The Fosse Way Collection comprises nine rare and eclectic motor cars, thoughtfully chosen and carefully maintained by a respected private collector, and each now offered with considerable recent investment. Few cars capture the effortless glamour of their era quite like the Corniche.

Introduced in 1971 as the coupé and convertible versions of the Silver Shadow and Bentley T Series, it was styled in-house by John Polwhele Blatchley whose design language balanced traditional stateliness with modern proportions, ensuring that mass-produced steel bodies retained the elegant look of a craftsman-built motor car.

Beneath its elegant Mulliner Park Ward lines, sat Rolls-Royce's 6.75-litre V8, driving through a three-speed GM automatic gearbox and fully independent suspension with Citroën-derived self-levelling offered a ride as serene as you would expect. For much of the time that the Corniche was in production, a Bentley was regarded as little more than a slightly cheaper alternative to a Ro...