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This exquisitely detailed bespoke Range Rover is built for the field and showcases the best in fine British craftsmanship

- Nick Herbert

This exquisitely detailed bespoke Range Rover is built for the field and showcases the best in fine British craftsmanship, says The Field's new motoring columnist Nick Herbert

THE YEAR was 1970, the Beatles had tragically broken up and Apollo 13 had narrowly avoided the same fate. Into this tumultuous decade launched two innovative new products that were to redefine transport for a generation: the Boeing 747 and the Range Rover. While the last 'jumbo jet' rolled off the production line three years ago, the Range Rover lives on. Now in its fifth generation, more than two million have been sold worldwide, and today production is booming: a glorious rebuke to the po-faced campaigners for whom this prestigious vehicle is a symbol of pretty much everything they hate.

Big, beautiful and built in Britain, the Range Rover remains indisputably world class at a time when we worry that our nation can't do anything properly any more. Other manufacturers have copied its formula, combining genuine off-road ability with luxurious on-road comfort and performance, but still none can quite match the Range Rover. It is the vehicle of choice for the wealthy and famous, transporting pop stars, plutocrats, prime ministers and princes alike.