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You might need a brave pill to run them, but here are some rarities that appeal to the nostalgia feels for under £100,000.
As modern cars get ever faster and more technically advanced, we’re seeing a growing interest in modern classic amongst our members. So often, the WhatsApp community turns to the subject of Diablos, old Porsches or classic Ferraris, but there’s one problem with that for the majority of us: they’re seriously expensive!
Thanks to soaring values over the last decade or so, many classics have been taken out of the reach of mere mortals, especially when it’s an additional car for weekend fun or a bit of an investment. That said, cars within the realms of sensibility (I’m using that word relatively here) do still exist, and I’ve been scouring our dealer partners for some appealing options, ordered price low to high.
Must be between 20 and 35 years old
Must be under £100,000
2002 | 23,000 Miles | £29,995
Think of a 23-year-old TVR and you’re probably having visions of a Chimaera, but no, that came out 33 years ago! A 23-year-old TVR is the Tuscan, which still looks utterly bonkers today, and frankly, it is utterly bonkers. This Mk1 is everything we love about TVR — loud, wacky, and a little bit scary.
With 360hp and weighing just 1,100kg, performance is eye-widening for a 20-year old car with no driver aids. There are around 1,100 Tuscans in the UK, but they’re an exceptionally rare sight, and this car has averaged just 1,000 miles per year over its life, which makes less than £30k for an iconic, low mileage modern classic quite the buy.
2005 | 66,748 Miles | £59,995
A V12 Ferrari for £60k? The idea seems about as likely as doing the weekly shop for less than £100 these days, but you can get just that with the 612 Scaglietti. Again, it’s hard to believe this is 20 years old as I still remember this car coming out, watching Clarkson do a road trip in it on Top Gear.
It has a 5.7-litre V12 with 540hp and it sounds like an Enzo with some small exhaust tweaks, and four seats with enough room for actual adults. There are less than 250 of these left in the UK, so it’s a rare thing too. You’ll need a brave pill to run it, but imagine daily driving a modern classic V12 Ferrari for the same price as a diesel BMW 5 Series.
2004 | 26,700 Miles | £67,950
A direct rival to the 612 above, make every journey feel like you’re James outrunning a missile-loaded Jaguar XKR on ice. If the latest V12 Vantage models were the last of Aston Martin’s ‘old’ era, this was the last of the era before that, when the DB9 was revolutionising the brand’s image.
The S model featured significant engine improvements resulting in 520hp from its naturally-aspirated V12, plus revised gearing to make this a genuine 200mph car. There are less than 300 Vanquish S models currently in the UK, and with a bit extra invested in a manual swap, you’ve got yourself a proper driver’s grand tourer immortalised in a Bond film for less than a quarter of the price of a new Vanquish.
1990 | 86,152 Miles | £69,991
Sometimes it isn’t supercars that excite us the most. Sometimes it’s the normal cars we aspired to own back in the day, like fast Fords, BMW M cars, and this, the Audi Quattro. The Quattro turned the rally world upside down in the ‘80s and was the start of four wheel drive gradually taking over the production car market.
Values of the Sport Quattro are eye-watering — Better Performance have one for sale for within five grand of a Ferrari 599 GTO! This more humble Quattro Turbo still features the namesake four-wheel-drive system, iconic five-cylinder soundtrack and over 200bhp, but for a fraction of the price.
1999 | 47,080 Miles | £69,995
This is the car that sparked this whole article, when Adam sent me a link to it saying “Remember this from Gran Turismo?”. I do remember this from Gran Turismo, and it got me thinking of all the nostalgic modern classics that can be had without spending millions.
For the Sport 350, as the name suggests, the iconic wedge shape was propelled by a 350hp 3.5-litre V8, helping it to hit 60mph in 4.7 seconds — enough to cling onto the bumper of a brand-new Ferrari 360 at the time. Only 54 were ever produced, so this is a true rarity for the money.
1999 | 21,500 Miles | £84,950
Yes, you can still have a 355 for under £100k, but I’d say be quick! As lightweight models rise, so too will the ultra-desirable F355 as one of the most pure driver’s cars to ever leave Maranello, with one of the best soundtracks to boot. Top down, Capristo, heaven.
This car has an F1 gearbox which was really cutting-edge stuff at the time inspired by Formula 1 (if you hadn’t guessed by the name). Today, it’s very much showing its age and for me, a 355 is at its best with a manual, but there’s something historically significant about owning the first Ferrari to feature an F1 ‘box, and it also makes it a more affordable proposition, even in the definitive Ferrari colour combo.
1996 | 22,538 Miles | £99,950
I thought these looked incredibly cool when I was growing up, and I still do. For the V8, Aston went all muscle and created a big, imposing bruiser of a car with a big lump of a V8 up front. 5.3 litres, naturally aspirated, 350hp.
It shares the V550’s suspension, but without the added complexity of the supercharger, less tendency to blow its rear tyres to shreds, and for a whole lot less money. Less than 70 right-hand-drive V8s were produced, and this Buckinghamshire Green over Magnolia leather combo could not be more fitting for a modern classic Aston.
