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Old 13-04-2007, 04:40 PM
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Some will of course say Astons...: however, there have been hundreds of others. My preferences are for Simon Templars Volvo P1800 or the later Jensen Interceptor favoured by Simon Dutton. However I love the much earlier Citroen Tractions used in From Russia with love for the scenes in Istanbul and in the chase scenes from To Catch A Thief.

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The Baron also drove a wonderful Jensen Interceptor (60s version)... but the winner must be The Batmobile!!!!
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The Baron also drove a wonderful Jensen Interceptor (60s version)... but the winner must be The Batmobile!!!!
Your preference being for the Futura or the Tumbler?
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That nice one Mr West used in the 1960s
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Had to be Lewis Collins RS2000. Most other detective cool cars were sheds that handled like a bag of nails. (apart from Danny Wilde's Dino)
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It has to be The Gen'rel Lee' from The Dukes of Hazard.

A car with no doors and Catherine Bach!!
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Had to be Lewis Collins RS2000. Most other detective cool cars were sheds that handled like a bag of nails. (apart from Danny Wilde's Dino)
Yes, an excellent choice too...perhaps not as stylish as some, but very cool. I remember thinking at the time that the protruding/sloping front grille was very cool in itself.
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from Man In A Suitcase, what about McGill's Hillman Imp .... very ...er ...practical and inconspicuous
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Hey...one of the earliest hatchbacks...my mum had one of these in the 60s
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Good call Bats ! A car for a PROPER detective who wanted to mingle with the crowd and just do his job...

My uncle had three IMPS in succession ; the last one died near the Welsh coast in the mid 1980s. But it was such a sunny day that we walked/hitched back to the Midlands.

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The Baron drove a Jensen CV-8 not an Interceptor.
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Some will of course say Astons...: however, there have been hundreds of others. My preferences are for Simon Templars Volvo P1800 or the later Jensen Interceptor favoured by Simon Dutton. However I love the much earlier Citroen Tractions used in From Russia with love for the scenes in Istanbul and in the chase scenes from To Catch A Thief.

Any takers for Del Boy's Reliant?
Did you know that ST's car should have been a Jag, however they refused to let them have one, but Volvo gave them one of theirs - great British programming, crap British management - ain't that always the truth?

Personally I loved the Volvo and Danny Wilde's Dino. Prize for worst TV action mans car: Doyle's Escort. And believe it or not I posted this without seeing DB7's earlier post.
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The Baron drove a Jensen CV-8 not an Interceptor.

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The Baron drove a Jensen CV-8 not an Interceptor.
That is a cool car.

Straker's gull wing anyone?

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