Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 24 January

The Vauxhall VX220 Turbo leads this week's picks - low-riding, fast-driving cars, engineered by LotusOur round-up of Lotus-engineered rarities opens with the VX220. The Vauxhall shared key parts with the Elise and was built at the same factory, and it went on sale in 2000 supported by an appalling ad campaign that held back sales.
It was why, for many years, the car was a bargain. Not any more. Today you’ll pay almost as much for a VX as you will for an Elise, mainly because everyone now k