Not worth pushing this one too far, but it's less about sales figures in individual countries, more about which categories different countries can design/sell successfully across markets.

So wine-drinking countries fail to do successful big cars in last decade - Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat, Lancia for instance have tried but given up, leaving Alfa as the last representative, but it's basically on life support as a brand.

Successful European big things - Merc, BMW, Audi, VW, Volvo, Jag, Land/Range Rover, Skoda, maybe to some extent Ford, Vauxhall/Opel - all come from beery countries. These firms may also be good at small cars alongside their big ones, so the national drink is not a factor for tiddlers.