Which cars would you buy with a £500k budget?

What would you do with £500,000? When accountant Brendan Joyce fraudulently syphoned a similar sum from a hospital charity fund, he bought an eccentric collection of over 100 tatty used cars, which he secreted in lock-up garages around Bristol.

Each to their own, but given a legally acquired car budget on that scale, most people would think they could do a bit better than Brendan. That's why we asked MSN Cars contributors and staffers where they'd spend a cool £500k car fund.

In the following slides the team use the benefit of their experience to pick out the cars they'd love to own. We've restricted ourselves mainly to new cars but you'll spot that some used models have crept in here and there as well.

These £500k dream garages should be enough to get your creative juices flowing so don't forget to compile your own dream garage and post it in the comments section below.

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