(2001-2011)

Price new: From £18,950 Price now: £16,000-25,000 Engine: 1.8-litre, four-cylinder petrol Gearbox: Fivespeed manual Power/torque: 118bhp/165Nm 0-60mph: 5.8 seconds Top speed: 126mph HAD Lotus not come

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

£54,995 OTR/£55,540 as tested/£970 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: Because it’s quite simply the only purely electric sports car in the world (for now...) DRIVER: OLLIE KEW A FACT FOR YOUR ULTIMATE CAR nerd file:

Mazda MX-5 co-creator Tom Matano passed away last week. We caught up with him back in 2019 to find out his story behind the sports car best-seller

ASKING £8995 PRICE ENGINE 1493cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 71bhp@5500rpm ...