British cars like the Allegro and the Morris Marina, once memorably described as a skip on wheels, have come to embody the national humiliation of that benighted era.

• 像阿莱格罗和莫里斯玛丽娜那样的英国汽车，在人们的记忆中一度被称之为车轮上的跳板，现在成为了那个愚昧时代国耻的象征。