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Male's Escort!

Barely a week goes by without Catflap reporting on the latest gas-guzzling monster to find its way into David Beckham’s ownership. It’s all Aston Martin this and Lamborghini that, all Bentleys and Boxsters. Yet there was a day when Becks was just as poor, desperate and clueless as the rest of us. That day was in 1995 when the young David had been loaned out to Preston North End and had to make do with a runabout that he wouldn’t be seen dead or, indeed, alive in today. "He was driving a Ford Escort, was wearing an ordinary track-suit and was a very shy lad who you wouldn't look twice at in the street," says his former team-mate Simon Davey, now Barnsley manager. Isnt’t it comforting to know he hasn’t changed a bit…

The Spec
Model: Escort
Parent Company: Ford
Engine: 1859cc
Transmission: 5-speed manual
Radio Cassette: Yes
Telescopic Aerial: Yes
Cigar lighter: Yes
Front and back row ashtrays: Yes
Cup holder: Yes
Passenger Vanity Mirror: Yes
Heating: Yes
Street cred: No