OUR VERDICT

Asking prices vary widely and often illogically, so check very carefully which model you want, drive a few and focus relentlessly on condition, specification and – above all – full, caring history. Or buy a cheap but clean one and keep thousands in your back pocket for when it goes wrong: it will. Low mileage is not always good, especially if recent use has been minimal.

FOR Superbly built, attractive and practical, with effortless performance

AGAINST Biased more towards comfort than sporting handling and extremely complex, so there’s lots to go wrong – plus many have now suffered years of limited maintenance