Sports cars

NEW FIAT 124 SPIDER 1.4 MULTIAIR £216 per month, £1944 deposit, 23 months AUDI TT 1.8 TFSI £190 per month, £6500 deposit, 36 months JAGUAR F-TYPE 3.0 V6 £184 per month, £28,000 deposit, 48 months

It almost seems daft to suggest you could get your hands on a brand new sports car for just £50 a week, but the deals we’ve picked out here show it is possible. And although in one case you will be putting down a monstrous deposit, the other two examples are actually very affordable.

The Fiat 124 Spider isn’t quite as brilliant to drive as the more focused Abarth version, but it’s a quick and entertaining roadster nonetheless.

The model offered here is the entry-level Classica. It may sit at the bottom of the line-up but it gets exactly the same 1.4-litre turbo engine as the top-of-the-range Lusso Plus. The most appealing thing about this particular deal is the very modest deposit of just £1944. It’s a 23-month arrangement, too, so you’ll have the option of upgrading after a couple of years.

If a two-seater sports car isn’t for you, perhaps the 2+2 Audi TT is. Now, Audi’s stylish coupé doesn’t have the underpinnings of a true sports car, sharing its platform with the very humble Volkswagen Golf, but it’s still a decent car to thread along a winding road. The £6500 deposit you’ll have to stump up isn’t too steep, either.

What if you want a really high-performance, bespoke sports car? Not a dressed-up hatchback or a modestly powered little roadster, but a genuine sports car with proper straight-line pace? You could get your hands on a 335bhp Jaguar F-type 3.0 V6 for £50 a week, but only if you put down a hefty £28,000 deposit. You’ll also have to use it as a weekend car only, because the mileage limit is just 6000 per year.

It is possible to get a proper sports car for £50 a week, then, but not entirely sensible.