Reward for buying cheap — and a penalty for overspending. Every £10 under £1,000 earns a point. Every £10 over £1,000 loses one. A £300 banger banks 70 before it turns a wheel; a £950 hero starts on 5; a £1,400 indulgence starts on −40.
There is no cap in either direction. Spend what you like, but the maths will find you.
Every 100cc adds a point. A three-litre straight-six starts on 30; a 1.4 diesel starts on 14. Bring the ridiculous barge you always wanted.
One point per year old. A 2001 car scores 25. A 1988 barge scores 38. Rewards patina and character.
Settled by data, not opinion. Look your model up on How Many Left — it reports how many are currently taxed in the UK. Rarer means more points. No negatives.
Graded concours-style in Worthing on Friday afternoon, when we arrive and before anyone washes anything. Trip damage counts. No negatives — the worst car simply scores nothing.
Same five grades, cabin only. Cracked leather, missing switchgear, foot-well wrappers, smoke smell — all count.
Thursday morning, top loop only. Every second under 60 gains 5 points; every second over loses 5. A 55-second lap is worth +25.
Wednesday afternoon, proper circuit. Same idea, longer benchmark. A 1:55 lap is +25. A 2:10 lap is −50.
GPS top speed on the longest straight, against your car's factory figure. Hit factory and score 50; every mph short costs one point, never below zero. Favours slow cars — a Panda hitting its 89mph is far easier than an M3 hitting 155.
Flags are prizes, not penalties. And there's a game-breaker attached: collect at least one of each colour in the session and your entire tally doubles. Cautious drivers cannot win this event.
Full house (one of each): final tally × 2.
Cars will break. This is the only category that can properly hurt you.
Every driver picks their favourite of the other three cars. Each vote received is worth 10 points. Vote for the one you'd actually want to drive home.
Up to 100 points for turnout, theme, livery, costume and storytelling. Decided by peer vote at the end of the trip through the voting panel on this site.
No auction. Instead, on Friday afternoon every car goes through the We Buy Any Car website with its real reg and mileage, and that valuation is the sale price. Minus what you paid. Every £5 profit is a point; every £5 loss costs one. Nobody has to actually sell anything. A dead car still gets valued, it just gets valued as a dead car.
For any team of two sharing a car, both entrants must be in the car during timed events — the Curborough sprint and the Donington lap. No swapping to the lighter driver for the fast lap while the other watches from the pit wall. Any weight or handling penalty you took on by pairing up applies to your scoring laps.
The solo entrants, Ryan and Seb, are exempt for obvious reasons.
Highest combined track score wins the tie. Still level? Fewest reliability points.