Santana 88 Patrulla Rural

History

Garaje Siberia's article on the Guardia Civil's rural patrol Land Rovers describes how the force, whose posts covered the emptiest corners of Spain, took the licence-built Santana 88 into service from the 1960s for the Patrulla Rural: a hard-top 88 in the Guardia Civil's dark green with a cream roof and hard top, the force crest and PATRULLA RURAL on the doors, a single blue rotating beacon, a siren and a radiotelephone — for many mountain and marsh posts the first motor vehicle they had. The photographed example, PGC 4656 T, is a preserved late Series III Santana with the Santana grille and cream steel wheels.

The registry's model is a Santana Series III 88 hard top in green and cream with the door crest and lettering, dome beacon and PGC plates; in the game it carries the blue-light boost.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Santana Motor (Metalúrgica de Santa Ana) ↗

Santana Series III 88-inch hard top

Manufactured

Santana Series III production

Modifier / coachbuilder

Guardia Civil (Patrulla Rural equipment)

Engine type

Santana 2.25 L four-cylinder diesel

Production run

Production variant; count unknown

Country of origin

Spain

Operated in

Spain

Status

preserved

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Santana

Wheels

4

Nominal wheelbase

88″

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.

Sources & citations

Researched sources

• Land Rover 88 Guardia Civil: la patrulla rural ↗ — Garaje Siberia (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://garajesiberia.es/land-rover-88-guardia-civil-la-patrulla-rural/ https://garajesiberia.es/land-rover-88-guardia-civil-la-patrulla-rural/ ↗