virtual string getDescription();

string Car::getDescription()
{
	string output;
	output.append("Car Type not found");
	return output;
}

	int getBHP();
	string getDescription();

int Sports::getBHP()
{
	return BrakeHorsePower;
}

string Sports::getDescription()
{
	string output = "sports car class call";
	//output.append("BHP: ");
	//output.append(itos(getBHP()));     <---Some help 
here would be nice too:P Im trying to convert the output of 
getBHP (which is int) to a string so it can be appended to
my string variable. Ive included <sstream> as needed. I think
im just using it wrong)
	return output;
}

void Controller::listCars()   //Function to loop through all objects in vector and print their values
{
	system("cls");
	vector <Car*>::iterator iter = theCars.begin();
	for(iter = theCars.begin();iter != theCars.end();++iter)
	{
		cout << "==== Car " << (*iter)->getCarID() << " ====" << endl;
		cout << "CarType: " << (*iter)->getCarType() << endl;
		cout << "Manufacturer: " << (*iter)->getManufacturer() << endl;
		cout << "Model: " << (*iter)->getModel() << endl;
		cout << "EngineSize: " << (*iter)->getEngineSize() << endl;
		cout << "CostPerDay: " << (*iter)->getCostPerDay() << endl;
		cout << (*iter)->getDescription() << endl;               <----I want this function to use the childclass variant depending on the CarType. Always comes out as the parent class's version though. (Which is just output "CarType not found")
		cout << "===============" << endl << endl;
	}

	system("pause");
	showMainMenu();

}

class Car 
{
public:
    virtual string getDescription() { return "car"; }
};

class Sports : public Car
{
public:
    string getDescription() { return "sports car"; }
};

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    Car *car = new Car();
    string desc = car->getDescription();
    car = new Sports();
    desc = car->getDescription();

}