//Gulliver, why do you think we can’t buy from the EU?//
It's a strange old attitude, naomi. Throughout the Brexit debate there has been a theme running which suggested that trade would no longer take place between the EU27 and the UK if we left. So I don't suppose any BMW or Mercedes cars have been sold in the UK since last January. I imagine the supermarket shelves are devoid of French wine and cheese and Belgian beer. Hang on though:
https://www.am-online.com/data/manufacturer-insight
Volkswagen: 104,852 January to August '21 - (Top brand seller)
BMW: 77,614 (4th best sellers)
Mercedes: 69,469 (5th best sellers)
And here's me, as an ardent Brexiteer, thinking all this would stop. As well as (apparently) wanting to banish all foreigners from these shores, I didn't want any of their trashy muck being sold here. Perhaps nobody told these manufacturers that we've left and can no longer buy their goods! Perhaps it's just a few they had left over. Either way, I've been swindled and I demand an immediate re-run of the referendum. :-)