Layout: Two seat

Engine Type: Straight 4

Engine Size: 1.8 litres

Engine Position: mid

0-60mph: 4.7 seconds

Top Speed: 147mph

Power: 189bhp

Cost: £40,000

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Lotus Exige

Lotus founder Colin Chapman’s maxim of “Just add lightness” is carried through to the modern day in the Exige. Smart looking and so, so quick for a car in this bracket, the Elise’s bigger, gym-going brother corners on rails and accelerates from just about anywhere. What does all this add up to? Just under a tonne of fun.

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