Head to head
KRIS CULMER
2020 LOTUS ELISE SPORT 220
vs
JAMES ATTWOOD
2024 FORD FOCUS 1.0 ECOBOOST MHEV ST-LINE
Brief: Find a nearly new car that will make money in the future
KC It seems we’ve had the same idea: celebrate the end of an era at a firm in the throes of wholesale change. Much as your £19k Ford appeals, though, I see infinitely greater enthusiasm in the future for sports cars than family cars – as evidenced by my Lotus costing more now than it did new, at £36k.