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Originally Posted by steel7
The only british car i like is the jaguar.
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It's the only British car I can even name.
There have been a couple of pretty nice British cars. The Rover, from post-war through the 60s, including the 2000TC, was pretty nice, as was the old Sunbeam Talbot. And the famous Morris Minor that preceded the Mini.
Otherwise, they were just good for making fun of, like Dagenham's Angle, Defect, Tonsil, Zither and Kodak. Basically, a tin box with a sewing machine under the hood, that required a valve job as routine maintenance after every Sunday family picnic drive. With a million miles of electrical wiring that leaked so much spark they glowed in the dark, and wouldn't start on a cloudy day. With mahogany dashboards.
A summary of British automaking would not be complete withut this hilarious Top Gear review of the Reliant Robin:
http://www.wimp.com/reliantrobin/
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