It was more than twenty-five years after the Second World War, and there, parked on what was otherwise an empty road, was a two-door Austin Ruby of early-1930s vintage. The Austin car brand was exported around the world, and the company built factories in other Commonwealth countries. Both the motor industry and the Health Service expanded in their own ways. As already stated, the motor industry grew during the period following the war. By then, however, the British motor industry had been swamped by imports, contributing to the decline of the Austin marque.