MICHELLE YATES

This mint small-turbo 1996 Escort Lux has belonged to Michelle Yates since 2002 and it’s only done 8000 miles in 16 years, mostly to shows with the RS Owners’ Club.

It won a concours with the club in 2015 and the total mileage is now just over 14,000. Aside from the quad headlights (she has the originals), only the exhaust has been changed.

“I’ve been into Fords for as long as I can remember and I just wanted a Cosworth,” says Yates. “I had a Mk2 Turbo before, but I saw this at [dealer] Junction 28 and I paid £22,500.” Strangely for a pristine car, the gearlever gaiter is tatty, but she hasn’t changed it: “That’s normal. I’ve searched high and low, but I just can’t find one.” And her daily driver? “A Focus diesel – and an orange Focus ST3 for the weekends.”