The Reliant Robin

Aah yes , saved you the trouble of waiting 6 months for it to rust.

All those cars were notorious for rust problems.
From the wikipedia page on the Simca 1307/Talbot_Solara:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talbot_Solara

It's amazing how so many makes and models of cars are intertwined.
Again form the same link as above:

More about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskvitch_Aleko

 

I know that in the past 10 years or so it's very common but was surprised at just how long back this "sharing" actually goes.

Never knew that about the Hyundai Stellar.
Hyundais were not available here before and is a relative new comer, I think the first models imported were the Getz but now with their pretty impressive new range, are probably the second or third best selling car brand after Toyota and BMW (figures vary slightly depending on source).
Mercedes normally hovers around fourth place.
VW and to a lesser extent Ford are also pretty popular.

 

Completely agree.
These days, unless it's an AMG Merc or BMW M3 with their distinctive engine sounds, I certainly can't tell one brand from the other.

 

@ARMANDII

My dad had one way back when and the foot wells in the front were completely rusted through to the point that you could see the road whizzing past underneath.
The real problem came in when driving over a puddle.

 

I think I found a car that I'm pretty sure will never have any badge engineering.

 

They did make rally versions of the Simca.