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Custom Land Rover Defender by Aznom and Romeo Ferraris

Remember the old days when a truck was a truck, and was completely devoid of luxury amenities? Those are the days that gave us the original sport-utility vehicles, like the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, the Toyota Land Cruiser, and this, the Land Rover Defender. The Merc G has since gone dramatically upscale, the Land Cruiser has been transformed into the Lexus LX, but the Land Rover Defender is still the bare-bones workhorse it always was. That is, until Aznom came along and changed all that.

The Italian coachbuilder known for its innovative Mini conversions took the Defender and tricked it out with all manner of custom touches, from the carbon-fiber bumpers to the light brown leather and Alcantara interior. Tuning house Romeo Ferraris was brought in to squeeze some extra juice out of the 2.4-liter turbo-diesel inline-four engine, bringing output up from 122 horsepower to 152. And of course the requisite custom paint job is all part of the package. Have a closer look in the gallery below.

Gallery: Land Rover Defender by Aznom & Romeo Ferraris

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Castagna Mini Tender

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Our siblings over at Autoblog already covered a couple of the Castagna modifications but I was particularly interested in this Mini modification. Classic Driver profiles the Tender, a mod of the Mini Cabrio that is designed for nautical types. The rear is lengthened and the car has a fixed-access compartment with anti-theft bars instead of normal doors. It has a teak-lined steel double bottom for towels and clothes plus a shower with a 30-liter tank of fresh water and a powerful stereo for beach parties. Other details include extra headlights for lighting those parties and a brightly-striped cloth top from Missoni. The seats are upholstered in neoprene so they won't be damaged in you hop in the car all salty from the sea. Other options include additional seats and four load hooks so that the Tender can be lifted up onto your yacht.

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