php - Mod rewrite location header contains root file path

I'm trying to rewrite

https://example.com/vehicles.php?id=42 to https://example.com/vehicles/brand/honda

to handle my new URL change without affecting SEO. (i.e. "42" should be mapped to "honda")

I tried this.

RewriteCond  %{QUERY_STRING}  ^id=42$                   
RewriteRule  ^vehicles.php$  ^vehicles/brand/honda$    [L,R=301]   #to handle old URLs to new URL mapping
RewriteRule  ^vehicles/brand/honda$   ^vehicles.php?id=42$   [L]  #to handle URL to file mapping

But it redirects to

https://example.com/root/site/%5evehicles/brand/honda$?id=42 which is incorrect in 2 ways.

It includes a file path (/root/site)
I want the query param to be dropped.

I appreciate some help to get this fixed.

Answer

Solution:

Character ? at the end of line removes query string from output path.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=42$
RewriteRule  ^vehicles.php$  vehicles/brand/honda?    [L,R=301]

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