Conversion specialist creates world’s most luxurious Land Rover Defender
A CONVERSION specialist has created a special version of the iconic Land Rover Defender with enough luxuries to shame its top of the range Range Rover stable mate.
Carisma Auto Design, a specialist in fitting out bespoke luxury vehicles, has utilised exotic leather and materials to create a vehicle which is far cry from that normally seen in farms and rugged businesses around the world.
Carisma said that while the Defender was originally created to be the ultimate off-road vehicle. It could also be adapted to create a luxury armoured vehicle that is completely discreet to protect the identity of its occupants.
The Colchester-based firm said it greatly respected Land Rover’s design pedigree, which is why it had not modified the exterior but only enhanced the interior. The purpose being to allow discerning clients to engage in outdoor activities in total comfort.
It said with a range of exotic leather, carpet and wood available in any combination, no two Defenders from Carisma were ever the same.
“The specification and design of each Carisma Defender is totally unique to the client and only limited by their imagination,” it added.
The leather used by Carisma is carefully sourced from barbed-wire free environments to ensure pristine hide and is complemented by a choice of real wood veneers, hand-built and fitted to the vehicle by hand by a team comprising some of the best English craftspeople.
To complete the ultimate luxury vehicle for outdoor sporting pursuits, Carisma said it could hand-craft a bespoke gun cabinet from the finest wood, featuring magnificent cut-glass crystal champagne flutes and tumblers complete with separate refrigeration facilities.
There is also a choice of multimedia options including on-board Windows or Apple operating systems, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to ensure occupants are always connected when on the move. Audio equipment from Bang & Olufsen can also be fitted.
Clive Drake, Sales and Marketing Director, Carisma Auto Design, said: “The Land Rover Defender is an iconic British vehicle with legendary off-road capability. One day a client came to me wanting a vehicle that had all of the capabilities of the Defender but with an interior ambience of a Range Rover with the feeling of pure exclusivity of a Rolls-Royce, the Carisma Auto Design conversion of the Defender was born.
“Satisfying special and unusual requests is a key part of our specialist skills and services. Clients come to us because they know that we can achieve the impossible and deliver a vehicle to them that exceeds their expectations. We’ve been asked to incorporate some truly outlandish features, but we still manage to integrate them seamlessly into the vehicle’s interior.”
Amongst some of the recent requests have been solid crystal ash trays and champagne flutes, integrated premium pen sets with tailored housing, customised seat embroidery, 42” televisions and refrigeration units.
