It’s hard to find a tidy Polo for £2k, but it is possible
What sensible cars exist for the cash-strapped newbie driver? Kias, Toyotas and Fords are the usual suspects
Convertible E220 CDI from 2011 with 98k miles is £7795
The used market is crawling with bargain buys, and oil-burners are especially good value. Take your pick of Mercedes E-Classes and Audi Avants
A £12k budget buys a diesel VW Scirocco in sporty R-Line trim
Sales dropped in 2019 and the average second-hand asking price is just under 13 grand. Let's see what that can net us
Classic? Banger? Rover's last luxury car starts at a poxy £350, though absent a service history. But a grand plus can net you a trouble-free one
Boxsters can be cheap but check them out carefully
Coveted 2000s BMWs and Porsches can be picked up for only three grand, if you know where to look
Here's a quick-fire glance at our used car award contenders for the 2020 Autocar awards. Which will you vote for?
Just because a manufacturer only made so many of them, not all special editions carry a premium. Some are now in bargain territory
A high-mileage Jaguar XF is worth a look at £6990
More miles doesn't have to mean unreliability, as these 100,000-mile-plus motors show
Land Cruiser will do whatever you ask – and keep on doing it
Toyota Land Cruisers and Mitsubishi Shoguns are among the hard-grafting off-roaders that get the job done, every time
A Dacia Sandero is perfect modern-day banger fodder
Dacia Sanderos, Hyundai i20s and Honda Civics are all shoo-ins for the best of the used market in 10 years' time
Z3s start at less than £1k. Top money for a Z3 M is £40k
It's more characterful than a Mazda MX-5 and can be picked up for under a grand
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