1 Ford Escort Mk1 | Small saloon, rally legend | Every lad on our street wanted his dad's one. Simple as that. | Buy it, don't sell it, ever |
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2 Mini Cooper (classic) | City runabout, giant killer | Fits down Manchester's back streets better than owt made since. Punches well above its size. | Small but mighty, proper Northern spirit |
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3 Jaguar E-Type | Grand tourer | Looks like it's doing ninety parked outside the chippy. Ridiculous, in a good way. | Sell a kidney if you must |
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4 Land Rover Defender | Off-roader, farm workhorse | Only thing that laughs at Manchester weather instead of complaining about it, like the rest of us do. | Ugly, honest, unkillable |
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5 Triumph Spitfire | Compact convertible | Never once kept the rain out properly. Bought one anyway, twice. | Leaky roof, full heart |
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6 Ford Cortina Mk3 | Family saloon | Dad's car, every dad's car. The smell of the seats alone is a time machine. | Nostalgia on four wheels |
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7 MGB Roadster | Sports convertible | One decent bank holiday and this thing makes you feel twenty-five again. | Sunny day essential, rare as they are |
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8 Reliant Robin | Three wheeler runabout | Everyone's mate has a story about one tipping over on a roundabout. Still can't help but grin at them. | Daft, brilliant, very British |
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9 Aston Martin DB5 | Grand tourer, Bond car | Never driven one. Never will. Doesn't stop me pricing them up after a couple of whiskies. | The dream, permanently out of reach |
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10 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk2 | Family saloon, company car staple | Half the surveyors I trained with turned up in one of these. Unglamorous, unbreakable. | Nobody's favourite, everybody's reliable |
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