The Rover CDTi Contemporary SE was the most luxuriousy equipped of the Rover 75's produced before MG/Rover's tragic demise in 2005. With a 0-60 time of 10.3 seconds but an average mpg figure of 48.8, this civilised and extremely comfortable car made a very practical everyday vehicle for anyone wanting to cover a high mileage. As one of the last cars produced at the famous Longbridge factory, its future classic status is for sad reasons assured.

BSM's Astras are either the 78bhp 1.7CDTi diesel, the 103bhp 1.6 manual or the 123bhp 1.8 automatic; together they make up fifteen percent of the company's total fleet. The Astra range was first used by BSM in June 2003 as an alternative option for taller learners or instructors and has since proved to be very popular.

The fifth generation Vauxhall Astra has brought some design imagination back into GM's mid-size range. This has shown to be a good move on Vauxhall's part as the car has certainly taken sales from the Golf and Focus owners drawn into Vauxhall dealers by it's styling. The 1.6SXi five door modelled here, backs those looks up with perfomance offering a 0-60 time of 11.5 seconds and a top speed of 115mph.

The Vauxhall Cavilier was the UK market's version of the first car ever to be designed wholly on computer, the GM J-car programme. The main floorpan and structure of this virtually designed General Motors world car lasted from its launch in 1981 until as recently as 2005.

With a major facelift of the Sierra planned in 1987, Ford spent £228 million developing a boot and a more conservative frontal style and introduced it as the Sierra Sapphire.

Originally chosen for the Cosworth treatment because its 4 door saloon was both the lightest and stiffest in the range and with its 0-60 time of 6.4 seconds and fantastic traction. The Cosworth is one of the few cars, pehaps the only one to be threatened with extinction early in its life because it was just too good. Theft of Cossies became an epedemic in the early nineties, and the insurance industry pushed premiums sky high, making ownership untenable. Ford countered by fitting a sophisticated alarm as standard, giving the car a stay of execution.

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The 127mph 2.8i really was the ultimate standard Capri. The Cologne 2.8 litre V6 replaced the Essex 3 litre in March 1981 and gave much more to the package than the 22bhp power increase that appeared on the specification sheets, for it was both freer revving and smoother. The first fruit of Rod Mansfield's new Dunton based Special Value Engineering (SVE), the 2.8 also had a much improved ride and handling that kept the Capri competitive in both production based motorsport and the sales chart long after its natural pension date had been reached.