Volkswagen Golf: Still impressive after all these years and the mark 5, 6 and 7s still deliver that old fashioned ultra reliability in either the petrol or diesel format. Owners that fit performance chips to their TDIs seem to get the best of all words apart from access to an ULEZ. You can thrash it all day and get 60mpg without really trying too hard. A 2007 1.6 FSI with 60K miles is just you will pay £------  (The prices are always changing ask the Future Proof Cars team for up to date prices and links to examples for sale).