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  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Citroen C5, sister car to the Renault Laguna.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep, it's a Cit C5 but I doubt it's related to the Laguna or any other Renault. Citroen, like Puegeot is part of the PSA
    Group, Renault's arch rival.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Guss:

    When we had THAT Focus, so did Europe. The Focus on the bottom is the second-generation European model, which, as you point out, we sadly did not get.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Duh, Renaults are crossbred Nissans. The Peugeot version is the 407.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    Hongqi Benteng
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The engine looks like something British.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    I want to say Triumph Stag for some reason but I don't think that is right.

    I can see what looks like a D on the valve cover there.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,125
    An old British V8? - was the Stag a V8? Ah-ha - not British! BMW 507?
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    It's not a Stag, which had a SOHC engine.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 11,125
    Yep, it it the BMW 507, they were made '56-'60, I have no idea which year this one is.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep, it's a BMW 507, one of the last (1960 MY)>

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
    Mid 80's AMC Eagle.
  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
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  • jescuejescue Member Posts: 521
    early 80s datsun
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    It looks like a 520, which would be late '60s.
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Mid 80s Nissan President.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    No, the President was a lot frumpier than this one.
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    The truck is definitely not a 1980s Datsun. It's a 1970s (probably early-ish) Ford Courier (or Mazda B-Series).
  • hudsonthedoghudsonthedog Member Posts: 552
    It's a late 1980s Nissan Laurel.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    No, the President was a lot frumpier than this one.

    Did I say President?, I meant Nissan Cedric? :P

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Hudson got it, it's a C33 ('89-92) Laurel. The Laurel was the halfway car between the compact Skyline/Cefiro and the full-size (by Japanese standards) Cedric/Gloria. I can't find any photos with the doors open, but I think that generation was a true hardtop.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,462
    I am pretty sure biff's truck is a Ford Courier - I have seen BTTF so many times I can recite the dialogue line by line.

    And the car he is waxing is a then-nearly-new BMW 7er, ca. 1983-85
  • gussguss Member Posts: 1,167
    Ding,ding,ding it's a 72-76 Ford Courier.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,462
    Some kind of Borgward, early 50s by the undeveloped styling...the Wirtschaftswunder was still gathering steam.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep, it's a 1953 Borgward Hansa 1500.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    from Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).

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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,681
    1960 Cadillac, 1960 Chevrolet, 1957 Ford Fairlane 500, 1959 Chevrolet, 1960 Ford, and a Checker taxi.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    You get a gold star! 1961 must've been the last time there was so much Detroit iron on the streets of New York. Nowadays even the taxis aren't always US brands, Toyota Sienas are catching on.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,681
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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    That looks a customized '46-'48 Caddy Funeral Coach.
    It appears to have no tail lights at all. :confuse:

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,681
    That's good. They call it a Custom Sedan Delivery and it is a 1947.

    It has a painted front rather than a chrome/nickel grill. I don't know if that would be the funeral car format or not. I suspect this was the base and options were added on for the vehicle's appearance for delivery to the final resting place of human remains.

    I am often surprised by vehicles I don't know existed in the US market and that's what caught my eye on this one. More pics.

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  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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  • tmarttmart Member Posts: 2,402
    A Mercedes SEL 300 Titanizirano??? :D
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Titanizirano--that's Italian for "big repair bill". :P
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,681
    With names like that no wonder they refer to them by numbers, like 126.

    2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,462
    That one is a W109.

    Funny thing about those cars, as they are so complex and classic looking (I think that one would have air suspension just like a 6.3), yet the market gives them no value...I bet my 6 cylinder fintail is worth as much as an equivalent V8 W109. The only ones with demand are 6.3s - which sell to rich people or those into self-torture.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    That one is a W109.

    I'll take your word for it. ;) The rest of us know it as a 1972 Mercedes-Benz 300Sel 3.5.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,462
    And that's a VW Passat ca. 1982 - so bland. The Syncro model was interesting, but you never see them.
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yep in 1982, the Passat was known in the USA as the Volkswagen Quantum.

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • karsickkarsick Member Posts: 312
    V6 Camry ca. 1988 :confuse:

    I assume it was for the cops in Kentucky (isn't that the state where Toyota had a plant for these?)
  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
    Yer close Karsick, it's a 1990 Camry(Gen II). Camrys are built in Georgetown KY but that photo appears to be of a prototype for a Police Package since there are no specific markings.

    Anyone ever seen an actual Camry Patrol car?

    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • andys120andys120 Member Posts: 23,670
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    2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93

  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    The shield on the side suggests the California Highway Patrol. Maybe this was a test mule for the CHP?
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