And it’s not just down to this long hangover from Covid. It’s also thanks to the annual Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional (FOTU), which celebrates the saloons, hatchbacks and estates of the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s. Maestros over McLarens, Fiestas over Ferraris and Primeras over Paganis.

The UK’s most unexceptional cars will converge on Grimsthorpe Castle for this year’s FOTU on Saturday 29 July and we’ve looked under the arches to find 20 affordable cars that have escaped classic scene tax. To meet Hagerty’s criteria, the cars chosen were registered between 1968 and 1998. Exceptional cars are not included, but the results are presented in alphabetical order, with no more than one model per marque. We'll also present (where available) How Many Left? data suggesting how many remain on the UK's roads or on a SORN: