1996 Nissan Micra | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

A 1996 Nissan Micra, the rounded little supermini that Britain came to know as a learner car and a first car. Its generation was built in Sunderland and won European Car of the Year in 1993, the first Japanese-badged car to do so. This car is red with a grey interior and has a 1.3-litre petrol engine. It is in fair condition, so it looks like an everyday car rather than a show car. The tall cabin and bubble-like glasshouse give the camera a good view of the interior, and the red paint reads clearly in frame. That suits photography and film and television scenes set in the 1990s, and learner-driver or first-car comedy, where an ordinary, familiar car is the point. Nostalgia-led events work well too, and it makes a friendly choice for a wedding or a personal hire. It is based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.