Musket trying to defend British cars (or so I read his comments, and then saying he and his wife drive the German BMW and Mercedes.

(Oh, well, my favorite car, which I passed on to my son as a collector's item, was a BMW coupé. He drives a Porsche Cayenne. The other son drives the BMW-Mini and a Japanese SUV.)

BMW has a plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Neither one of us is reliable since we drive German marques (I also have a Jeep Cherokee, ideal for comfort in the Rockies and Foothills).