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. Launched in 1975, the Ferrari 308 needs little introduction, its beautifully proportioned mid-engined shape undoubtedly one of the defining Ferrari designs of the era.

The Quattrovalvole versions that followed in 1982, with four valves per cylinder and more power, are regarded by many as the most desirable of all and rare with just 233 right-hand drive GTS QVs finding homes. This example, however, is something altogether different.

It was supplied new by Maranello Sales in Egham in March 1985 to a London-based property developer, finished in Blue Chiaro with cream leather.

By the end of the decade its owner wanted more power, so he turned to Nigel Mansell's Ferrari dealership, Emblem Sports Cars in Dorset where Nigel Hudson engineered the installation of a 4.8-litre, four-cam V12...