A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the BMW collector, the very special 318i offered here is one of the exclusive limited edition run of only ten 'Democracy Cars' built by the German manufacturer in 2004 to commemorated ten years of democracy in South Africa.

In 1994 Nelson Mandela had become South Africa's first fully democratically elected president, and to mark the tenth anniversary of this historic event BMW South Africa and its employees donated their resources and time to build these special cars, while many of BMW's parts suppliers assisted the project by donating components.

Ex-president Mandela personally signed the interior of every one, and each was issued with an authenticating plaque.

They were intended as fund raising vehicles to be auctioned across the world for the benefit of various charities, the principal recipient being the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

Individual Democracy Cars were exported to Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the UK and the USA, the...