What do you buy as a daily driver when you’re truly shopping with no budget? The obvious choice is something like a Rolls-Royce. Monolithic, sinfully sumptuous, and impressively insulated. The electric Cadillac Celestiq is another contender, as are certain Mercedes-Maybach models, but here’s something to consider before you sign on the dotted line: The Overfinch Holland & Holland edition Range Rover.
This certainly isn’t the first time famed gunmakers Holland & Holland have partnered with Range Rover customizer Overfinch. You might remember the L322-based Overfinch Holland & Holland edition from “Top Gear,” the one with the replenishing drinks cabinet, and even earlier than that, the Holland & Holland name adorned a factory-commissioned limited run of P38 Range Rovers. This latest creation has been in development for five years, and while that seems like a long time for a run of customized SUVs, the results surely seem worth it.
Unsurprisingly, this particular Range Rover is expensive. Rolls-Royce expensive. Muskoka-cottage expensive. Makes-a-championship-quality-thoroughbred-race-horse-look-cheap expensive. But my word, look at what you get for the money. I’m not just talking about the machined grillework or the delightful duotone alloy wheels or the potent 606-horsepower twin-turbocharged V8 under the hood. No, the glory of the latest Overfinch Holland & Holland edition is most evident on the inside.
Just look at the sheer detail in this close-up of the door trim alone. That fantastic engraved stainless steel trim, the rich open-pore walnut, acres of green leather with tan contrasting piping. It’s maximalist, mesmerizing, and incredibly special. Of course, if green leather isn’t your cup of tea, you can also spec the cabin in full London Tan. Can’t choose? Overfinch will also let you spec a half-and-half setup.
Zooming out on the front section of the cabin gives you a better understanding of just how richly appointed the new Overfinch Holland & Holland edition is. The hide, the quilting, the walnut, it’s everywhere. At this end of the market, it isn’t surprising that no stone has been left unturned, but trust me when I say that the best is yet to come.
The top one houses two bottles of champagne, flutes, a corkscrew, bottle stoppers, crockery, cutlery, and monogrammed napkins. Almost everything you need for a day in the country. What’s missing? The shotguns, of course. Ones that each cost as much as a new Range Rover. Oh, and you know what pairs well with hunting? Whisky and whisky accessories. Decanters, flasks, tumblers, you know the drill. Yep, that’s a whole social event, all neatly packed into a crested, veneered chest.
If I suddenly came into a vast sum of money and was picking out a megabucks daily driver, this would be it. The archetypal four-by-four taken to new heights. There’s just something spot-on about a Holland & Holland Overfinch Range Rover. Opulent? Undoubtedly. Excessive? No, just right. If you know, you know.
Top graphic image: Overfinch
So how much?
Well, at least you can drink and shoot while waiting for the tow truck!
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I’m waiting to see a Mossberg edition Chevy Silverado. This would be GMT900 generation with Realtree seat covers, plastic dog boxes in the back and a dented tailgate.
and loose shotgun shells just rolling about in the back… where the carpet is missing… due to a … mishap.
This is how a lot of the first generation Range Rovers seemed to end up when I was a kid. The original buyer had moved on to a new model, and passed them down to their estate manger, who used them as a slightly nicer Land Rover. Too rusty to pass it’s MoT? No problem, just keep it on the estate as a runabout.
Some of them might still be in use today; because owning a large chunk of the Cotswolds and the family manor house, usually means you have little-to-no actual liquid cash.
Mossberg. Ha! As seen at Big 5 Sporting Goods.
my eff tree fitty (and case and locks) holds my shotguns just fine, and i assure you the resultant pattern boards b/w mine and the fancy ones shown in the pictures above cannot be told apart. The clay pigeons don’t care how much you spent, never once ever. But that scroll work and walnut detail and the green/tan leather sure do look purdy.
Whiskey, guns and driving. The natural combination!
Guns and booze in the car – I see now that’s one of those “classy if you’re rich, trashy if you’re poor” things. Many such cases…
Anyway this thing does indeed look awesome and is very unassuming from the outside. Certainly would draw less attention than a Rolls.
From the outside, definitely understated.
Likely the whole point.
Scrolling past all these big SUV reviews just to get to the Autopian merch site post & $5 decals. Whew.
Sipping lukewarm Bud from a can.
I can’t wait until the influencer that everybody hates buys one.
As for me, if I had FU money I’d buy a truck, put on a big ass bull bar and use it to ram people that annoy me. Extra points if I could get a cow catcher and just shunt annoying people onto the sidewalk. That’s not allowed? Let me make a “donation.”
Poor: Old Milwalkee, a stolen Glock, and a 2003 Escalade.
Rich: 30 year old scotch, bespoke hunting rifle, and a Holland & Holland Range Rover.
See? Booze, guns, and SUVs. We’re really not so different after all. World peace achieved.
Is that upholstery pattern known as Overfinch Overquilting?
I think it’s meant to match the checkering, sorry, chequering on the gunstocks.
Eh, I’ll wait for the Fabbri Ferrari Purosangue.
Although this is lightyears out of my tax bracket…and country, I think it looks pretty neat, especially those wheels.
I’m certain a lot of One Percenters will find this attractive, but it’s just not Purdey enough for me.
I see what ya did there, hahaha.
It is a bit of a Blunder Bus.
…does loading it with 1911s, Glocks, and Remingtons ruin it? Is this only a transport for expensive clay pigeon guns or could we stuff anything back there?
When I was in grad school my landlord gave me a ’77 VW Bug that someone had abandoned at his shop when it needed repairs so I suppose… Oh, you mean the other kind of “no budget.”
No idea, then. Maybe two ’77 Bugs?
“Behave”
Don’t get me wrong. It wouldn’t be too fancy as at least one of the two would be a parts car.
Tacky. The word you are looking for to describe this is tacky. Old money prefers understatement, not overstatement. The literal Lords of the realm just use a mangy old 110 Defender diesel to go shooting in, and a bog-standard Range Rover (and probably an aging one of those too) to go into town.
This is for the newest of new money.
Yeah, it’s odd. Custom English shotguns do have some fancy craftmanship on show, but they are more about the handwork of a master. It’s more Philippe Dufour than Richard Mille. It’s more Selosse than Cristal. And it’s definitely not this pimp my ride range rover. A strange collab.
Bullshit.
If I’m at the point that money is truly no object, I need no car. I sure as fuck don’t want a plane, or having to deal with pilots.
My ass stays firmly in its lounge chair. Someone can write a concise email to me that I can respond to when it makes sense to me. We’ll have a quick call if we want to and need to go into detail. Why would spending north of half a million bucks on a vehicle ever make sense to get anything done? That’s right, it wouldn’t.
My 2001 Chevrolet Tracker holds my shotguns pretty well, so I’m not sure if I need to upgrade just yet.
It also carries my drink cabinet well, crafted by one of the finest sources of quality: Igloo.
My immediate reaction was….is this just an SUV “low rider” car for rich people?
Because I will say there are a lot parts in this interior has that tick those boxes. Engravings everywhere: check. Duo tone piping and quilted leather: check. Wood inserts: check.
“Opulent? Undoubtedly. Excessive? No, just right.”
Reliable? Not a chance.
Anyone who would buy this will buy three to ensure their drivers can keep at least one available at all times. Plus it will probably jump you to the front of the queue for parts and labor at your local JLR dealer.
You know you did a good job with your mods if it makes me want a JLR product.