Auto Express – August 20, 2019

Remember those new but oh-so-pricey cars you

used to lust after? Now you can afford to buy them

CLASSICcarpriceshaveplateaued

inrecentmonths.Eventhosethat

werecommandingsix-figuresums

havefallenoutoffavourasbuyers

investtheirmoneyelsewhereaheadof

asomewhatuncertaineconomicfuture.

However,whatifyouneedyour

classiccarfix,butdon’twantto

squanderthousandsonsomething

thatcouldlosehalfitsvalueovernight?

Wethinkyoucoulddoalotworsethan

spendsomeofyourhard-earnedcash

onsomethingcheapandcheerfulfrom

theeighties,ninetiesor2000s.

Overthenext30pages,welookat

someofthefinestmodelsthat(nota

lotof)moneycanbuy.Weshowyou

thethingsyoushouldlookoutforand

whatstepsyoucantaketokeepyour

modernclassiccarintopnick.

Andtoprovewebelieveinwhat

we’resaying,we’veevenincluded

around-upofourveryownprized

possessions.Sowhetheryou’reafter

abargainBritishbeautyoranItalian

stallionwithafullservicehistory,

enjoyourmodernclassicsspecial.

TomBarnard

Special Contributor

Modern

The

ultimate

guide

to

Classics

PAGE38MazdaMX-5vsMGF,

MINIvsVolkswagenBeetle,Land

RoverDefendervsJeepWrangler

PAGE46Readytobuyyourclassic?

Here’showtomakesureyoudon’t

endupregrettingyourdecision

PAGE48Ourtopcars,including

thebestofBritish,Italian,French,

German,Japaneseandmore

PAGE66Beenbittenbythe

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telltheirmodernclassicsstories

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