Recently former Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is known as a mechanical nerd and he loves everything about machines and everything that is a mechanical wonder. Dhoni is said to have some of the most attractive, luxurious and best cars and bikes
Dhoni has bought these cars and motorbikes over the years and added them to his collection. According to some recent reports. Dhoni has added another vintage car to his huge collection. It said that Dhoni had won the bid for a 1971 Land Rover series station wagon in an online auction that was owned by none other than Big Boy Toys. The price of the car was not disclosed but according to reports, the car is said to be quite attractive and Dhoni is well aware of it. The Land Rover Series 3 station wagon is a very rare vehicle and gets a dual-tone finish in yellow and white. It is also said to be one of the most popular and rare cars in the Land Rover series produced by the British automaker. As the Land Rover Series, 3 station wagon was so popular and loved by many, the automaker manufactured approximately 440,000 units of the series between 1971 and 1985. Also, during this period, customers also had the option of buying a car. 2.3-litre four-cylinder petrol engine and 3.5-litre V8.
Land Rover Series 3 Station Wagon:
The Land Rover Series 3 station wagon which now belongs to former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the rare vintage cars in India. The car has been beautifully finished in a shade of yellow. This car is extremely famous and popular when it comes to the Land Rover series line with over 440,000 examples manufactured between 1971 and 1985 and Dhoni is extremely lucky to own it now. The breathtaking vintage and classic car comes with everything from a 2.3-litre four-cylinder petrol engine to a 3.5-litre V8 mated to a four-speed manual transmission and a 2-speed manual transfer case. Even though a vivid picture of the car is given, the engine specifications of the car owned by Dhoni are not clearly given. The online auction was conducted by Big Boy Toys founder Jatin Ahuja, from where Dhoni had bought the car.
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Further, it was also stated that BBT (Big Boy Toys) revealed that the auctions started with the Volkswagen Beetle for as low as ₹1 lakh and went up to ₹25 lakh. It’s not yet clear whether the other vintage cars on the list found celebrity homes, but more could be heard from BBT soon. The company, BBT, on the other hand, says that they want to strengthen the vintage and classic car division and they are targeting to expand it to ₹100 crore vertical in the coming years. Also, he has said that the firm plans to come up with new online auctions of used and classic cars every two months. Last month, February 2020 should have seen another auction for such vintage cars and motorbikes by BBT.
History of Land Rover Series 3 Station Wagon:
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As the history of this amazing vintage car goes on, we learn that this car has seen some dark days in the British car industry and the wider UK and global economics. Between 1971 and 1985, the British car industry faced a lot of problems and difficult times. But the series sold quite well and outperformed the car industry in the economic times around the 1960s. Two major changes occurred simultaneously in 1979, the first stage 109 introduced a V8 engine borrowed from Range Rover but split from 135 bhp to 91 bhp and the second also being the Leisure purchased by Land Rover Private. vehicles were becoming extremely popular. Owner.
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