(2001-2008)

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?

My father had a CS BMW. It was from the E9 generation, and it dated from around 1972. It was beautiful and I loved going in it as a child but really he knew what we all knew: it was the wrong car. Its

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT To see whether a modernised 2005 car can be better than a new one The last time I ran a 2005-model-year long-term test car was, more or less, in 2005. But here we are again. This

EVERYTHING IN MODERATION. It’s a great mantra to live by, because all of our greatest pleasures can eventually lead to ruin and heartbreak if you take them too far. It’s almost as if our favourite ver

The prospect of good value dominates this year’s UK Bull Market List from Hagerty, with many of its featured cars leaning on ownership prospects rather than steep curves in prices. Even the Ferrari F4