Got £5k to spare? Check out these 10 used Nineties cars

One of our deepest guilty pleasures is kicking off this week’s list: the divisive Mitsubishi GTO. It’s a non-turbo import that’s covered around 83,000 miles - though you’d struggle to tell with its interior condition. We’re not sure about the recoloured headlight panels, but the rest looks mint.

Or, if you’re looking for something else with around 220bhp, why not take a chance on a 2.0-litre, 20-valve Fiat Coupe Turbo? Understandably for this price, it needs a few Sundays’ worth of commitment to TLC, but that’s a small price to pay for a genuine country lane riot. Sounds good too.

OK, so this one might be a bit too left-field for most because it’s an open-top Ford finished in probably the orangiest shade of orange we’ve ever seen. It won’t raise pulses like the first two entries either, since it's helmed by a paltry 103bhp four-cylinder. But where’s your sense of adventure? 

We’ll immediately follow the Escort up with another drop-top: a Saab 900i finished in Talladega Red and complemented by cream leather upholstery. It’s a far safer option than the XR3 where dignity is concerned, particularly since this deceased brand is so heavily associated with suave architects. 

Aside from the brave exterior colour choice, there’s not an awful lot about this entry-level Peugeot 106 to get you excited. Except for one thing: its odometer reads just 10,750 miles. Seriously, what have its past two owners been doing for the last 27 years? Anyway, their loss can only be your gain.

An E220 Coupe that’s slammed, has a sunroof and all of 795 spokes per alloy for just over three grand? And since it’s got an automatic transmission, you really can use it to pull your seat as far back as possible and live out your Nineties hip-hop superstar fantasy. We’d suggest an aftermarket hydraulic suspension for maximum effect, too.

We very rarely feature MX-5s on these lists because they’d appear on almost every single classic car-based round-up we do. But this week we found something a little different because it’s a MK1 that’s been converted into full ‘Pitcrew’ spec. That’s certainly one way to stand out in a field of sunflowers.

An E30 for under five grand is rare these days. But an E30 Touring? Almost impossible. And yet we managed to come across one in our search this week, so you can understand why we felt compelled to include it. Who knows, it may even make for a wise investment opportunity for the future, given the way these things are headed.

Let’s reinforce the German contingent with this Anniversary Edition third-gen Golf GTI. It’s black, has red accents and brake calipers and around 115bhp from its four-pot. Having recently driven an identical example around the Nürburgring, we can confirm that the lack of power is sufficiently nullified by the rest of this brilliant hot hatch’s engineering.

Buying any classic Range Rover should be considered a wildcard option in itself, but this one goes one further: it’s a 1-of-150 Brooklands Green Limited Edition. Given their notorious reliability issues, the ad fairly states that this may likely be one of the last surviving members of an already rarified group. All this for a fiver under five grand. Mega.