Capital One Credit Cards are one of the market leaders. They offer very competitive rates on their credit cards, even for people who have had trouble obtaining credit in the past.

Their approval rates are apparently amongst the highest in the industry.

• No Annual Fee
• Great choice of plastic designs
• Credit Limit between £200 and £2000
• Low monthly payments
• Instant cash day or night from any cash machine that displays the MasterCard sign
• Accepted at over 28 million places
• Low APR variable for Purchases
• 100% Internet fraud guarantee

If you want to try importing a new car from Europe yourself, a good place to start is here, the campaign site run by the Consumers Association. Here you'll find loads of information about how much more cars cost, telephone numbers of all the major manufacturers (so you can call them to moan) and useful advice (with some good links) on how to buy a right-hand drive car abroad.