I retire in 3 years time and after a motoring life of boring family cars and company Mondeos it’s time to buy myself something interesting for weekends, holidays and outings, which might become a bit of a classic. But it must be a hatchback because we’ve got a small dog who also likes a day out. It must be a bit classy (I’m OK for up to £20k) and it could be old – even 25 years old – so long as it will keep going with a bit of TLC. And if it’s a rocket too, so much the better. It’s a tall order. I’ve looked at older Porsches and Ferraris but I can’t find a 3-door among them? If it helps, the sort of thing I was thinking about was a BMW 840 - but that’s a saloon not a hatch. Similarly an S type would have been fine but Jags all seem to be saloons (I don’t count the X type Estate as a proper Jag). Did Mercedes ever make a sporty hatch? I’m not ruling out the likes of Ford or any ‘household’ make, but I can’t ever remember looking with envy at anything they made.