A gentleman's 4x4: Guy Ritchie's one-of-one Land Rover Defender heads to auction

We might have to wait until 2026 for season two of hit Netflix action comedy series The Gentlemen, but you don’t have to wait that long to get your next dose of Guy Ritchie if you've got deep pockets. A one-of-one Defender 110 used on Ritchie's country estate and for London premieres is going under the hammer in early November and is expected to fetch up to £85,000 Used as shoot-truck and a work vehicle, the Defender has ferried guests around his 1,100 Ashcombe Estate - where Ritchie's hosted David Beckham and Brad Pitt - as well as doubling up as a London daily driver and a premiere chariot For fans who’ve acquired Ritchie's taste for aristocratic realms, British sporting pursuits, and rough and ready action, then his Defender is everything you could want in a 4x4. While it will blend in with Chelsea tractors it's hardy enough for country pursuits and there is even a specially built, concealed and lockable gun drawer in the luggage bay floor Ashcombe House, which set in more than 1,000 acres of the Wiltshire-Dorset border, has been owned by Ritchie since 2001 when he bought the property with his then wife Madonna for £9 million Director, producer and screen-writer Ritchie – who's famed not just for his box office hits but also his eight-year marriage to Madonna – asked Defender specialists Nene Overland of Peterborough to make a vehicle to his eclectic and glamorous requirements. Ritchie has done less done 19,000 miles only with the Defender in perfect condition for its next owner Nene Overland sourced a 2.2-litre ‘Puma’ diesel engine 2011 Defender 110 XS specifically for the project, which only had 28,000 miles on the clock and had been regularly serviced and especially well cared for Inside the Defender had to be of suitable luxury to transport the glitterati of stage and screen around his Salisbury estate, so full-size Range Rover leather seats were inserted with heating, ventilation and electronic multi-way controls. There's a six-speed automatic gearbox, cruise control, four-corner fully adjustable air suspension, upgraded brakes and 20-inch wheels with premium tyres It has auxiliary Lazer lights, front and back, the recovery winch unit and twin rear exhausts keep the aristocratic rural roughness The 110 goes on sale on 9 November with Iconic Auctioneers at the NEC Classic Motor Show.