1972 VW type 3 'Variant' 1500cc.

Flat four Beetle engined but bigger heavier body. Slow, required lots of maintenance, used special fuel and oil. Brakes not servo assisted so an emergency stop meant both feet on the brakes, and a prayer!!

Red lined at 3800rpm and had a 0-62 time of eventually!!

Good car for a newly qualified driver though. Did me for a couple of years then I bought some real cars. 4 Vauxhalls (GM) [Cavalier, Manta, Calibra (a real heap of dog poo), Cavalier - each progressively newer and more powerful], 3 Skoda Octavia Diesel Combi's again each more powerful and better trimmed than it's predecessor and finally an X5 3.0D Sport which I absolutely love.

First car was £700 in 1980, current X5 was £53,000 in 2005