Mazda MX-5

Price: R350 880

This is one of the best-selling roadsters on the planet (the Guinness World Records Organisation has recognised the MX-5 as the world’s best-selling two-seater sports car) and it’s really not hard to understand why. It is masses of fun to drive, it looks good, it boasts Mazda’s terrific design quality and it handles just magnificently. The retractable hard top can be fully lowered or raised in 12 seconds flat! We love the six-speed manual transmission (with its short, quick shift strokes) and the seven-speaker BOSE sound system is amazing. This is one of the most under-rated roadsters around.