BMW cars, Lotus, Jaguar, Nissan, even the Jeep, all owe their existence to this car, hell it even popularized the modern control layout... it's kinda like the Russian army in both World Wars, people tend to forget its enormous contribution to history...
Crazy thing is I saw this car, the Nash Metropolitan and the Veyron I posted yesterday all on the same day in Santa Cruz. And there wasn't even a car show on.