Historically, the Bristol Brigand was a British anti-shipping/ground attack dive bomber aircraft, developed by the BAC as a replacement for the Beaufighter.

The same company, in peacetime then diversified into cars.

Many models then evolved, all well-built and powerful, then finally in 1982 the 412's morphed into the Beaufighter and the same trick was used on the 603 to become the Brigand.

The arrival of the Brigand saw Bristol adopt the names of the famous Bristol Aeroplane Company models for its cars.

The Brigand was superbly appointed; power supplied by a turbocharger propelled this luxury coupé to over 150mph.

It was distinguishable from the Britannia by the bulge in the bonnet needed to accommodate the turbocharger, alloy wheels were standard.

The Bristol Type 603 ‘Brigand’ was launched in 1976, as a replacement to the 411.

This example was vehicle number one off the Brigand production line and was the factory demonstrator.

Finished in Peacock Blue with blue leather interi...