Autotrader online, the well known magazine peddling used cars, has become an excellent an all-purpose car site. You can access the magazine content and browse a directory of online shops selling car-related products. There's a useful set of tools to help with buying a new car but the real pull is the Used Cars section where you can search a database of 140,000 vehicles. You specify your postcode and how far you're prepared to travel and Autotrader tries to find a deal for you and with colour pictures to accompany each car, you know exactly what you are getting.

If you want to try importing a new car from Europe yourself, a good place to start is here, the campaign site run by the Consumers Association. Here you'll find loads of information about how much more cars cost, telephone numbers of all the major manufacturers (so you can call them to moan) and useful advice (with some good links) on how to buy a right-hand drive car abroad.