FOUR FORMER WINNERS: NOW EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE

HONDA CIVIC TYPE R 2017

The Civic Type R’s wild looks certainly haven’t escaped the attention of the second-hand market: prices for year-old cars are roughly on a par with those of the Volkswagen Golf R, despite the Honda costing £2000 less when it was new. Expect to pay upwards of £27,000 for a clean example being sold privately.

FORD FIESTA ST200 2016

The Fiesta ST is another car that’s always held its value well — in stark contrast to the cooking model on which it’s based, which is cheap as chips as a used buy. That’s especially true of the run-out ST200, which will still cost you £17,000 from a dealer. Too steep? Then pay £8500 for an early standard ST, our 2013 BBADC winner.

MAZDA MX-5 2.0 2015

Mazda MX-5 values, on the other hand, have always tumbled pretty fast, and happily for the used buyer (if not the owners who bought new), that remains true of the latest ‘ND’ version. Around £15,000 should now be enough to get you comfortably ensconced in a tidy early 2.0 example, in the excellent Sport trim, from a main dealer.

RENAULT MEGANE RS 265 2014

Renaultsport Méganes are starting to look cheap now — especially given their incredible ability. Watch out for the slightly fragile interiors and watch for electrical niggles. Just £14,000 gets you into a 2014 facelift example from a franchise, or pay less than £10,000 for an early pre-facelift.