2016 Lotus Exige Sport 350 Roadster

The Exige Sport 350 is the road-biased end of Lotus's supercharged V6 Exige line-up, pairing a 3.5-litre Toyota-derived V6 with a six-speed manual and 345 bhp in a car that weighs barely over a tonne. This 2016 Roadster is the open-top version, which gives you the induction howl and the mechanical gearshift with nothing overhead.

This example has covered 17,140 miles, a modest figure for a car approaching its tenth birthday and one that suggests it has been used rather than stored. It is offered through a Lotus dealer in Surrey, which should be reassuring for a car that rewards correct servicing and a close eye on its bonded aluminium chassis.

The Sport 350 sits in a sweet spot for the model: sharper and lighter than the earlier S, but without the aero and price of the Cup 380 or Sport 380. As a hand-built, manual, mid-engined roadster it remains one of the last analogue driver's cars in this part of the market.