Well, I have owned and/or driven quite a few.

The Wolseley 1500/Riley 1.5. Designed as the Morris Minor replacement - instead BMC stuck in a 1498cc B series engine and applied Wolseley or Riley grilles to the front. I had a Wolseley which was very comfy inside, all leather and tree wood, but it did break halfshafts and the standard suspension was a bit iffy. However, a lot of Riley 1.5s were raced so maybe it was me.

The Triumph Spitfire mk II. Oh my gawd. Herald underpinnings and a souped up engine. All too easy to put one in somebody's front garden.

The Land Crab. (Wolseley 18/85 in my case). Amazingly sturdy car, as big as a 2 bedroom flat inside. Umbrella handbrake within millimetres of right knee, right rear Hydrolastic hose rubbed on rear subframe causing fluid to disappear! Pinhole in brake servo caused car to make smoke like the Bismarck trying to escape its pursuers. The power steering pump was driven off the back of the dynamo, overloading its bearings. On auto box versions, the slush pump was driven by a chain - which stretched. Strangely enough I still thought mine excellent.

The Davrian. A plastic kit car with an Imp engine - aaargh! The one I knew had a nice Singer Chamois instrument panel on the driver's side and 2 spear-like lumps of metal on the passenger side, pointing at the hapless passenger's crotch.

The Lotus Cortina mk II (no independent rear suspension, just as well given the Mk 1's propensity to leave differentials etc in the road). Went like the proverbial off a shovel, but the 1500 block and twin cam head leaked like a sieve.

Then there were the Mini Coopers. Oh God.