We sent DickieMeaden out to drive the Bamford X Bishops Heritage Limited Edition Range Rover, a £175k restomod with a difference -
Looks-wise, it remains very much true to the original Range Rover, which is a good thing in our book as you don’t want to mess with such an iconic piece of design. Modern LED headlights and black Bowler 18-inch alloys are the most explicit clues to the BxB not being a common or garden Rangie, but the square lines remain uncorrupted and are complemented by flawless Santorini Black paintwork.
How you respond to the results depends entirely on whether you’ve had any prior experience of early Range Rovers. If you haven’t you’ll be taken aback by how small the original model is, and by how connected to what’s going on you feel. Where today’s Range Rovers cosset and isolate you in a wafty, super-luxury driving environment packed with technology, the classic model is a much more mechanical device.
Corners. Not something classic Range Rovers were designed to revel in, but something Bishops has ensured the BxB can attack with some gusto, thanks to Bilstein Ride Control electronic dampers that can be switched between pillowy soft and something approximating to firm, though all things are relative. Body roll has been largely eradicated from today’s performance cars, but despite the fitment of front and rear anti-roll bars it’s still very much a part of the BxB’s repertoire. Fear not.
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