‘J742 CNO’ might look like a normal Panda, but it’s a Panda with a secret.

Or two.

The firstly, is that it’s one of the ‘Selecta’ models, a variant so rare that only 200 were ever made.

Why so rare? Well, the clues in the name; ‘Selecta’ marks it as one of the CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) equipped cars, a transmission so effective that Formula One banned it.

It was also a favourite of LJK Setright, and we think he’d have approved of this, the smoothest operator in the Panda stable.

Its first owner also ordered it with oversized tyres, an engine oil pressure gauge, tinted windows, underbody wax, an additional mirror, a clock, and a console.

Right-hand-drive headlamps too, despite being a left-hand-drive car.

Secondly, it’s a small car with high-faluting ideas, boasting the sort of high-end leather interior more normally found in a car several rungs higher on the evolutionary ladder.

Almost certainly not a factory job despite its neatness, we assume it is a one-off co...