I spent much of my youth looking at cars I couldn't afford and the following decade writing about how the very same models had fallenexecutive motors from the likes of Audi, BMW and Jaguar on independent car sales forecourts for a mere fraction of what they cost the company accountant new. The Audi A8 we've featured on page 116 would have been a prime example. Silly money new, it was the price of a moon-and-back mileage Mondeo a few years later. Today, these cars can still be found in the classifieds – usually in the hands of a far more caring owner – and they make excellent future classic candidates. You buy one now though not just because of the chasm in price difference from when it was new, but for its build quality. The hackneyed saying that ‘they don't make ‘em like this anymore’ has never been more appropriate.
