Cars

1999 Lamborghini Diablo

You don’t have to look twice at the catalogue for Silverstone Auctions’ Race Retro Classic Car sale to realise that modern classics form a large proportion of the entries. In light of our recent feature on why now is the time to buy modern supercars, our favourite car in the sale is the fabulous low-mileage 2004 Porsche Carrera GT (est.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Germany is best represented in our list of 10 value-for-money luxury cars, from the ultra-rare V10-engined BMW M5 Touring to the Mercedes-Benz E60T AMG powerhouse.

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A staple of Germany’s motorways in the early 1990s, the Mercedes-Benz W124 was ubiquitous and rarely turned heads. That is unless you encountered a 500 E, Mercedes’ ultimate wolf in sheep’s clothing. Distinguished only by its subtly flared front arches and slightly lower ride height, the 500 E boasted levels of performance that even Porsche drivers would have been amazed by – ironic given that the Mercedes was assembled on Porsche’s Stuttgart production line. 

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