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Austin Maestro 1.6 HLS. Not technically my car, but my mother's. However, she never had a driving licence so I was the only person who used it. My father bought it for buttons off the next door neighbours when they were going to trade it in. Crashed it once before I passed my test, and once afterwards. It ended up upside down burnt out in a field near Cambridge.
Renault 5 Auto. The Maestro's replacement. Bought when it turned out my mother had a conceptual difficulty with gears. A horrible car, with a faulty gearbox that wouldn't shift from 3rd until after 20 minutes' driving. Sold for scrap when it turned out my mother also had a conceptual difficulty in distinguishing between the brake and accelerator.
Peugeot 205 GTi 1.6. The first car I bought, must've been about 2000. Fitted 15" 5 spoke alloys, Koni lowered shocks, 1.9 uprights, big Wilwood 4 pot brakes, K&N cone filter. I think it'd be crashed at some point as one front wheel stuck out more from the body than the other, and it had steering shimmy over 80mph. Eventually a water hose sprang a leak and I cooked the engine. Sold it on eBay for £500 (with full disclosure of the cooked engine).
Fisher Fury Sypder Blackbird. My first kit car. Built during 2001-2002 ish when @Cycliste was working in China for a year. Killed three engines due to oil surge before fitting a dry sump and getting it to work properly. Ended up writing it off in a big crash racing at Mallory. Still in the process of rebuilding it with a new chassis, suspension, bodywork and uprated engine.
Fisher Fury Classic. My only convertible. Original style Fisher Fury with Elan screen and soft top, dark blue metallic paint, black leather and wood interior. 1600 XFlow engine on twin 40 Dellortos, which worked well once it had started but was sometimes reluctant to get started. Bought a rather warm 1700 XFlow on twin Webers to fit in it, but sold the engine before I got round to fitting it. I lent the car to my brother for a long weekend Se7ens List tour in Ireland - I drove the Blackbird-engined car. He killed the engine and dumped it near Loughborough on the way back. Ended up managing to put the nose of the trailer through the rear window of my father's Volvo when I went to collect it and then damaged the door and scuttle getting it off the trailer. Sold it on for buttons.
Sylva Striker ZX9R. Was Kawasaki green, now graphite grey. Bought as a stop-gap temporary car to tide me over while I rebuilt the Blackbird Fury. Still own it. On its third engine due to the ZX9R-C gearbox being made of cheese. Once dumped all its oil all over the autoroute on the way down to Le Mans, and ate a set of tyres in 10 days during a European driving tour. Now with uprated gearbox. Need to get it on the road again.
VW Passat 115 diesel saloon. Dark green with a beige cloth interior. Very economical, catastrophically boring car. Ended up giving it to a friend, by which time the only panel without serious bodywork damage was the roof.
Subaru Impreza WRX Sportwagen SL. Blue with gold wheels. Great car, if rather dull to drive because it was so competent. Bought it with 40k on the clock, sold it with 120k on the clock, paint peeling off the bonnet scoop and unresolved charging gremlins to a friend. I told him about the electrical issues. Didn't tell him it wasn't taxed or tested when I sold it to him, as I'd failed to notice myself.
Fisher Fury Spyder R1. Matt black paintwork. My race car, but road legal and road registered. Used the rear axle from the Blackbird car. 2004 R1 engine. Full datalogging, sensors everywhere, extensive chassis mods. It's been sitting in my storage unit since 2014 when I retired from racing.
Porsche Cayman S. Black with black leather interior. Wonderful car, but attracted too much attention from the police and boy racers. Sold to my BiL, who still has it.
Audi RS6 Avant. Superfastwankerbarge. Currently needs new brake pads, a service, and someone to fix the dry sump output shaft oil leak. Fast as fuck, thirsty as a fish.
Morris Minor Traveller. @Cycliste's first car, and was going to be scrapped by her father unless I took it on. @Cycliste and I had it completely restored in its original pale blue colour. Doesn't get used a lot at the moment.
Think that's it. I've still got the Audi, the Minor, the Striker, the Fury Blackbird and the Fury R1.
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Westfield Mazda SDV kit - built in 2010, based on a 250quid donor car, still amazing fun and puts a smile on everyone's faces!