Top Gear's Top 9: patriotic car details

The reborn Renault 5 is unashamedly retro and flagrantly French. You can even spec the little EV with a woven wicker baguette holder that was designed by French basketmaker Marguerite Herlant. No hermetically sealed container option for the accompanying smelly cheese, though.

Despite its German overlords, modern Mini could feature here on multiple occasions as it tries to remind us Britannia really used to be cool. Obvious culprits are the union flag rear lights and roof, but does anyone remember the branded teapot from 2016? Pop the kettle on, old bean.

The Toyota Century is extremely regal, and when the previous generation became an official state car for the Emperor of Japan it was decked out with details such as granite running boards and Japanese washi rice paper headlining.

Skoda has been paying tribute to Czech crystal glassmakers for a while now. It first introduced its cut-glass headlights in the Vision E concept in 2017, and more recently a giant £1,675 ‘Crystal Face’ option was launched on the Enyaq. Rumour has it this is in honour of Jürgen Klopp’s teeth.

In 2019, Bugatti celebrated the 110th anniversary of the Type 10... by painting a Chiron Sport in Steel Blue, and plastering it with French tricolour flags. The best was on the underside of the rear wing, meaning everyone would sing ‘La Marseillaise’ when you activated the air brake.

The third generation Chrysler Sebring sedan was a truly terrible car, but it did come with genius heated and cooled cupholders that could keep your coffee toasty at 60°C or your giant bucket of soda cool at just under 2°C. Now that’s luxury.

When Lexus unveiled the fifth-gen LS back in 2017, it announced an origami style folded fabric door panel as an ultra posh option to celebrate Japanese craftsmanship. Technically known as hand pleating, it took three days for two takumi craftspeople to fold one door panel.

Is there anything more British than the umbrellas that pop out of the doors of a Rolls-Royce? It’s almost like it rains regularly on our small sceptered isle. Perhaps one day soon you’ll be able to use the emergency Rolls-Royce suncream too.

The 500L may have been a gopping MPV with as much essence of la dolce vita as a day at the crematorium, but Fiat did fit one option to please Italian customers – a Lavazza coffee machine that brewed espresso coffees in a special dock in the centre console.