Approximately 70% of new car sales in the UK are
company cars, the remainder private. A decent chunk of
the 70% would be British cars [there are no British
owned volume producers now] as often there's a deal
between the car manufacturer and the employee's
company. In the
Few of the remaining 30%, bought by individuals for
themsleves are British. As I said, they aren't stupid.
None of many contemporaries at HS/College would have
seen a non-exotic British car as desirable. It's
pretty much the same on the west coast. Nobody
actually buys Chevy Malibu's do they?
There has always been an incredible cottage industry
for sports cars. I could imagine myself with a Morgan,
Caterham 7 or Lotus Elise as a hobby car, but not as a
daily driver.
007 in a BMW, even a Z8, just doesn't work for me. But
BMW's brand recognition in the UK is probably even
stronger than California.
Craig
owner of 2 Japanese cars, 1 Mexican-American-German,
and 1 white BMW that was parked all day Sunday
--- Scot Zediker <mx5_1991@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- Craig Boyle <craig_boyle@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Ever seen anyone British own a British car?
>
> Yes, but only on British TV shows, and usually
> they're
> Austins or Rovers or Fords; pretty mundane stuff.
> BTW, wasn't it only recently that James Bond started
> driving BMWs? (Maybe he's the guy that hit me ;)
>
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