>I think Ford own Jaguar and maybe BMW own Rolls Royce (and, I think, Land Rover) Even back in the 50's Citroen's "Big 15 Traction Avants" (I understand the world's 1st front-wheel drives) were also being built in Slough in England, with the RH drive. Many of these were exported to "the Empire", e.g. S. Africa where, apparently, many are left, un-rusted.
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>We've been building other people's cars here so long they've been "adopted" as our own.

And the Mini, which is so British, is actually "independent member of BMW group"... whatever that may mean. I've googled it out, and I feel compelled to notify the general public that sir Issigonis didn't make the first car with the engine sideways: it was the Trabant. Look up http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1097991, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant among others.