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Andreas (A.J.Z.) has got it - Mercedes Benz 190er series (the riddle car is exactly a Diesel car, but you cant see it from this perspective), also known as "Baby Benz". The first attempt of Mercedes to produce "small" cars, forced by the californian laws which restricted the fuel consumption of the whole "fleet" of a maker.

So to sell their S-Klasse Mercedes, they have to offer an economical car as well.

Produced at a high level of quality, the "Bay Benz" was in the market from 1982 to 1992, and there are still lots of them on the streets.

 

Cheers, Andreas

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The California law expanded to become federal, and is referred to as CAFE: Corporate Average Fuel Economy, which is computed by averaging the amount of fuel used by a manufacturer's autos, factoring in the expected numbers to be sold of each model.

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Thanks, very nice way of hiding the car but the recognizable shape and the mirror made an E190 my first thought although it is of course very rare compared to the Mosler ;)

 

I will post something later today (no access to suitable pics now).

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Nice color!

 

Its called "night green metallic" ("nachtgrünmetallic"), very elegant compared to the green colors available after the major update 1988.

 

Cheers, Andreas

 

PS: The "OM 601" on the number plate is the Mercedes engine code of the Mercedes Benz 190D and stands for "Oel Motor 601" ("Oel Motor" means Diesel engine). By the way, beside the Moslers the only non-MG in my garage ;-) Bought it in 2004 with only 40.000 kilometers in a like-new condition - could'nt resist!

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re "Baby Benz" - here this car had not so nice nicknames

 

Here we go again

 

hint:not a Batmobile and no Mosler (would be too easy)

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This could well be a funeral Cadillac (maybe S&S Landau Hearse, 6th generation Fleetwood Brougham).

I´m not sure which famous passenger you have in mind, there were so many, for example Marlene Dietrich.

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Its a 1965 Fleetwood 75 from geman coachbuilder Pollmann. Passengers? Marlene Dietrich, Paul Löbe, Benno Ohnesorg, Herbert Marcuse, Günter Pfitzmann, Horst Buchholz. These names give a strong hint it´s a car mainly used in Berlin.

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Its a 1965 Fleetwood 75 from geman coachbuilder Pollmann. Passengers? Marlene Dietrich, Paul Löbe, Benno Ohnesorg, Herbert Marcuse, Günter Pfitzmann, Horst Buchholz. These names give a strong hint it´s a car mainly used in Berlin.

 

I am impressed! I was just about to post a clue because I thougth that it is too difficult. You got the right car and passengers on their last trip.

 

It is indeed a Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Commerce used by the funeral parlor Julius Grieneisen, Berlin.

 

Over to you!

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damn, I was searching, but mostly all of them have their lights horizontaly and not vertically ....v:ovv:p

 

Thats why I thought of something "special". Knew the decade and maker because of the details, but had to make a decision between the both mentioned coachbuilders. It was quite uncommon that a coachbuilder from Bremen/Gemany made Cadillacs, so this IS exotic!

 

Pollmann had a long history with a (partly) bad end. Luckily a division of ex-workers could split up as a service company and buy the patents for funeral cars back.

 

I'll post something tomorrow (today).

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Sorry gents, my archive was out of reach for a day. So maker and model please.

 

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Renault Megane TS, I assume...and it seems, that a part of the picture has been ripped of during the upload

;-)

 

Cheers, Andreas

 

Sorry, no Renault and no part has been ripped off - look twice, what else could that white part be? ;)

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