Thanks, Simon. I thought I saw your name here somewhere. Now we can assure that our favorite subjects are represented among the modelers here.
Samdiego, there are a bunch of midcentury European cars available from Tamiya, Fujimi, Revell, Heller, and others. Some are common, like VWs and Porsches, others are less common, like Citroens and Renaults.
Here's a Beetle I built: