My current car is a Mazda, a fine car, I have to say.
I wanted one decades ago but Mrs O kept objecting. "They make lightbulbs. Why would I want to drive a car made by a lightbulb company? Phillips don't make cars."
All this from someone whose father drove Datsun Sunnys and a Toyota latterly.
Since that second Metro, we've driven almost exclusively Japanese and German.
A Nissan Micra (both of us)
2 Honda Accords (both)
A Nissan Primera (her)
2 Mitsubishi Galants (me)
A Honda Civic (her)
A Honda Jazz (her)
An Audi A4 (me)
An Audi A6 (me)
and a Jaguar X-Type (me) until I retired and downsized to my current Mazda and she now drives a Nissan Note.
I fancy going back up to something bigger again, though. Probably an automatic when the time comes. Maybe my next big win.