CLASH OF THE CLASSIFIEDS

USED CAR DESK DOES BATTLE

BRIEF

This hot weather is insufferable. A cool coupé is the perfect antidote. Find me one for less than £10,000, please.

Mercedes-benz CL500 £7990

Two-door cars come in all sizes, and although this CL500 might have more in common with an ocean-going cruise liner than a road vehicle, it’s no less stylish than most coupés, particularly with that avant-garde back window. What’s more, you have a totally unstressed 302bhp 5.0-litre V8 to waft you along and you get powerful dual-zone climate control to create your own ice-cold mobile frigidarium. And if that’s not enough to keep the heat off, you also get cooled seats. MAX ADAMS

Honda Integra Type R £9995

Holy moly, consider the stats. That naturally aspirated 2.0-litre I-VTEC engine pumps out a screaming 220bhp at 8000rpm and is worth the asking price alone. Added to that, the lightweight Type R dispatches 0-60mph in 6.5sec, hits 155mph and can corner in excess of 1g. In fact, this nimble gripster is cleverer than Stephen Hawking and better looking than Harry Styles and, if that wasn’t cool enough, it’s white and has a rear wing. MARK PEARSON

VERDICT

That Integra’s fun, for sure, but cool? No, Max has aced it this week with an ice-cold Merc – both metaphorically and literally. ALEX ROBBINS