A rare opportunity to own a Land Rover Defender used in the James Bond Film, Spectre, is set to star in Silverstone Auctions Live Online sale on 23 May 2020.

On Thursday, 30^th April, it was not only the anniversary of the production version of the Land Rover being launched to the public at the Amsterdam Motor show in 1948, but it was also #WorldLandRoverDay, which made it a perfect time to announce this very special Bond car being offered for sale.

In 2015, the 24^th James Bond film was presented to the world featuring another world-class car chase, this time involving a Land Rover Defender. Eon Productions commissioned 10 special 110 Defenders from Land Rover and with the help of Bowler Motorsport, specialist Land Rover modifiers, which converted them into the ultimate getaway cars.

Bowler Motorsport added huge 37-inch tyres, a heavy-duty roll-cage, stiffened up the suspension and among other things installed a hydraulic hand brake to spice up the action. The engine was also tuned to 180bhp.

There were two specifications of cars produced, one for the high-speed getaway road cars and the others for the snow scenes of which this is one of those.

Only seven of the 10 specially produced cars now survive and this car is number nine. Three were destroyed during filming.