Car Stereotypes


French coupés are finished in a stunning colour selection,
Superior engines from Germany combine turbo with fuel injection,
Sleek supercars bred of Italian stables impressively accelerate,
Whereas their lesser marques, I’m afraid, rapidly rust and depreciate,
Japanese vehicles are all so reliably boring,
While those from Korea are no more inspiring,
Chinese deathtraps are mass produced to be cheap,
And East European sedans merely send me to sleep,
English models, Oh! I remember their day?
As for American automobiles,
    I can find nothing positive to say.

— Philip Wood