The Great British Car

I'm one of those silly old-fashioned people who like British cars and in particular Jaguar. I know it is very fashionable to buy foreign cars and we all know the best are German of course. I mean, after all, there hardly is a British car industry any more, is there? Speaks for itself. Curiously I did have a C-Class Mercedes once (2003-2004). It was the most uncomfortable car I have ever driven. It was not very well put together and was generally quite unreliable. I'm sure that had nothing to do with it being built in South Africa though.
Here's a question. Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Jaguar - what order would you put them in for reliability - 1 is best, 4 is worst. Yep - you are absolutely correct. 1 - BMW : 2 - Jaguar : 3 - Mercedes some way back, and finally : 4 - Audi. This from an actual results survey by Warranty Direct who provide after market warranty. So much for great German engineering. The Astra was also more reliable than the Golf - but who cares about that!
An elderly woman I used to know came into the pub one evening and proudly announced that she was never going to buy another British car again. She had just traded her aged Vauxhall Nova for a Nissan Micra. Let's face it, where's the kudos in buying a British car? Silly c*w - the Nova had been built in Spain and the Micra in Sunderland.