Current car, our 27th:

Ford Fusion 3, 1.4 Durashift EST in Vitro Green

Our previous cars:

Audi

• A3 - 1.8 SE (4 cylinder 20-valve) - Ming Blue pearlescent - leather - air - sports suspension. Arrived February 1997. Traded in for A4 Avant Auto, May 2002.
  Reg. originally P569 PPV, now has A3 XCV.
  
• A4 Avant 1.8 (4 cylinder 20-valve) - Automatic - Silver - standard car.
  Reg. originally S255 WYB, now has A4 TLX.
  

• ID19 - blue - the most comfortable ride  - died of acute tin worm.  Registration plate was subsequently worth considerably more than several of my cars!
  Reg. PR 22
• ID19 - black - caused financial ruin with suspension, then gearbox failure - left us without a car for a year.
  Reg. unknown

• Punto S TD - valley green metallic - our first Punto, which was very economical but a good performer because of its turbocharger, runs on Diesel fuel and Goodyear tyres. Used for 34,500 reliable miles in one year.
  Reg. M920 ERT
• Punto SX TD - silver metallic - we liked the Punto so much, we replaced it with another Punto, our previous car, which was also economical and a good performer because of its turbocharger, ran on Diesel fuel and Michelin tyres.
  Reg. N26 KRT

• Roadster 1.6, Silver, built 1989, imported from Japan 2000, bought by me August 2000.
• Known as Mazda MX-5 in the UK, Mazda Miata MX-5 in the USA.
• Reg G853 BRT
  

• Anglia 105E - pale blue - modified; big valves, fully balanced, high compression, etc.; would rev to 8,000 static and 7,000 on the road - did a theoretical 104mph on holiday in France, long before speed limits. It was running on Dunlop SP3s, the tyres to have on any self-respecting cowboy car in the 60s!
  Reg. 727 TPL
• Anglia 105E - yellowish green - cheap and reliable
  Reg. 6944 (FW?)
• Cortina Mk2 - surfoam blue - not much you can say about Mk2 Cortinas... OK, the 1600E, in Aubergine, was an absolute classic in its day, and since. But mine was a lowly 1200...
  Reg. FCL 195E
• Cortina 2000 GXL Mk3 - Daytona yellow - the most comfortable seats of our cars. Reg. BHK 446L
• Escort RS Turbo - sunburst red - the most explosive acceleration. Loved the car, hated the dealer service.
  Bought August 1988, sold April 1989 - just nine months!
  Reg. F904 JAR
• Ford Fusion 3 1.4 Durashift EST - back to a Ford at last. Nice high seating position, easier to get in and out with aging body. Fascinating gearbox - automated manual. Automatically changes gear but does so with an electronically controlled clutch, without driver input. You can swap cogs if you wish, using a 'tiptronic' style flicks of the gear lever, but you still don't need a clutch foot.
  
• Orion 1.6i Ghia - silver - pseudo class car, good performance, soggy ride.
  Bought August 1987, sold August 1988.
  Reg E308 YHJ
• Prefect 107E - white - my first car. Quite rare, combining the 100E body - which normally had an 1172cc side-valve with a 3-speed gearbox - with the power train of the 105E: 997cc OHV with a 4-speed 'box.
  Reg. 584 SNO

Land Rover

• Freelander Stationwagon XEi 1.8 - Epsom Green - better off-roader than 'real' Land Rovers, so owners think!
  Reg. R861 XBV
  

Mercedes-Benz

• A160 Avantgarde Auto - Ocean Blue - rattlier interior trim and more sure-footed than I expected. Love cruise control. Comfortable for long journeys. Very complex electronics, which does amazing things, until they go wrong.
  Reg. EU51 CYH
  

Morris

• 1100 - light green - pumped water into the rear foot wells through rust-holes in the front of the rear wheel arches, had self-igniting wiring, quickly replaced.
  Reg. unknown

• 944 Coupe - sienna red metallic - not surprisingly, my favourite of those we've owned - much more a driver's car than a poser's car - exemplary handling and brakes, surprising 30mpg economy.
  Bought November 1989.
  Reg. GIB 7753

• 4 TL - red - soft seats and ride, died of electrical failure and age.
  Reg. OPG 35E.
• 4 TL - white - soft seats and ride, did amazing economical service as 2-dog carrier.
  Sold June 1984.
  Reg. S84 WLB

• MR2 - white - Viv's favourite, of those we've owned - styling and handling superb. Bought April 1989, sold November 1989.
  Reg. E534 DPG

• Beetle - red and black - the friendliest car we've owned.
  Reg. unknown
• Beetle - orange - the second friendliest car we've owned - passed on to daughter Jill, who sold it in 1995 as a 24-year old good runner.
  Reg. BYT 199H
• Golf GTI 16v - silver - cowboy car for grown-ups, fast and economical.
  Reg. E24 EPB
  
• Golf 1.8 TDI SE Auto - Midnight blue - great performance, amazing economy, diesel.
  Reg E181 EJE.
  

• 245DL automatic - pea green - the biggest, thirstiest car we've had - but great when we had two growing children and two big dogs.
• Bought June 1984.
  Reg. XML 468T