"a convertible suffers sufficiently poor rigidity to negatively impact ride and handling, allowing noticeable vibration, shudder or chassis-flexing into the passenger compartment. Early special editions featured two-tone leather interior with wood trim and a SC-901 (1998) Dolby Pro Logic I stereo with 3-disc integrated changer unit (via a cartridge) 400 watts of power and 11 high end Dynaudio speakers. The C70 was introduced to the press in a signature color (saffron pearl metallic) and for the debut marketing, the 1997 film ""The Saint"" featured a C70 — recalling the notable connection of the Volvo P1800 and the television series from"
"miles outside of the US, in Canada and Mexico, as well as in Europe. ""In Sweden, we drove to Volvo's global headquarters to see where the P1800 was born,"" Gordon said. In 1987 the car reached the one million miles mark. In 1998 it was registered, as the vehicle with the highest certified mileage driven by the original owner in non-commercial service, by the Guinness Book of World Records, with a total of 1.69 million miles. In 2002 it reached two million miles. On April 2, 2002, Gordon and his 1800S were guests on ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"","
"(1962–69). When asked to name his favorite ""movie car"" many years later, Moore said it was the Volvo P1800, commenting: ""I have a great affection for the Volvo P1800, as, of course, I owned one, as well as used one in the series. It’s a beautiful car and I still drive a Volvo to this day."" When British rock band The Who visited the Duke of York in London in 1966, they posed for press pictures in front of singer Roger Daltrey's new custom-painted '66 Volvo P1800 Two new cars had been introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961,"
"in the construction of a house shared by the Schears and the Briceño family. Schear is thought to be a supporter of local futbol club Deportivo Saprissa, but has also been seen cheering for rival team Liga Deportiva Alajuelense. Schear is a dedicated Volvo enthusiast and has owned four Volvos to date. In 2013, he traveled by train to Virginia to buy an automatic 1973 Volvo P1800 ES, one of only a couple thousand ever made. His devotion to the P1800 ES was inspired by his mother who talked to him about the P1800 ES, her dream car, at a"
"after reaching the two million miles mark. In January 2011 Gordon and his Volvo were featured on PBS's ""Nova ScienceNow"" and in November 2011 in ""Hemmings Sports & Exotic Magazine."" In June 2013, when the car had reached a little over 2,996,000 miles, VCNA launched an unprecedented PR campaign valuing the performance and in September 2013 the car surpassed the 3 million miles mark in Alaska. When Irv Gordon died on November 15, 2018, the car had driven more than 3.2 million miles. Volvo P1800 The Volvo P1800 is a 2+2, front-engine, rear-drive sports car manufactured and marketed by Volvo"
"young age. Schear was a member of the Bay Area Volvo Club and a contributor to Volvo magazine. According to an article he wrote about the journey to buy the P1800 ES, Schear purchased the vehicle from a convicted cocaine kingpin. The car broke down twice along the way, yet he managed to make it to his parent’s house in Oakland, CA by Thanksgiving day. As of May 2018, Schear is known to have seven tattoos. One of the first is a drawing by his niece Eloise on his upper left arm in the style of a Crayola crayon. The"
"June 13, 2010 during the Viking Classic Auto Show, celebrating the first presentation of the P1800 to the public at the Brussels Motor Show in 1960. The show featured more than 350 Volvo cars, approximately 80 Volvo P1800s Europe as well as the original the prototype — along with designer Pelle Petterson as well as Irv Gordon. The event was promoted by Volvo Cars Heritage. A 1966 Volvo 1800S and its owner Irv Gordon of East Patchogue, New York, have the Guinness world record for highest mileage. Gordon, who has driven the same vehicle since 1966, has driven about 26,000"
"white shirt, and a black tie. He wears Panerai Chronograph watches as well, utilizing a PAM 74 in the first film, a PAM 196H in the second film, and a PAM 212 in the third film. Martin also puts great emphasis on precise timing and punctuality. He regularly maintains anonymity from his clients, going by the aliases Transporter, or more simply Driver, in accordance with his second rule. Throughout the films and television series, Frank Martin has been portrayed to prefer large, powerful German sedans: Frank Martin (Transporter) Frank Martin Jr. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the"
"no knowledge of his double life. Albright, played by Christian Slater, was implanted with a chip allowing his handlers to physically switch Albright's personality to that of his cover. However, in the pilot episode, there was a malfunction which caused Albright's personalities to switch at random, revealing his secret life to his alias. Henry was then thrown into the highly dangerous life of Edward, with no real way for the two to communicate except through short cell phone video messages. General Motors was a promotional sponsor of the show, and the then-new SUV model Chevrolet Traverse, along with the 2010"
"has a pivotal role at the end of the movie. The villain's black car was named the ""Hannibal Twin-8""; five were constructed. One of them is on display at the Petersen Automobile Museum, powered by a Volkswagen industrial engine. Another is at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. This model includes a prop ""cannon"" and a working smoke generator. The Volo museum describes the Hannibal Twin-8 as built by Warner Brothers at a cost of US$150,000, powered by a Corvair six-cylinder engine with three-speed manual transmission and six wheels. All four rear wheels are powered by a chain drive."
