Motorists relish in the idea of making a car their own and auto-makers – especially premium ones – happily provide an ever-growing list of personalisation options. Mixing and matching different wheel designs, paint colours and trim pieces sometimes creates a look that’s debatable at best, however, and buyers often end up paying for features that don't add real substance to a car.

While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you’ll have a difficult time convincing a fellow enthusiast that purple with bright yellow brake callipers works well on a high-end sports car. Here are the good and bad ways to configure 10 cars sold new in the UK.