Solihull Motorworks

Highly recommend taking your Rover to Solihull, the owner is an expert and true Rover enthusiast. Finally there is a good Rover mechanic in the Vancouver area.

This place is SUPER SKETCHY! Please stay away. The owner Jeremy and his «business partner» tried to scam us out of $ 4500 cash by trying to sell us a car without a title!
We set an appointment to see a vintage 1990 Range Rover (which allegedly had 60K original miles) and I explained to them that I was driving over an hour from Portland with my 5 month old daughter and 22 month old son to purchase the car (which would mean that they would miss their bedtime!) since he could only show it at 6 pm. He agreed to have us come up and assured us we would get the car after having multiple exchanges and having me call the owner of the shop himself.
Long story short, his «business partner» was over an hour late bringing the car to show us (meanwhile we had screaming tired kids) and when he showed up he had dark glasses (which he never took off), wouldn’t look at me, was super fidgety and tried to get us to give him $ 4500 cash for a car with no title!!! He said would give it to us in a few weeks… what?
The whole exchange was super sketchy and who knows what they would have done if I didn’t have my husband and our two babies with us! something bigger was going on and I wouldn’t trust them for anything!

I’m an adventure professional and this past year I purchased a 1988 Range Rover Classic to serve as an expedition and promotional vehicle that is driven hard and often. (
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After a negative experience with a different well known Portland area Land Rover shop, I turned to the NW Overland community to research other local LR shops in the greater NW region. The owner of Solihull Motorworks, Jeremy, reached out to me so I met him at the shop in Vancouver.
Jeremy’s first impression was fantastic. He exhibited a very high level of knowledge regarding Land Rovers and adventure travel. When I pitched him my vision for restoring the RRC he was able to provide me with valuable insight and a realistic picture of the road ahead.
I was new to Land Rover ownership and Jeremy spent time teaching me a lot of the ins and outs of performing my own basic maintenance tasks at home, and helping me to prepare for common trail maintenance items in the field. His willingness to educate and equip me for success in owning and operating an older Land Rover was awesome. I seldom see this level of customer service in the automotive industry.
After numerous conversations in which Solihull Motorworks demonstrated a very high level of knowledge, experience, and outstanding customer service I decided to hire them to perform extensive work on my Rover.
In the past six months they have replaced my transmission, head gaskets, and re-​wired my RRC. Being a 25+ year old vehicle that sat for a while, they ran into some quirks and challenges. As things arose they worked with me to troubleshoot and solve the problems until they were sorted out.
The shop also installed a 3″ Old Man Emu lift and helped me to custom design and fabricate a camper interior for my extended trips. Our next projects are to design and fabricate expedition bumpers and roof rack, install lighting and a winch, then repaint the vehicle. I’ve really come to appreciate that they can handle and help manage complex projects in-​house.
Previously I spent a decade in the transportation industry and have worked with service shops and dealerships extensively throughout the region.
Solihull Motorworks provides a rare level of customer service and quality workmanship. I’ve really enjoyed working with them on this project and they’re among few shops that I openly trust to help build and maintain my vehicles.