Even with all the Trouble mine is currently giving me, its things like these that remind me why I love the SVX so much

I'm not sure if all of these where conversions or if some of them came like this from the factory, but I love them! This is the one I wanna go for one day, if I got 1000€ lying around somewhere

Must really be terrifying facing one of these cute Cars on the battle field....

Hi guys, I recently took a trip to Italy to see my friend who purchased a 1997 Mercedes about a year ago, which is extremely comfortable and pretty reliable - he swears by it. We got into a chat about advantages, reliability and comfort of the older over newer cars and he got me kinda excited to get into classic motoring. I currently have a 2017 Honda Civic for which I pay a pretty penny every month (its a lease) and my contract runs out in two years. I started looking around for a classic alternative I could maybe get outright cash in hand or with a little help from a financing company. I see a lot of Jaguars XF and X-Type on the streets of UK, I looked them up on autotrader and they can go for anything from about 2k to 10k depending on the milage etc. - still about 5k less than price sticker of my Civic. So here is the question - is it worth looking into? What models/makes I could look into? What should I be aware of? Any tips? Tricks? I'm looking to expand my family in the coming years so a 3 doors sports car are out of the question :) Thanks

More info and higher resolution here:

https://www.justanother.com.au/portfolio/drez/

https://www.drive.com.au/caradvice/australian-artist-drez-creates-one-off-mercedes-benz-190e-2-3-16-cosworth-art-car/

These where actually quite common too!