No offence, but a lot of cars that sell really well are just average cars that end up looking drab and dated and become cheap old bangers instead of classics. The boxy old Ford Escorts of the 1980s were number one sellers in Britain, but no one wants them now. When I was in sixth-form college my friend gave me lifts in his grandad's 1986 Escort, and it was such a piece of crap (and it was beige!), he was probably glad to see the back of it. Even my other friend's 1992 Rover 200 was nicer.

Although I'd much rather drive a Tempo everyday than some of these tiny little tin cans (Yugo, Geo Metro, Festiva, 2CV, Renault 5).