"Unknown to him, design work was done by his son Pelle, under the tutelage of Italian auto stylist Pietro Frua while Frua's studio as a subsidiary of the prestigious carrozzeria Ghia. Volvo insisted it was an Italian design by Frua and only in 2009 officially recognized Pelle Petterson's authorship. Carrozzeria Frua built the first three prototypes between September 1957 and early 1958, later designated by Volvo in September 1958: , P958-X2 and P958-X3 (P:Project, 9:September, 58:Year 1958 = P958, X: eXperimental.). In December 1957 Helmer Petterson drove X1, (the first hand-built P1800 prototype) to Osnabrück, West Germany, headquarters of Karmann."
"in the second movie and one in the fourth), Nissan C10 Skyline and finally a Nissan GT-R. Apart from Skylines, he has owned: a tuned Mitsubishi Eclipse in the first film (but it's hinted this was paid for by the LAPD-FBI task force he had gone undercover for), a Lancer Evo, a Subaru (twice) and a Supra (twice). The following cars are driven by Brian O'Conner throughout the series: Note: The Evo VII had the tail lights from the Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Rally and it was both the 2002 Evo VII and 2002 Lancer OZ Rally. The role won Walker"
"160hk/DIN. Acc 0–100 km/h 11,9 sec. Acc 0–160 km/h 35,2 sec. Top speed 188 km/h. References: Autozeitung nr 8-1972 and Autozeitung nr 1-1973. Transmission options included a manual 4-speed M400 gearbox, which was known as the M410 when equipped with the optional electrically operated Laycock de Normanville overdrive. Both the M400 and M410 had Volvo's ""remote control"" shift mechanism, which used a conventionally short, vertical shift stick placed between the front seats; manual-shift models other than the 164 and the P1800 continued until 1971 to use Volvo's direct-control shifter with an extremely long, almost horizontal shift lever with its pivot"
"Lives!"" television series, whose protagonist was a Victorian era spy, who was frozen in 1902, and then revived in the year 1966; The Beatles films, ""The Monkees"" television series, James Bond, and the ""cocktail party"" skits from ""Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In"". The series featured two cars number plates ""SWINGER"" and ""SWINGER2"" and collectively dubbed the ""Shaguars"" that were portrayed by a 1961 Jaguar E-Type and a 2001 Jaguar XK8 convertible, with a Union Jack paint scheme. The Ministry of Defence creates two cars to transport Powers through time: a psychedelic rainbow painted 1999 Volkswagen ""New Beetle"" convertible in the second"
"Originally, Blinn was to have Starsky drive a Chevrolet Camaro convertible because he fondly remembered a green and white one that he owned. However, when production started on the pilot episode, Ford Motor Company's Studio-TV Car Loan Program was the lease supplier for Spelling-Goldberg. They looked at lease stock and chose two 1975 351 Windsor V8-powered (VIN code ""H"") ""Bright Red"" (paint code 2B) 2-door Gran Torinos. Both cars had a role in the pilot movie, one being ""Starsky's"" car, and the other being a similar car which is mistaken for Starsky's car by the film's villains. They each had"
"which aired from 1962-1969. In 1998, an 1800S was certified as the highest mileage private vehicle driven by the original owner in non-commercial service — having exceeded three million miles (over 4.8 million km) as of 2013. The project was originally started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car to compete in the US & European markets, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900, had failed to take off with only 68 cars sold. The man behind the project was an engineering consultant to Volvo, Helmer Petterson, who in the 1940s was responsible for the Volvo PV444."
