ASKING £9995 PRICE ENGINE 1985cc/4-cyl/OHC POWER 128bhp@5500rpm TORQUE ...

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?

ASKING £25,750 PRICE ENGINE 3528cc/V8/OHV POWER 160bhp@5000rpm TORQUE ...

ASKING £20,000 PRICE ENGINE 2549cc/V8/OHV POWER 150bhp@5800rpm TORQUE ...

When Rover’s SD1 speared its way into the executive class of 1976, it flaunted bold new style and engineering. Time to celebrate 50 years of this British ground-breaker

If any vehicle is emblematic of the declining value of pre-war machinery, it is this 1927 Star Vela. The last-known six-cylinder Star to survive in the UK, it’s for sale at just under £30,000 – or rou