Yes gentlemen, it seems that Land Rovers Santana are much more valuable abroad than at home. Proof of this is the Land Rover Santana 109 that today we bring to these pages and that is for sale in Atlanta, USA, for 18.000 dollars or, what is the same, about 16.000 euros. We have hunted it thanks to our sources in the classified section from an Oregon state website.
Well, this Land rover santana It has also been selected by the prestigious North American website Bring a Trailer, dedicated to detecting market opportunities within the classic car sector worldwide, in which the photographic report is expanded and it is stated that $ 21.000 is requested for it, about 18.500 euros.
A conventional unit
As you can see, it is about a late unit in state of origin, well preserved and apparently rust free. Based on the Land Rover 3, with its 2.2-liter turbodiesel engine, it has lived most of its life in Spain before, after spending time in the United Kingdom, moving to the United States.
Unless we miss something ... there is nothing exceptional about this unit.
Glamor across the pond
We are amused because rarely does a Land Rover Santana raise a sales price above 5.000 euros in Spain, as you can see in Thousand Ads. It is a great all-terrain vehicle, nobody disputes that, but what its owners ask for it is, even taking into account the highest possible transport and import costs, an absolute past. Of course, sure that whoever buys it will take care of it like a king, as it undoubtedly deserves.
In addition, they present it little less than as if it were a Pegaso Z-102, with an extensive documented history that even includes participation in TV and advertising; a famous Land Rover with which we will cause a sensation as we pass. Who would have thought that the self-sacrificing Land Rover Santana would go so far; in reality, nice to see it.
In short, it is nothing more than a Friday afternoon anecdote that very well has its opposite in the sale of Ford Mustang and other American classics in Spain. Who has not seen one of Ford's pony cars advertised for $ 5.000 in the United States, when they sell here for at least 15 or 20.000 euros? Exoticism and affection are, without a doubt, the ones that sell.