Searching for an evergreen classic? Here are some options for under £50,000

One of the few Nineties Japanese heroes that went on to conquer the world, and isn’t so stupidly inflated that it’s unattainable. This R32 has around 43,000 miles to its name and is up for well under the fifty-grand budget. That’s a fair price to pay to own your very own mutated lizard.

How gorgeous is this fully restored Volkswagen Samba Bus? It’s one of the sought-after 23-window versions and has accumulated just 47,000 miles in its 50-year life so far. If you want one that’s already been converted for the coastal lifestyle, we’ve got you covered there too: click here.

Yes, we know what you’re thinking: why would you possibly include an old Subie in this list when you can pick one up for a tenner these days? Well, partly because they’re just really good cars in general, but mostly because this one has covered a mere 2,500 miles. So for forty grand, you can still extract years’ worth of yobo-ness out of it.

How about this bright red Porsche 928 with lightly bronzed alloys and a manual gearstick to access that 4.7-litre V8? You’re treated to a full beige leather suite inside, too, and uber-comfy seating for four (provided the rear seat passengers have breadsticks for legs). Not a bad way to spend £35,000.

You’d never guess this 1990 Mercedes-Benz 500 has 139k on the clock after viewing the images; it’s in truly fabulous condition. You get such luxuries as: a sunroof! A cassette player! More cream leather upholstery than just about any other car in existence! Also, you don’t need breadstick legs to use the rear seats. Win.

Oh yes, you can indeed treat yourself to a proper Fast Ford from the golden age… if you can haggle it down a little. This one’s up for sale at Iconic Auctioneers for £55,000 with a blue exterior finish and temptingly low mileage count. Oh, we also found this batty Sierra Cosworth 4x4 conversion up for around half the price of the RS, if that’s the sort of thing that floats your boat.

We wanted to squeeze in at least one fizzy little retro hatchback this week, and they don’t get much better than a 1994 Renault Clio Williams. This is peak back-road hot hatchery in its most distilled form: 981kg skipping between corners courtesy of a rorty 145bhp four-pot. Perfect.

Alas, we land at one hell of a wildcard. Take a peek at this Land Cruiser that’s not a Land Cruiser, because it’s been chopped and modified so much that it can literally go hunting for rogue aliens in the Amazon Delta. It’s an 80 Series 4.2 from 1993, and the list of additions is… probably the length of the world’s biggest rainforest itself.