Tatiana Reed (born 2002), [1] commonly known as Tati Reed, [2] is an English automotive-based social media influencer, whose content documents her 1985 Land Rover Defender 90, nicknamed "Blue Tit". [2] [3]
Tatiana Reed (born 2002), [1] commonly known as Tati Reed, [2] is an English automotive-based social media influencer, whose content documents her 1985 Land Rover Defender 90, nicknamed "Blue Tit". [2] [3]
Reed bought her Land Rover in 2023, [2] quickly gaining social media attention following a single post that accumulated around 23 million views, gaining her over 50,000 followers. [4] Reed uploads her videos (which feature her maintaining her ever-problematic Land Rover, as well as driving it across Great Britain and Europe [1] ) to YouTube and Instagram where she is commonly known by her username, 'Over in the Rover'. [1] [3] As of May 2025, Reed had over 460,000 followers on Instagram and was listed fifteenth in the “Top 100 UK auto-influencers”. [5] [6]
During her childhood, Reed was not interested in cars, nor were her parents. [2] Reed states that her interest in cars, especially Land Rovers, only began to develop after she drove a Land Rover, aged 18. [1]
In September 2024, Reed gave a talk to The Motorsport Society at Eton College about her travels and acquisition of mechanical knowledge through fixing her Land Rover. [7]
Reed has a regular column on The Intercooler and Land Rover Life. [8] [9]
Reed's parents separated when she and her elder sister were young, which 'became a catalyst to growing up quite quickly'. [1] Her father, Andrew, previously served in the military, and her mother, Sarah, is an interior designer. [2] [10] Reed's sister, Araminta, [11] is a fashion model, and automotive-based social media influencer. [12] [10]
Reed studied photography at Seaford College [5] (which she states aids production of her social media videos [2] ), and later studied International Relations at the University of Exeter. [5]
As of May 2025, Reed resides in West Sussex. [13]