Odds are you just pictured a high-horsepower, high-end machine made by a company like Porsche or Lamborghini. Driving a sports car in the right conditions is one of the best motoring experiences you can have but you don’t need to take out a second mortgage to enjoy yourself behind the wheel. Indeed, there are few places where you can really enjoy the full performance of a modern high-powered sports car, and as a result driving them can be frustrating on many roads.

Instead, as the saying goes, it can often be more fun driving a slow car fast than a fast car slow. Join us for a look at some of the cars that defiantly argue driving fun isn’t linked to horsepower, displacement or acceleration times: