That reminds me of that spitting image sketch of Maggie Thatcher having dinner with her cabinet. She orders steak and the waiter says “what about the vegetables?”
”Oh, they’ll have the same!”
Don’t remember ever seeing a police cortina. Traffic cars went from Z cars , Rover 3500 P6 and SD1, onto Granadas , then Volvos , then BMWs.
Local cars I remember as BMC 1100, Allegros, Mk2 Escort, Metros, Astras diesels later, now wide range of small hatch backs, lots of Peugeots.