DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1959
NAMED MODELFan favourites · Community & famousUnited Kingdom

Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz.

1959 Series II 109 pickup formerly owned by actors Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, sold on Bring a Trailer in August 2026 with the couple's handwritten farewell note.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
Daniel Craig & Rachel Weisz — front three-quarter render
BASE VEHICLESeries II 109″BUILT BYThe Rover CompanyIN SERVICE1959OPERATED INUnited StatesPRODUCTION1 vehicleLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

This long-wheelbase Series II 109 pickup, built in 1959, spent part of its later life in the United States as the personal vehicle of James Bond actor Daniel Craig and his wife, the actress Rachel Weisz. It wears an older repaint in Bronze Green - a period Land Rover colour - with a rope-wrapped front bumper described in auction coverage as a 'rope winch', a spare wheel on the bonnet, an Exmoor Trim canvas bed cover, fender mirrors, side steps, a horseshoe on the grille and Cooper Discoverer STT tyres on 16-inch steel wheels. Power comes from the standard 2.25-litre petrol inline-four (77 bhp) through a four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive and a dual-range transfer case.

The couple sold the truck on Bring a Trailer in August 2026, offered from Newbury Park, California on a Montana title with an unverified 3,800-mile odometer; it made $56,000 after 35 bids. The sale included a handwritten note signed by both - 'This is to say that this beautiful Land Rover Defender was ours. We sell it with great sadness. Please take care of it.' - together with a signed portrait of Craig as Bond. Press coverage enjoyed pointing out that the note calls the truck a 'Defender', a name Land Rover only adopted in 1990, three decades after this Series II was built. No evidence was found for the sometimes-repeated story that the truck was a gift between the couple; the documented provenance is simply their joint ownership and the 2026 sale.

Specification

MANUFACTURERThe Rover Company
MANUFACTURED1959–1959
ENGINE2.25 L petrol inline-four (77 bhp), 4-speed manual with overdrive
PRODUCTION RUN1 vehicle (this record covers a specific surviving truck)
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited States
STATUSsold at auction, August 2026; in private hands
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries II
WHEELS4
CATEGORYFan favourites · Community & famous

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.

Variants & colours

Factory colours

  • Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

Sources

  1. 1Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz's Land Rover Series II Is up for Grabs ↗Robb Report · accessed 2026-09-10SOURCE
  2. 2Daniel Craig's Rope-Winched 1959 Land Rover 109 Series II is Officially Up For Grabs ↗HiConsumption · accessed 2026-09-10SOURCE
  3. 3Daniel Craig's Land Rover Sells For $56,000, Handwritten Note Included ↗Yahoo News UK · accessed 2026-09-10SOURCE
  4. 4Daniel Craig's 1959 Land Rover With Handwritten Note Hits Auction ↗Motor1 · accessed 2026-09-10SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-11T00:38:16.974Z · status: researched