I wish I had a photo to prove it, but a few years back i was passed by a Daimler Double Six in traffic.
I leave my doors unlocked because in the event of an accident where I’m no longer conscious they can drag me out faster. Also car jacking isn’t really a thing here.
Horch.
The only Italian marque I can think of with significant German ownership is Lamborghini.
Hillman Californian!
Sunbeam Lotus. Still a quick hot hatch today.
My Sunbeam Alpine and Sunbeam Imp are both to the left and down.
Not the longest, but i would love to be able say say I drive an Alldays & Onions.
Rootes Group (Hillman, Humber, Singer, Sunbeam-Talbot). If you want to know what it’s like to be neglected, try being a Rootes fan. Bought by Chrysler who neglected us. Then bought by Peugeot who neglected us.
Talbot Sunbeam. While the Lotus-powered version was much more exciting, the base 1 litre model used the high revving Rootes/Coventry-Climax unit developed for the Hillman Imp.
My phone spends most of its time pinned to one side window or the other.
I don’t personally find the Sunbeam Venezia ugly, but many do.
Och aye the noo.
Hillman Imp - perhaps not a hatch in the modern sense because it was a 3 box design, but it had a hatch nonetheless.
There was also the British car/truck manufacturer Vulcan.
Yes, the Coventry Climax FW should have been on this list - between the Coventry Climax and Rootes versions of the engine it was used by:
Coventry-Climax FW (featherweight) series:
I've been commenting here for something like 10 years now and I'm still greyed out!