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2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Yep, site says it's a '58.
Actually looking at it again I can see why you mention the Rootes group similarity - that roof looks very much like a Humber Super Snipe Estate, but this car was introduced a couple of years earlier.
Odie
I don't think there was an estate version of the later lower powered Ariane.
They lost the Versailles name and became Vedette Marlys, I think , and there are trim changes from about the end of 57 so I think this is one of the earlier versions.
Although they were listed for sale here in the late 50s, I have never seen a Simca Vedette in Britain, and only a couple in France - certainly I've never seen an estate.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Long-term durability of early ones was bad, but most people forget that they were absolutely, positively the darlings of the motoring press the first few years they were out...almost always edging out anything they were tested against.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
BIGGER
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
There was a jeweler in the 300 block who has since moved a few miles away, but that's where my wife and I picked out her wedding ring 29 years ago tomorrow. :shades:
I'll guess '67 for the VW Bug four blocks down.
It that some sort of early Cushman metermaid Truckster on the right against the curb?
Oops, this isn't Mystery Movie Pix.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
I also see what looks like a 61 Ford wagon just behind the same man.
Looks like the typical early 60s Harley Davidson police 3-wheeler. I remember Hackensack NJ had a fleet of these when I was a kid.
I also see several '61s, including the white Pontiac in the next block.
a 510/2002 was a class above at that point I would assume (and certainly more expensive!)
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
The '61s are the newest, besides the Chevy, there's a Ford wagon going the other way near it a Pontiac approaching halfway up the road and the compact Buick Special parked on the right. If you look behind the bus in the lane going away you can just make out another '61 Chevy.
At Hemmings.com they think the old Hudson and the Ford near it are the oldest cars (ca. '52-'53).
I'm struck by the lack of imports, aside from the lone VW. Madison is a big college town, where are the VeeDubs, Volvos, Sprites or MGs. It's also odd that there aren't any motorcycles. In my (much smaller) college town Triumphs, BSAs, Moto Guzzis and Nortons were all the rage in the early 60s.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
Um...in its price class?
Not rewriting history...check out some old C&D, MT, R&T articles that are probably online someplace.
Well, if Madison was like Chicago and Milwaukee in 1961, you were much more likely to see a Rambler American than an import. Oddly, I recall from my youth back then that an import that was relatively popular in the Chicago area was the TR-3. I saw more of them than MG's or Austin Healey's. There were some VW's of course, but they really seemed more common later in the 60's in that area. Another unusual thing, at least in the suburbs, was that the more popular motorcycles seemed to be Asian crotch rocker models as the 60's progressed.
I have no doubt of that, since they were made in Kenosha WI but I don't see any Ramblers in that Madison photo either. :confuse:
My college town was in Western NY State, so halfway between the import heavy East Coast and the Mid West but it featured an amazing variety of imports both two and four wheeled. One kid had a badly beat up Porsche Speedster and my roomie had a TR-3, another roomie had a hardtop (FHC) MG-A
Of course there were lots of VWs and Ghias but we even had such oddities as a Lancia Appia, some DKWs, Volvos, Saabs and an Alfa Giulietta Spider that got traded in for a Mustang in '64. It was the Golden Age of Euro imports, I remember it fondly.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
If we're talking TOTAL car, including braking, handling, the heater, the durability of the engine, etc, then the VW Bug would be right down there with the Fiats and English Fords.
If you meant 'build quality" of the body and materials used in the interior, I'd give the nod to the VW.
the 1971 Corolla was a NICE little car. I wouldn't mind having one today!
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93