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The latest limited-edition Range Rover is very blue, very expensive, very rare, and only for well-heeled buyers in Australia.
A new special-edition Range Rover luxury SUV exclusive to Australia has been unveiled, priced from more than half a million dollars each.
Just six examples of the Australia-only Range Rover SV Orpheus Edition will be produced, said to be inspired by Orpheus Island off the coast of northern Queensland, near Townsville.
For context, just nine Honda NSX supercars were sold in its four years in Australian showrooms – and Ferrari sold 22 cars locally last month alone.
Prices start from $520,561 plus on-road costs – more than $120,000 dearer than the standard Range Rover SV P615 V8 on which it is based, already not a cheap car at $394,570 plus on-road costs.
The Orpheus Edition is finished in Blue Gloss paint with a silver roof, machined-face 23-inch forged alloy wheels, and black Range Rover bonnet and tailgate badges with silver outlines.
Inside, there is a cream 'Perlino' colour on the leather upholstery and seat belts, plus a cream steering wheel, white ceramic switchgear, unique seat embroidery, bespoke sill plates, and "personalised scatter cushions".
Powering the special edition is the Range Rover's most powerful engine, a 4.4-litre BMW-sourced, twin-turbocharged petrol V8 developing 452kW and 750Nm.
It is matched with an eight-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive, and aided by a 48-volt mild-hybrid system.
Land Rover claims a 4.5-second 0-100km/h acceleration time, 261km/h top speed and a 3500kg braked towing capacity.
Buyers of the Orpheus Edition will receive a "custom-made sculpture of Jayme Marshal, a Wulgurukaba and Yunbenen woman who represents the next generation of indigenous leaders."
It is said to be a replica of the 2.2-metre original sculpture, which is installed five metres underwater off the coast of North Queensland.
Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a young age, to growing up around performance vehicles in a car-loving family.
