching for another 2 door to restore, it will not be done by Kingsley.

I'm ignorant. Wouldn't it be good to put covers on them?