Here are 10 sub-£2k, pre-Noughties used cars we found this week

We begin with a 16-valve Audi 80 for a fiver under budget. OK, so there’s the odd stain here and crisp crumb there, but its purpose is to just keep going. And since it’s got under 85,000 on the clock, it likely has much going left.

A cutesy two-door, four-seat coupe which often flies under the radar, thanks in no part to the success of that other MX from the Mazda range. Fitted with a 1.6-litre inline-four and four-speed automatic box, the MX-3’s weight bobbles around the 1.1-tonne mark, so it should still put on a good show on the right road.

And on the complete opposite end of the spectrum is this 3.9-litre V8-powered Series 1 Disco. Aside from the strong off-road performance, it even comes with seven full leather seats, electric windows and, wait for it… a cassette player. A lot of car for not much investment.

One of Peugeot’s greatest hits for £1,750. And with barely 62,000 miles showing on the odometer. That is it and that is all.

Don't you miss the days when this era of Ford design was almost everywhere you looked? The second-generation Mondeo sold by the bucket loads in Britain, and it’s easy to see why: the sleek silhouette and those five spokes paired with the angry light signatures are peak Nineties cues. This one was registered in 2000, but we can let that slide right?

Here’s one for the youths who’ve just got their licence and want to see why Nineties Japanese cars are so ruddy good. It’s the perfect base to start failing your newbie DIY upgrades with, while parents will love it because it’s a Honda Civic; just about the trustiest name in the world. Apart from Alfa Romeo Spider, obviously.

Another back-to-basics hatch, but one that’s even more charming than Uncle Eddie in Think Like A Man Too. The best part? This Fiat 126 has covered less than eighteen thousand miles in its 34 years of being. It’s a brand-new car for heaven’s sake, and, at the time of writing, the latest bid sits at exactly two grand. This is daylight robbery.

Pop-up headlights, four seats and a sunroof - what more do you need in life? This Volvo 480 is the non-turbocharged version, so it’s unlikely to ever raise pulses. But when something looks as boxy and as retro as this, spirited driving only means you’d miss the wave of thumbs-up from pedestrians. And why would you want to do that?

This week’s penultimate choice, and one that’s likely to climb just past budget when the auction concludes this Sunday. It’s also in need of a few quids’ worth of work, namely a bit of welding and panel respraying. But surely a manual 924 is worth bending the rules for.

Or, if a vintage Porsche isn’t what you want to spend a few weekends toiling away on, how about this Z3 convertible? Its 2.8-litre six-pot has covered less than 72,000 miles, and these things are only going to appreciate as BMW’s design language (likely) continues to get even funkier. Surely worth a punt at £1,495.