Edmiston, a luxury yacht brokerage and sales company has joined forces with Land Rover to create a program that will see top yacht designers crafting one-off-a-kind Range Rovers inspired from the world of luxury yachts. The two companies will kick off the program with the “Superyacht Range Rover Design Competition” in which seven top yacht designers took part, including Bannenberg, Tim Heywood, Andrew Winch, Terrence Disdale, Ken Freivokh, Redman Whiteley Dixon and Martin Francis. The winning design will be unveiled during the Monaco Yacht Show in late September. Edmiston states that visitors to the show will be able to place their orders for any of the exclusive Range Rover designs that even include a two-door cabriolet version. Delivery time will be between three and six months with prices ranging from €200,000 to € 800,000 or about or $300,000 to $1.2 million.

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Representing a-no-expenses-spared tuning proposition, the Range Rover Country Pursuits Concept (CPC) made its debut today alongside the SuperSport II at the Salon Prive Luxury and Supercar Show in London. The Range Rover based CPC sports an exclusive mica pearlescent Aubergine paint colour combined with a bodykit comprising one piece front and rear bumpers, side valances, roof spoiler and special exhaust tails along with new 20 or optionally, 22-inch alloy wheels.

Inside, Overfinch dressed the Range Rover’s cabin with bespoke Nappa leather in special Light Avocado with Cordovan (Aubergine) accents and hand crafted Olive Ash veneered centre console, door accents and drinks tray. For those of you who like hunting, Overfinch also modified the Range Rover’s luggage compartment by adding a special removable gun box with Olive Ash veneered front and 3 sliding drawers which will hold a bespoke gun case, cartridges and crystal glass drinking set.

In terms of performance, Overfinch upgraded the 4.2 litre Supercharged V8 engine that now develops 470Hp (from 396Hp). Additional mods include the high performance Brembo braking system with silver Overfinch branded callipers and the enhanced on road/off suspension system.

Deliveries of the Overfinch CPC are set to begin in October with prices starting from £123,495 or $246,000 for the diesel variants and £143,950 or $287,000 for the 4.2 Supercharged V8.

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Elegance, discreet sportiness and understatement have always been characteristics of British cars. However German tuning house Arden hasn’t quite taken these into consideration while tuning Land Rover’s Range Rover, giving it an aggressive new look and the performance to match.

The Arden Range Rover AR7 puts out no less than 520hp from the supercharged V8 it houses thanks to an increase in capacity to 4.5L and a high-performance twin-screw charger. Together with 701Nm of torque the British powerhouse completes the 0-100km/h sprint in 6.5 seconds and is capable of reach speeds in excess of 240km/h. Helping the engine breathe better is a new stainless steel sport exhaust system specially made for the AR7, which is distinguished by a deep and burly sound as well as a unique tailpipe design.

Styling changes consist of a 6cm wider front apron, hand-made stainless steel grill and air vents, LED daytime running lights, pumped wheel guards, side skirts and a new rear apron. The final touch is a set of 22 or optional 23in wheels housing six-piston caliper brakes in the front and four-pot units in the back.

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Take £30 million, create 250 jobs and end up with “tens of thousands” of new electric vehicles in the UK. This is the plan of the new company Liberty Electric Cars Ltd. Liberty announced today that it will be converting many currently-existing large luxury cars and 4 x 4s (SUVs) into electric vehicles - starting with Range Rover models - and sell them for between £95,000 and £125,000 ($187,000 U.S. to $246,000). Liberty Electric Cars made the announcement at the Eden Project Green Car Show.

The battery technology that Liberty will use in these luxury EVs was not disclosed, but it will be “state of the art energy storage and management systems” that will give the vehicles “extended driving range and shorter recharge times.” On the electric Land Rover, that means a range of around 200 miles. Whatever the system looks like, Liberty says it will offer the technology to other automakers. ETA on these expensive rides? N/A. More details after the break.

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