"just crackers."" Ian Fleming's character James Bond drives a 1930 Blower Bentley in three of the 007 Novels, ""Casino Royale"", ""Live and Let Die"" and ""Moonraker"". In the books, Bond drives one of the last Blower Bentleys built, a battleship grey Convertible Coupé, with French Marchal headlamps. Bentley 4½ Litre The Bentley 4½ Litre was a British car based on a rolling chassis built by Bentley Motors. Walter Owen Bentley replaced the Bentley 3 Litre with a more powerful car by increasing its engine displacement to . Bentley buyers used their cars for personal transport and arranged for their new"
"In the original novels by Colin Dexter, Morse had driven a Lancia but Thaw insisted on his character driving a British car in the television series. In the 1987 British film ""Withnail and I"", a light-grey 1961 Mark II 2.4 litre in very poor condition serves as the main transport for the eponymous main characters' disastrous trip to the Lake District. In the late 1980s to early 1990's the Character Joey Boswell drove a black Jaguar 240 in the British TV comedy ""Bread"". In the Rivers of London (novel) series (2011-present), Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, the last officially sanctioned"
"passionate than the average Volkswagen driver. Saab's main three markets were Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Saab 900 Turbo was James Bond's vehicle of choice in many of the John Gardner Bond novels of the 1980s, beginning with ""Licence Renewed"". In the second novel, ""For Special Services"", the 900 was dubbed the ""Silver Beast"". The car is Bond's private vehicle that he had outfitted with various gadgets by the real-life company Communication Control Systems Ltd (CCS). In conjunction with the release of ""Licence Renewed"", Saab had a real ""Silver Beast"" created that was virtually identical to"
"Nissan Onebox Cherry Vanette; Jazz, the special operations expert, transforms into a 1981 Porsche 935 Turbo; Mirage, the spy, transforms into a Ligier JS11 Formula 1 Racer; Prowl, the military strategist, transforms into a Datsun Fairlady 280ZX Police Cruiser; Ratchet, the medic, transforms into a Nissan Onebox Ambulance Vanette; Sideswipe, a warrior, transforms into a Lamborghini Countach prototype crafted from the LP500S model; Sunstreaker, who is Sideswipe's twin brother, and is also a warrior, transforms into a Lamborghini Countach LP500S; Trailbreaker, the defense strategist, transforms into a Toyota Hi-Lux 4WD; and Wheeljack, the mechanical engineer, transforms into a Lancia Stratos"
"and Death of Peter Sellers"". In the 2007–2010 BBC detective series ""Inspector George Gently"", Inspector George Gently (played by Martin Shaw) drives a Rover P5 Mark II and a Mark III. The quarter-pane windows are used when flicking cigarette ash out of the car. In the 2014 BBC TV Mini-Series ""The Game"", ""Daddy"" (played by Brian Cox), has a chauffeur driven grey P5B saloon at his disposal. The Rover P5B was featured in series 12, episode 10 of ""Wheeler Dealers"". In the 1970 movie Performance John Bindon's character (Moody) drives a P5 Coupé Rover P5 The Rover P5 series, is"
"Pursuit Special The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the Last of the V8 Interceptors, is the iconic black GT Falcon muscle car featuring a distinctive supercharger driven by the title character Mad Max during much of the ""Mad Max"" franchise, where it appears in ""Mad Max"", ""Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior"" and in ""Mad Max: Fury Road"", as well as both video games. The first car shown in the film with the title of Pursuit Special is a 1972 HQ Holden Monaro V8 coupe stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil), an escaped cop killer, who dies in"
"actress Ann Blyth, was given a 1940 Buick Special convertible as a gift. The movie ""Small Town Conspiracy"" features a 1939 Buick Special 8 that the main character of the film John Haleran (Zen Gesner) drives as his official police car. The car remained the property of director Ralph Clemente and was untouched for many years until sold to Florida restorer and car collector Axel Caravias. Halfway into the 1949 model year, the Specials received all-new bodywork, the first fully postwar design for the series. New was also the 40D-series, a better equipped version called the Special DeLuxe. The engine"
"to leave the computer world at night and fight crime. While in the real world, Automan posed as a government agent by the name of ""Otto J. Mann."" This was a secret to all except Walter's close associate, Roxanne Caldwell (Heather McNair). Nebicher could merge with Automan to become one being, sharing consciousness and skills, while retaining Automan's invulnerability. ""Cursor"" was his sidekick, a floating, shifting polyhedron which could ""draw"" and generate physical objects as needed. The most common forms taken were a car (the Auto Car), an airplane, and a helicopter, all of which could defy the laws of"
