Valley car sales

10/10/2026

08/10/2026

The year is 1995, you’ve got £500 to buy a car. There’s no Facebook Marketplace, no Auto Trader app and no checking the MOT history online.

You’ve picked up the local free-ads paper, flicked straight to the motors section and found these six waiting for you. Which one are you taking home?

A Lancia Prisma for £500.
A Vauxhall Astra for £495.
A Ford Capri for just £350. 👀
A Honda Civic for £395.
A Vauxhall Nova for £500.
Or a Volkswagen Scirocco for £425.

These are genuine adverts and prices from November 1995 (From Auto Trader) - we’ve just mocked it all up into a nice retro looking image.

So, you’ve got £500 in your pocket and enough change for a phone box. You’re off to make a call, which seller are you ringing?

For some extra nostalgia, tell us the best car you ever bought from the classifieds and how much you paid for it.

www.thurstonclassics.co.uk

07/10/2026

Come in px
2012 Vauxhall insignia 2.0cdti just had 12monghs mot clean sheet , had new subframe , 3x tyres , service, bottom arm
The car drives and feels spot on , just had a valet
Ready to go
I need £2400

05/10/2026

Just come in
64 Toyota aygo 1.0 vvti nice clean mint car , 1 owner 80k full Toyota service history
5 door
Cheap tax
Very very economical
New clutch fitted this year
Comes with
12 month mot
Service
Valet
3 month warranty
£4995

04/10/2026

2018 Hyundai tucson 1.7 crdi se
Covered 80k with service history , very nice car
Driven 150 mile home , pulls well threw all the gears and economical
Just been valeted
Will come with
12 month mot
Service
3 month warranty
Finance available
£7995

02/10/2026

2017 BMW 520d Msport
Very very clean car , covered 100k with full service history
All usual Msport refinement s , leather large screen , virtual dash , 8 speed auto with paddles, gearbox just been serviced ,
We driven this car back from Isle of Wight didn’t skip a beat and returned 55mpg
Comes with
12 months mot
Service
Valet
3 month warranty
Finance available
£13995
More pics to follow

01/10/2026