Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?

AS many of you will know, I was lucky to have many adventures last year in an Audi A3. When the time came for Monty (as it had affectionately become known) to head back home to VW HQ, I wasn’t entirel

The 205 was a huge success for Peugeot, selling more than five million examples. Stylish, compact and spacious inside thanks to space-saving rear suspension, its sales were boosted by competition succ

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Affordable Audi proved a canny buy

FOR its ninth generation, the Volkswagen Passat was launched exclusively as an estate car to satisfy the needs of buyers wanting a practical family model with carrying capacity to spare. There’s a hyb