"car. In the first episode he drives a Jaguar in contrast to Bobby's Austin Princess and by the last episode is seen to drive a BMW. Barry also owned a Volkswagen camper, a Mahindra jeep and a Vauxhall Frontera throughout the years. Paul Usher was a Bluecoat at Pontins prior to taking his role in ""Brookside"". When Paul Usher left the programme in 1995, scripts had to be hastily rewritten. Most of his dialogue was given to Mick Johnson, while a disembodied hand was seen packing a suitcase. Barry was one of only two characters to appear in both the"
"Peter Hughes' ""My God Is An Angry God (Juan Manuel Fangio Castiga Los Pecados Del Mundo)"" prominently features a Saab 900 Aero. A black Saab 900 Turbo was a plot point in the movie Moving (1988 film) featuring Richard Pryor. The protagonist of Fredrik Backman novel ""A Man Called Ove"" is deeply fond of Saab's automobiles and his passion for the brand plays a role throughout the story. In August 2014 a Swedish book, ""Saabs sista strid"" was published, chronicling Saab's last year and spiral into bankruptcy. The author is Swedish financial journalist Jens B. Nordström. Saab competed in the"
"FAB 1 FAB 1 is a pink, six-wheeled car seen in the 1960s British science-fiction television series ""Thunderbirds"", its three film adaptations, and the reboot TV series ""Thunderbirds Are Go"". In the original ""Thunderbirds"" (1965–66), as well as the feature films ""Thunderbirds Are Go"" (1966) and ""Thunderbird 6"" (1968), FAB 1 is depicted as a modified Rolls-Royce. Owned by International Rescue agent Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward, the car is usually driven by her butler, Parker. The driver sits in a central position at the front of the passenger compartment, which is covered by a bulletproof bubble canopy. FAB 1 was modified"
"Cars used by the main characters were a white Vauxhall Victor 2000 FD, registration RXD 996F (incorrectly referred to as RXD 966F by Inspector Large, and confirmed as such by Jeff, in ""Money To Burn"") and a red Austin Seven/Mini, registration BAP 245B. The Victor was one of six loaned by Vauxhall Motors for filming the series, and viewers may sometimes catch the second-unit continuity out, as some scenes of Jeff Randall's Victor show the car with a burgundy interior and others a black cabin. It is never explained how the constantly strapped for cash Randall owns a nearly new"
"Chevrolet Van and - in one case - a Lincoln Limo. Percy Nilegård Percy Nilegård is a fictional character played by Johan Rheborg, and one of the primary staples of the Swedish comedy-group Killinggänget. A vain, snobbish, and possibly insane capitalist with a noticeable underbite, he does almost everything to earn money while also promoting his own ideas of good taste which usually involve a lack of judgment paired with conservative and racist view of society. Beyond his racism Nilegård also has a very ignorant view of the world in general, including subjects he claims to be interested in (for"
"a Plymouth Barracuda also made appearances. Cars in Miami Vice The cars in ""Miami Vice"" mainly involve the Ferrari Daytona Spyder and the Ferrari Testarossa, but also include other automobiles driven by the characters on the show. Currently one Daytona (Car #4) is in a private collection and the other (Car #1) is on display at the Volo Auto Museum, the Ferrari Testarossa stunt car resides in Kingsport, Tennessee and is owned by Carl Roberts of Carl Roberts Motor Group. Today, the hero car (Ferrari Testarossa chassis #63631) is part of The Witvoet collection owned by Bastiaan Witvoet in Belgium."
"automotive pioneer Karl Benz, which was ""Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant"". Realism is also expressed in the fictional background. Vaillant's factories and property are prominenly featured in the series. The Vaillante firm is run as a real company, it has financial problems, must launch advertising campaigns and search for sponsors. It owns factories, which employs several engineers and mechanics that are realistically described and is shown employing several real-life drivers. The Vaillants own the familial domain ""La Jonquière"", located a short drive / cycle ride from the factory, and is home throughout the series to Henri and Elisabeth Vaillant. Michel and"
"a heavily modified Dodge Tradesman van. In the beginning, J.J. says to himself ""we could get a black Trans Am"", then answers his own question with ""Nah that's been done,"" a reference to the ""Smokey and the Bandit"" films of Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham. In an attempt to appear legitimate to law enforcement, the team of J.J. and Victor hires Doctor Nikolas Van Helsing, a frightening, yet friendly, physician of questionable skill played by Jack Elam. They kidnap attractive young photographer Pamela Glover (Farrah Fawcett) — whom they nickname ""Beauty"" — to be their cover patient. Beauty vehemently"
"used by George and Marion Kerby, before they become ghosts, and later by Cosmo Topper – whose own car is a 1936 Lincoln Model K – is a custom-made vehicle with a resemblance to Cord and Duesenberg automobiles of the 1930s. Production models of a Cord were too small to use, so the custom body was built on the chassis of a 1936 Buick Roadmaster by Bohman & Schwartz and the external exhaust pipes characteristic of a supercharged Cord are non-functional; the Buick Roadmaster of the time used an eight-in-line (""straight eight"") engine whereas the Cord used a V-8 engine-"