• Only three owners from new • Resident in Switzerland since 1957 • Unique owner from 1957 to 2013 • Present owner since 2013 • Original and unrestored • Swiss registration document It is said that when David Brown acquired Lagonda in 1947 all he got was a famous name, a collection of engineering drawings and a handful of prototypes.

And although Lagonda's chief engineer and designer, the great W O Bentley, quit the firm when Brown took over, he left behind the 2.6-litre, six-cylinder, twin-overhead-camshaft engine that would power the Aston Martin DB2 and the next generation of Lagondas.

Although it retained a separate chassis, Bentley's Lagonda was advanced in other ways, featuring a cruciform-braced frame with independent suspension all round: by double wishbones and coil-springs at the front - a layout similar to that adopted on the DB4 - and semi-trailing arms at the rear where the brakes were mounted inboard to reduce unsprung weight.

Available as a sports saloon or drophead c...