What would you get for the money?
Fiat 124 Spider
An Italian convertible sports car – does it get more evocative than this? A 140bhp Fiat engine is good enough and the rest is based on the Mazda.
Caterham Seven 160
You may think that 80bhp is not much, but the entry-level Caterham weighs less than a bag of basmati, and there just isn’t a purer driving experience.
Mazda MX-5 1.5
The base model Mazda roadster remains one of the best handling cars available, now has 30 years of heritage and truly unburstable reliability
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