Pubs up and down the country are filled with drawn and broken-looking individuals weeping salty tears of regret into their drinks.

These are often people who have bought a ‘cheap’ Bentley only to find that it steals their wallet, beats them up and makes them homeless within 6 months.

Either way, and as ever, it’s a case of caveat emptor.

Well, we don’t think you need to be remotely fearful of this one.

It ticks all the right boxes for provenance, condition and history and it’s a delight to behold and, we’re reliably assured, to drive.

Today the car is showing just 21,800 miles on the odometer, which basically means that it’s barely cleared its throat or got past the running-in phase.

The mileage was recorded as being 16,784 in 2006 so, as you can no doubt discern, it really hasn’t been used very much.

The car has lived in Scotland as part of a family collection since, we think, around 2008.

The current vendor tells us that it starts on the button, displays no engine or other wa...