I agree with much of what you said there Amaury,

But not all British cars have charisma and personality -- in the last quarter of last century, the Brits built some of the worst rubbish ever conceived this side of the Berlin wall.

I think good British cars are like good French and Italian cars, they have passion and culture ....and also sometimes border on being irrational. The Germans are always (well maybe not always) so practical and sensible