Cars

Start as you mean to go on

Defending tranquillity 

As the freshly restored, adventure-ready Land Rover is for sale and the incredible property on the water in Évora, Portugal, is available to rent, it’s just the role of model and surfing guru Francisco Cipriano that’s left to be filled — what are you waiting for?

When all is said and done, regardless of their classic or modern classic status, these cars were built to be driven, and the below selection of varied metal, with more digits on their odometers than most, are begging to be driven even further. Whether you view them as on the way out or just run in, these modern classics are ready for many more miles ahead…

10 usable modern classics from the Classic Driver Market

Forza Fulvia

Bad times for innovation

Red is dead

Bright lights

Who could possibly look at this Dandelion Yellow McLaren F1 and resist the urge to get behind the wheel and open it up on a long and empty road? No one — except for one iron-willed and unwavering Japanese businessman. But surely if he wasn’t going to drive it, he’d at least sit in the centre cockpit and pretend to hit that redline for a little while, right? Wrong — that would disrupt the perfectly placed factory protective wrapping covering every element of the interior, and as can be seen, it’s all still intact 20 years on.