This exclusive supply chain positively spluttered into life initially with less than 10 Azures being completed in its inaugural year.

By 1996 production had ramped up somewhat with around 215 being delivered that year.

This breathtaking example is, indeed, one of that cohort of 215 having been first registered in January of 1996.

The car’s chassis number suggests it to be the 64th Series 1 Azure to be built and one of just 87 right hand drive cars amongst that 215.

This UK specified and supplied example was delivered to its first owner by dealers Hadley Green Garage of Barnet in Hertfordshire.

Hadley Green continued to diligently service the Bentley until around 16,000 miles had been reached in March of 2003.

At this juncture dealers Micheal Powells of Leicester took up the servicing mantle suggesting a transition to a second owner at around that point.

A further three registered keepers followed in the years between 2003 and 2014.

In 2014 the previous keeper acquired the Bentl...