What a classic Land Rover sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 7,734 recorded Land Rover sales at public auction since 1997: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Land Rover, the full marque guide

Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.

Median sold price £19,554

Usual range £10,125 to £35,380

Recorded sales 7,734 since 1997

Data to 10 August 2026

7,734 Land Rovers have sold at public auction since 1997, at a median of £19,554; the middle half of them made between £10,125 and £35,380. The sale rooms see about 1,097 a year and 74% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Defender 110 is the one that comes up most often, with 757 sales on record at a median of £39,042. The highest result is £400,000, paid for a Defender 90 in December 2015.

In 2025 the median classic Land Rover sold for £19,057 across 1,227 sales, 7% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Land Rover prices were down about 22% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Land Rover median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	661	£19,296
2025	1,227	£19,057	£19,057
2024	1,219	£20,521	£21,308
2023	1,128	£21,927	£23,530
2022	1,050	£22,905	£26,231
2021	862	£21,761	£26,909
2020	505	£19,250	£24,394
2019	325	£14,716	£18,839
2018	240	£15,777	£20,540
2017	161	£13,500	£17,983
2016	141	£12,770	£17,448
2015	67	£8,960	£12,365
2014	50	£6,791	£9,409
2013	31	£5,323	£7,480
2012	11	£6,975	£10,027
2011	19	£3,134	£4,621
2010	5	£5,062	£7,753
2009	4	£3,072	£4,824
2007	5	£8,970	£14,860
2006	4	£2,028	£3,437
2005	5	£12,938	£22,487
2004	9	£3,756	£6,662

Which Land Rover models make the most

Not every Land Rover is priced alike. The Defender 90 NAS sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £56,977 across 287 sales and most of them between £47,108 and £68,066. The Range Rover Second Generation sits at the bottom at a median of £4,301, so the dearest Land Rover model typically makes about 13 times what the cheapest does.

Each bar runs from the quarter mark to the three-quarter mark of that marque's sales, so it covers the middle half of them and leaves out the project and the concours car. The thickest bars have three thousand sales or more behind them, the thinnest fewer than five hundred. The scale is by ratio, every gridline about three times the one before, which is the only way a Reliant and a Jaguar fit on one axis.

The busiest Land Rover models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Land Rover model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median	Sold prices
Defender 110	757	£20,632 to £61,446	£39,042	By variant and year
Defender 90	732	£17,578 to £45,024	£27,214	By variant and year
Range Rover Classic	561	£8,139 to £25,250	£14,784	By variant and year
Discovery II	403	£7,412 to £14,909	£11,227
Series III 88	343	£7,547 to £18,556	£12,600	By variant and year
Series IIA 88	304	£9,736 to £24,333	£16,668	By variant and year
Defender 90 NAS	287	£47,108 to £68,066	£56,977	By variant and year
Defender 110 XS	188	£26,800 to £44,287	£34,304	By variant and year
Defender 90 XS	187	£28,385 to £42,532	£34,036	By variant and year
Defender 110 300Tdi	174	£27,514 to £53,100	£38,864	By variant and year
Range Rover Classic County	169	£12,778 to £25,445	£19,832	By variant and year
Range Rover Second Generation	165	£2,616 to £8,100	£4,301

Plus 3,464 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

Model by model

Each of these has its own page where the figures are broken down by variant and by year, with the sold prices restated in today's money. For the cars themselves, their history and what to check before buying, the Land Rover guide is the place to start.

The latest Land Rover sales

£21,231 Defender 90 (2020+) Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£18,760 Series III 88 Collecting Cars, 7 August 2026
£28,047 Series IIA 109 Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026
£17,140 Series IIA 88 Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026
£10,128 Land Rover Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Land Rover sell for?

Across 7,734 recorded auction sales, the median classic Land Rover made £19,554, with most selling between £10,125 and £35,380 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Land Rover is worth the most at auction?

Of the Land Rover models with enough sales to read, the Defender 90 NAS carries the highest median: £56,977 across 287 recorded sales, most of them between £47,108 and £68,066, with the Defender 110 next at £39,042 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices for cars in every condition; a concours example of a cheaper model can still out-sell a project Defender 90 NAS.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Land Rover?

At auction, the Range Rover Second Generation: a median of £4,301 across 165 recorded sales, with most between £2,616 and £8,100 (as of August 2026). The bottom of that range is usually a project rather than a bargain, and a cheap car to buy is rarely a cheap car to put right.

Are classic Land Rover prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Land Rover made about 22% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £19,057 across 1,227 sales, 7% below 2024. Those are medians across every Land Rover model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Land Rover ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Land Rover is £400,000, paid for a Defender 90 in December 2015. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £10,125 to £35,380.

How often does a classic Land Rover come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 1,097 sell at auction each year, and 74% of the cars offered find a buyer. There is a steady supply, so it pays to wait for a good one rather than stretch for the first car you see.

Before you buy or sell

Buying a classic at auction
Why the hammer price is never the price, what Category S and N actually mean, why a clean-looking V5C proves less than buyers assume, and how to think about bidding on a car nobody has let you inspect.
Selling a classic privately
A private seller is not a shop, and the law knows it. Which consumer protections fall away, which three rules still bind you, why selling an unroadworthy car is an offence whoever you are, the DVLA steps that end your liability, and the payment habits that keep the money.
Agreed value insurance
The trade valuation guides insurers use do not value cars over about twenty years old, which is why a classic on a market-value policy is a claim waiting to be argued. What the Financial Ombudsman expects, what the regulator found when it looked, what agreed value actually promises, and the evidence that sets it.
What a restoration really costs
Why restoration bills reach numbers that horrify outsiders, where the money actually goes, and the practical protections that matter when handing a valuable car to a workshop for a year. Staged payments, written scope, and what happens if the business fails.

Strong evidence. 7,734 recorded sales and a dozen or more a year: the median and the range are well founded. Sold prices from public classic car auction results (1997 to 10 August 2026), not asking prices and not a valuation: a concours car and a project both sit inside these ranges, and condition, history and specification move any one car well outside them. Inflation-adjusted figures use the ONS CPIH index, in 2025 money. How to read these figures.