Oxymoron at best....we used to say that they had all the durability of a spider web....I owned Import Auto Service for 30 years.
My father used to say the owners of British cars have two happy days, the day they buy it and the day they trade it. LOL But he always had a British car in the drive, usually an MG or a Triumph. (I guess I should say it was in the drive when it wasn’t in the shop.) My uncle had a Jag, same story.
Do you know why the Brits drink warm beer?
Lucas refrigerators.