A used Renault Zoe makes an intriguing purchase. After all, while Tesla has been hogging most of the electric car limelight, since 2013 – and with considerably less fanfare – Renault has brought zero emissions motoring to the masses in the form of its Clio-sized and fully electric Zoe five-door hatchback.
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It’s one of life’s great curiosities that luxury saloons suffer heavy depreciation from the moment they’re bought new. Makes no sense. Luxury saloons represent the pinnacle of their respective manufacturers’ abilities in terms of technological excellence and brilliance in driving dynamics, but the second-hand market runs scared of them.
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Unless you’ve recently bought one and therefore already know the answer to this question, have a guess at how much a base model Volkswagen Polo costs. To save you trawling the internet, the answer is £11,970 for a Polo 1.0 S. Head to the other end of the Polo pile and a DSG-equipped 2.0-litre Polo GTI will require you to retrieve 23,160 fine British pounds from down the back of your sofa. The thing is, that even for what a basic Polo costs, you could buy a Porsche.
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We have the Americans to thank for the world’s best-selling two-seater sports car, the Mazda MX-5. It was their enduring passion for the concept of the classic English roadster that persuaded Mazda to update the formula, critically adding reliability to the mix. The company regarded it as a bit of a gamble at the time, but as the MX-5 celebrates its 30th anniversary and combined sales of its four generations top 1.2 million, it was obviously worth the risk.
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