What I Wish I Knew Before I Bought a Range Rover Classic When you’re buying a classic car, who can you trust to give you the unvarnished truth? Not the seller, auction house or potential Craigslist scammer. What you need is someone who actually has the car you want, which is why we started What I Wish I Knew, an automotive series in which we interview owners to get the scoop on some of the most popular dream cars. Today’s vehicle: The Range Rover Classic. Retro SUVs are hot and getting hotter. “As a category, vintage SUVs has been one of the strongest segments of the enthusiast or collector market for the last five or six years,” Brian Rabold, VP of valuation services at Hagerty, told us in 2020. However, not all sport utility vehicles are sentimentalized the same. If you have a soft spot for, say, ’93-’97 U.S.-spec Land Rover Defenders or first-generation Ford Broncos, you can expect to pay absurd prices, even for the rust buckets. But if the SUV you have your eye on is an old-school Range Rover, you’re setting yourself up for success. |