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Sunday Mirror, May 11, 2008 by QUENTIN WILLSON
SEXY and desirable cars are getting seriously cheap. Just switch on your computer, go to the very wonderful www.autotrader.co.uk and click on used cars.
Tap in a silly price, press search and your jaw will hit the Axminster.
How about a 98S Jaguar XK Convertible with 78,000 miles and history for an astonishing pounds 6,200? Fancy a 2002 Mini One with only 60k miles? Yours for four grand.
If you thought a Merc SLK was beyond your grasp, think again. There are loads of R and P-plate 230K autos for just five grand, while pounds 4k buys a 97 BMW Z3 roadster and pounds 2k is all you have to pay for a 99 Jag S-Type.
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That evergreen glacial depreciator, the Porsche Boxster, isn't immune to the credit crunch, with early R and S-plate tackle down to eight grand.
A 2000W Mercedes ML320 with 60k miles is a piffling four grand and, get this, you can buy one of the first new shape 2002 Range Rovers for just pounds 11,000.
A big push by manufacturers in March soaked the market with 08- plate stock. That created a wave of swappers at auction, causing the biggest falls in the value of three-year-old cars for the last four years.
Throw in a flat Easter, a 25 per cent hike in fuel prices, rising insurance costs and new vehicle excise duty rates, and you're looking at a market that's beginning to sweat.
But for you and me there's a cornucopia of choice out there, with dealers busting to deal and consumer confidence on the floor.
Adrian Rushmore, managing editor of Glass's Guide, says: " This is a great time to buy, not just the prestige and sports stuff, but also family cars like the Scenic, Picasso and Zafira".
My best buy this week has to be an 00X Toyota Prius with 50k miles for just pounds 3,500. That's JD Power's Most Satisfying Car in Britain for the price of some new kitchen cupboards.
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