We’ve already brought you more expensive options for getting into the car investment market, or simply for finding something that you’ll enjoy. But now we’re going to take a look at cars that we could all think about buying right now.
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While £10,000 is not an insignificant amount of money to spend on a car, it’s also not a figure that feels entirely out of reach for many. And it turns out you don’t have to restrict yourself to the more boring end of the market in order to buy something for less than five figures.
In fact, most of what’s in this list is at the sporty end of the scale. There’s cars like Posche’s Boxster, which will pretty soon fly out of reach, and the original TT, which is only gaining in appreciation as Audi’s seem to get more and more complex.
But, for those not interested in performance as much as comfort, then we’ve even included a Mercedes estate for you. Go and watch, and then let us know which one you would pick

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