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?

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

Classic values & essential buying advice

(1998-2005)

‘When did ‘Classics’ end?’

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