Simister’s smart buys

We Brits like used cars. More than 7.6 million were sold last year, outstripping new ones by four to one. The top 10 sellers form a fail-safe selection that ticks most of the important boxes, notably

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Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

FANCY A PUNT? ‘Online auctions – just too easy!’ ...

£185,000 OTR/£240,000 as tested/£1,849 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Aston’s GTs are increasingly sporty: too much for the daily grind? DRIVER: rowan horncastle YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT, for our final report, o

1 FIAT GRANDE PANDA PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an