2015 Land Rover Defender 110 TD D/C

Finished in Keswick Green, ‘YK65 XLH’ is a 2015 Land Rover Defender 110 that’s had just two owners since it was new.

Only ever serviced within the main dealer network, it’s been recently fettled and is ready to get to work this winter keeping you and your loved ones safe no matter what the weather throws at you.

Unusually, Keswick Green is used for the roof and the wheels as well as the coachwork; where we more normally see something like Limestone, this Defender is resolutely green.

And it works well, as you can see. Keswick Green is a lovely hue anyway and the fact this one uses it pretty much everywhere gives the Defender an understated and purposeful look we love.

The fact it’s sitting on steel wheels – and steel wheels that are fitted with BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tyres on the front and Cooper Discoverer STT Pro on the rear – helps.

We also like the fact the owner has resisted the temptation to paint the headlamp surrounds green because they, along with the front bumper, radiator grille, door mirrors, door handles, and vents provide a useful contrast.

But design be hanged, we hear you cry! What’s its condition?

Very good.

The seller asked his local specialist to get the bodywork tidied up shortly after buying it and while he knows this included painting the floor in the rear loadspace, he’s unsure what else they did.

As for the rest, the panels all align nicely and sport very good shutlines. The flanks are free of ripples, the rear crossmember is well-painted and strong, and even the fasteners, which are always crusty and corroded, are in pretty good shape.

The tyres have a tread depth that can be measured in inches, the front mudflaps prevent their nine-inch width from throwing mud and stones along the sills, and the height-adjustable towbar will allow you to pull tractors out of the mud with ease; never let it be said that this example isn’t as practical as it is pretty.

As for stuff you might like to look at, the roof has a round patch panel fitted to cover the hole where a spot lamp was fitted.

More minor stuff includes some minor rust bleeding on a few door hinges, a scrape on the offside rear corner, some bubbles where the two roof panels join, and a bubble on the offside of the bulkhead where the windscreen support sits.

The interior is largely standard and in a very good condition.

The front seats, for example, are in great shape, literally. Still plump and undamaged, they’ve weathered a decade and 50,000 miles with nary a mark on ‘em.

The middle seats are even better. There are none in the rear, just clean and well-preserved metal panels. Of course, if you need to carry more people then you could buy some bench seats from somewhere like Exmoor Trim, or you could just throw in a rubber mat to protect the newly painted floor and use it for hauling firewood and the like.

Speaking of upgrades, the Britpart central armrest does triple duty as an armrest, cupholders, and a cubbybox.

Lifting the rubber mats in the cabin shows a solid floor, albeit one with the odd corroded fastener.

As for other flaws, there are rubbing points on the driver’s side sill and seat plinth and the rearview mirror is missing.

The backs of the rear seats show some wear, as do the side trim panels in the boot. There is also some bubbling to the paintwork under the rear seat and throughout the luggage area. Some of this area was painted shortly after the seller bought it, so it may be a reaction with the new paint.

The headlining is grubby and would benefit from being cleaned and reaffixed with new clips. The front section has also been repaired to disguise the hole that would have been cut in it when the spot lamp was fitted.

The Defender’s service history, which is exclusively Land Rover main dealer, is complete:

• 28.02.2024 and 53,521 miles – service by Lakeland Land Rover
• 15.12.2022 and 48,557 miles – service by Lakeland Land Rover
• 14.01.2022 and 45,114 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover
• 21.01.2021 and 37,807 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover
• 08.11.2019 and 29,891 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover including fuel filter, and the transmission and differential oils
• 28.11.2018 and 23,656 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover
• 05.12.2017 and 16,843 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover
• 04.11.2016 and 8,625 miles – service by Lloyd Land Rover
• 09.09.2015 and 10 miles – pre-delivery inspection by Ripon Land Rover

As you can see in the video, it fires into life with enthusiasm and settles into an immediate and muted idle. It revs as it should, and it does it all without making any untoward noises or smoke.

The engine is not bad at all and shows only the usual tarnishing to the alloy surfaces, some rusty steel fasteners and components, and the odd spot of dirt on some of the hard-to-reach areas.

As for the underside, it looks utterly solid still and has plenty of the factory rustproofing still in place. However, it has worn away in a few areas and it would be prudent to get this touched up, and the surface rust eliminated, before too long.

The Defender was bought new by a company in the Lake District and then transferred into another name, but at the same address, in February 2016. We *think* this was just a change of name, but it does explain the previous registered keeper on the V5, the car now forms part of a private collection and is now available due to a house purchase.

As for the seller, he bought it from a Land Rover dealer earlier in the year but hasn’t got around to putting it in his name.

The Defender’s MoT certificate, which is valid until November 2025, was issued with no advisories, just like the two before.

The recent Vehicle History Check is clear, and it comes with two sets of keys and the Land Rover book pack and wallet.

The Defender has been a perennial favourite of city and country dwellers alike for decades – and with good reason: it looks amazing; fits up to eleven people; can haul shopping and livestock with equal ease; and will get you to where you need to be no matter what the weather.

They are also utterly classless, very cool, and usually a decent investment; buy the right one and then look after it and it’ll look after you when the time comes to let it go.

Which means the days of snapping them up for pennies are long gone.

We expect this one, nicely presented and expertly serviced over the years, to sell for somewhere between £30,000 and £35,000, which might a big chunk of money for a ten year old vehicle but represents strong value, even before you factor in the residuals, which are likely to be equally robust.

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