Bask in the glory of these great sub-£75k classics we found this week

A Jensen Interceptor. In blue. With the huge 7.2-litre V8. Does anything more need to be said? Aside from having one of the coolest names ever used to christen a car, this example has just under 25,000 miles on the clock and, as per the ad, is one of just 87 built for the UK. The attention will be strong.

In total, 7,145 Escort Cosworths left Ford’s production lines by retirement in 1996. Prices for this everyday, blue-collar giant-killer have risen dramatically in price over the years, mind - yours now for a similar price to the new BMW M2.

One of Japan’s great supercars, which took an almighty fight to Ferrari and its 348. This one is believed to be one of just five black UK-supplied examples and boasts the 3.0-litre six-pot, which will happily scream to around 8,000rpm courtesy of its VTEC wizardry. You’ll also be the envy of just about every Civic driver in the country.

It’s not every day that a Ferrari 575 Maranello comes up within this budget, and that’s likely because of its 118k-mile journey so far. Still, it’s been kept in wonderful condition, with particular praise set aside for its beige leather interior. The ad does say the last major service racked up a bill worth £16,000, though, so good luck convincing your spouse. Or former spouse, should you go through with this.

You’d have to be out of your mind to spend nearly 60 grand on an ancient Alfa Romeo, right? So that makes this the perfect purchase for most enthusiasts. It’s also got heavily modified internals to match the funky exterior finish, headlined by a 2.0-litre ‘Nord’ race engine, and supplemented by things like race dampers and a competition exhaust manifold. Maybe it’s not such a crazy purchase after all.

OK, the list price is slightly over budget here, but it’s a post-war Bentley Special for goodness sake. The goal was to take the spirit of the pre-war Speedster models which dominated at Le Mans and apply it to slightly friendlier road-going products. Yeah, exactly.

Flick through these images of a 1987 BMW M635 CSi and guess how many miles it’s done. 10 or 20 thousand? Maybe 50 at a stretch? Nope, it’s actually just crossed over 131k, which is slightly astonishing given how showroom-fresh the thing looks. So it’s this or an E30 M3 for the Bimmer fanatics, then.

An original Alpine A110 in the correct blue finish. That will be all, thanks.

Dodge built 360 units of the Viper ‘Final Edition’ to commemorate a fantastic production run for one of America’s most loved sports cars, and one of those can be found here. Putting aside the fact this car has one of the largest engine displacements ever attached to a production road car, the first-generation Viper is also rather handsome, no? £61,750 well spent.

Don’t pretend you haven’t thought about it, because a replica Shelby Daytona Coupe is just about the guiltiest of pleasures possible. This one has spent plenty of time on the track, too, where its fibreglass body and small-block Ford V8 would’ve no doubt turned every head in its presence. A worthy wildcard for this week, and perhaps our favourite yet.