Irony Or Is It Ironic.

[tonyav]

http://cars.uk.msn.com/news/sir-winston-churchills-daimler-sells-for-%c2%a3400000

[jno]

not really. It might be interesting that Britons didn't outbid the winner, but could they have known where he was from?

[woofgang]

but its a german car!

[jno]

not sure if that's so - Daimlers were made separately in Britain, as the manufacturer had bought the UK rights from the Germans. I don't know where Churchill's was built but I'd be surprised if he was driving about in a German car

[tonyav]

This Daimler was built in Coventry I believe.

[heathfield]

The Daimler marque remains in the UK, after being bought by Tata in 2008. There's always been some confusion over Daimler. I think at one time three companies in different countries in Europe were producing cars with that name.