CHASSIS NUMBER. 8TA600071

REGISTRATION NUMBER. K311 KWT

ENGINE TYPE. DIESEL

GEARBOX TYPE. 5 SPEED MANUAL

VEHICLE SPEC.
THIS FREELANDER HAS A 2 FOLD HISTORY. FIRSTLY IT IS POSSIBLY THE OLDEST SURVIVING 3 DOOR PROTOTYPE. SECONDLY IT WAS DRESSED UP TO PROMOTE THE 50/50 CHALLENGE (FIFTY COUNTRIES IN 50 DAYS) TRIP BY THE ROVER GROUP. BASICALLY IT IS A PRODUCTION SPEC BUT HAS A NUMBER OF SMALL DIFFERENCES. THE BODY SHELL HAS MINOR CHANGES ON PRODUCTION MODELS, THE TRIM IS STILL THE SMOOTH FINISH, COMMON WITH ALL EARLY PROTOTYPES, TYRES OF THIS TYPE WERE NOT FITTED LATER. THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT COVERED A LARGE MILEAGE, SO MAYBE MOST OF ITS TESTING WAS STATIC ONLY. THE K PLATE IS COMMON WITH SOME PROTOTYPES, PLACED ON TO DISGUISE THE FACT THAT IT IS A NEW MODEL WHEN SEEN ON THE HIGHWAY. IN TIME WE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ROAD USE WITH THIS CAR.