4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1988–89
NAMED MODELSpecial · Expedition & CampersUnited Kingdom

Camel Trophy 1989 — Amazon One Ten

The sandglow One Ten station wagon prepared for the 1989 Amazon Camel Trophy.

Sources & evidence
Camel Trophy 1989 — Amazon One Ten — Period winning One Ten showing 1989 fleet equipment; team flags are omitted from this generic fleet model.Land Rover MENA · CC BY 2.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEDefender 110BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1988–89PRODUCTION14 competition vehiclesLAYOUT4 wheels · 110″

The record

Fourteen teams contested the 1989 Amazon event in One Ten station wagons. The 2.5-litre turbo-diesel vehicles carried bonnet and rear spares, a roof rack, raised air intake and winch. This fleet-specification model uses the contemporary equipment description reproduced by Camel Trophy Portugal and period vehicle photographs: front safety cage, four rack lamps plus adjustable corner lamps, perforated sand ladders, flat rear roof cans and kit cases. Sponsor markings occupy the front wing behind the wheel. A team-specific registration and flag are deliberately not assigned to this fleet entry. Individual vehicles and equipment changed through the event; it is represented clean rather than with simulated damage.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTURED1988–1989 preparation for 1989 event
PRODUCTION RUN14 competition vehicles; additional support vehicles
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
ENGINE2495 cc turbo diesel
POWER85 bhp
WHEELBASE2794 mm
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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Sources

  1. 1Camel Trophy Club: Amazon 1989 ↗accessed 2026-09-17SOURCE
  2. 2Contemporary 1989 equipment specification and Owners Club history ↗accessed 2026-09-17SOURCE
  3. 3Land Rover FAQ event chronology ↗accessed 2026-09-17SOURCE
  4. 4Land Rover MENA original winner photograph, via Wikimedia Commons ↗accessed 2026-09-17SOURCE
  5. 5https://sites.google.com/view/cameltrophyclub/history/amazon-1989https://sites.google.com/view/cameltrophyclub/history/amazon-1989 ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-17T01:20:09.554Z · status: researched