SMART FORTWO

Price £1000-£4000

Delivers as a city centre assault vehicle with a 600cc turbocharged Mercedes engine mustering 60mpg potential.

It is safe, too, with electronic traction and stability control to stop it from falling over and the much lauded Tridion safety-cell-reinforced steel frame and integrated side impact struts keeping it in one piece in the event of a crash. Engine’s life expectancy is put at 80,000 to 100,000 miles, with high oil consumption and overheating plugs the most common causes of death. The clutch actuator can be sticky, too. Otherwise Smart.

ONE WE FOUND 2001 SMART FORTWO PASSION, 28K MILES, £2995