English cars are certainly not what I would call "trouble free". ;-) You have to wonder how they ever managed to put together the British Empire with such bad engineering, but I think they were more on top of their game in those days.

One thing you do have to give the English credit for, though. They have built some really cute looking small cars (like the Austin Mini) and some really snazzy looking sport and luxury cars such as the MG and the Jaguar. What they lack in reliability, they make up for in style.

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Now ze French, of course, ze 'ave utterly superceded anysing ze English or ze Americaine can do in achieving automotive elegance. After all, where do you sink ze expression "Grand Prix" came from? La Belle France, of course!