Delving a bit further, that's 26 different brand & model badges

Beg pardon, 'stralia, I forgot yer Morris Nomad

BMC are so going to win this. The ADO16 coded model was sold as:

Unlike that AlfAberation, this one does work.

It helps if you have a common, ancient enemy: [en.wikipedia.org]

Popular European cars like the Peugeot 504 had column mounted gear shifts right into the '70s.

Kinda surprised you didn't remember column shifts from the Citroën DS. Mind, those were very weird indeed (as you'd expect): [www.citroenet.org.uk]

It's a curse, having expensive taste

There you go.

You're forgetting Germany with the sweet Mercedes strich Acht (w114) that's hiding behind the Lincolns at 0:09

It's what Unimogs become when they grow up :-D

Well, God has a good taste in wheels. I'll give him/her that.

Mercedes Zetros 6x6

I always wondered what all-American punk would be like.

I have a suspicion that 2 is from a jurisdiction where dinging black BMW SUVs is very bad indeed for your health, and that of most of your relatives to the third degree, and down at least a generation or two.

Just 0.3 sec slower than an M5 to 60 mph.

Interesting.

You know, grabbing some '50s technology to meet current needs may not be such a bad idea.

The thing that surprises me is how they managed to sink the whole endeavour by making a mess of the maintenance- surely one of the great advantages of electric vehicles is their simplicity and small number of moving parts?

I don't suppose there are milk floats in the US?