It follows that some models worthy of your attention have passed you by, either because of where you live or because your interest in motoring history is healthy rather than obsessive.

To broaden your knowledge (if you feel it needs broadening), here are examples from each of 40 current or dormant manufacturers, listed in alphabetical order. It’s quite possible, of course, that you actually have heard of some of them, but the point is that it doesn’t matter if you haven’t. Nobody’s going to judge you for that: