Spotted Today!

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Took CJ to a local Volvo dealership where they had these two beauties in the showroom. A 242 GT and a 1800 ES.

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Mercedes-Benz 280SE W116 in my hood in Munich. A shame about the rear towing hook which just looks silly on an S-Class.











Stunning BMW 7 Series (E32) with Alpina wheels! DAMN! 

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Spotted in Mühldorf am Inn. I'm assuming this is an Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale? 











Chevrolet Alero! Us Europeans got these as Chevrolet's, not Oldsmobiles.









Opel Senator 3.0i 24V - rare today since their rust protection sucked. And these are from the early 1990s!!!









Two-For-One! Mercedes-Benz 300SE "Fintail" (W112) and a Mercedes-Benz 450SL (R107) in downtown Munich.

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Wow, the ultra rare Chevrolet Oldsmobile Alero. 

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Wow, the ultra rare Chevrolet Oldsmobile Alero. 

I was lucky enough to catch it out in the wild!

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A glimpse at the depressing EV future... Opel Rocks E.... 45 km/h top speed, 75 km range. A PRISON ON WHEELS. Yeah, it's a city car but 45 km/h top speed is slow and 75 km range is crap. Turn on the A/C and bam, you're down to... wait, does this POS even have an A/C? 










1967 Ford Bronco in my hood in Munich.











First generation Mercedes A-Class A210... the "performance version" of this range. Rare.

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Sweet Ford Mustang on the Autobahn. He was driving very slowly. I was passing at a pathetic 140 km/h (87.5 mph).





Gorgeous Ford Mustang in Mühldorf am Inn! Love the color and the overall perfect condition of this ride!














Alfa Romeo Montreal spotted on the parking lot of an electronics store in Neuötting.











Vintage Mercedes-Benz Unimog in Mühldorf am Inn.

[FoMoJo]

Beautiful '66 Mustang.

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OMG! Oldsmobile Delta 88 in Mühldorf am Inn!!! 

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Whoa! A convoy of FMR TG-500s in Füssen, Germany. Based on the Messerschmitt Kabinenroller chassis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMR_Tg500






















Mercedes-Benz 280SE Convertible

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1951-1973 Fiat Campagnola spotted in a residential neighborhood in Munich. I never even knew these existed and this is [obviously] the first one I've seen!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_Campagnola

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Opel Rekord C and Opel Senator B 3.0i at Hohenschwangau Castle in Füssen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenschwangau_Castle

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1960s Ford Thunderbird, spotted today in Munich.

[FoMoJo]

I'm impressed with the condition of some of these NA cars over there.  I didn't realize they were at all popular.

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I'm impressed with the condition of some of these NA cars over there.  I didn't realize they were at all popular.

Classic American cars are very popular here, even the so-called 1970s "Malaise Era" rides. A lot of Germans grew up with American movies so it's only natural for them to jizz over something obscure as maybe a Dodge St. Regis or Chevrolet Caprice Classic cop or taxi car.

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Nice Porsche 911 G-Model










1966-1972 BMW 2000 "Neue Klasse"(E121)











Gorgeous Mercedes-Benz 280SLC Coupe (C107). 

[Soup DeVille]

That 911 is peak Porsche as far as I'm concerned.

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Opel Monza GSE

[Speed_Racer]

I appreciate honest/self-deprecating badging.

Heading back from Idaho a few weeks ago, we saw a lifted F250 with a vinyl decal in the rear window - #tinydick
Gave us a good laugh.

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Swiss-made Opel Rekord 1900L in Füssen, Germany. The owner came all the way from Switzerland and taught me something that I didn't know: that some of these older Opels were made in Switzerland for the Swiss market. Makes you wonder why they just didn't import them from next-door Germany!












Jeep Wagoneer






Peugeot 504 Convertible











Audi 90 Coupe

[Rich]

Opel Monza GSE

Be still my beating heart.  Those wheels and those sidewalls 

Did this car share a platform with anything else?

[FoMoJo]

Peugeot 504 Convertible

That is a beautiful car.  The symmetry is perfect.

[AutobahnSHO]

Ford Maverick (2022) in a reddish orange.

Pontiac Aztec, in yellow of course! The front and rear bumpers have been replaced, the plastic is black not like the rest faded to grey....

[AutobahnSHO]

That is a beautiful car.  The symmetry is perfect.

The 504 station wagon from that era was so beautiful!! I loved their hood/headlight shape, too!

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Be still my beating heart.  Those wheels and those sidewalls 

Did this car share a platform with anything else?

Yes, the platform originated from the smaller Rekord / Commodore cars. The Monza platform was also used by the flagship Opel Senator. In the case of the Monza the platform was shortened whereas for the Senator it was lengthened.

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That is a beautiful car.  The symmetry is perfect.

Just needs better wheels!

[Morris Minor]

Opel Monza GSE

There's a lady here who's dad was a GM executive. She lived all over the place when she was a kid. He was head of their Brazil operation (she speaks fluent Portuguese.) Then he (& the family) was sent to Rüsselheim to head up Opel in the late 1970s. She's super-nice, divorced I think, works as a commercial model - still a knockout & gets plenty of work as a greyhair.

I never quite understood the GM Vauxhall/Opel setup, with Vauxhalls becoming badge-engineered 100% clones in the end.

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Lancia Flavia Coupe in downtown Munich.

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I never quite understood the GM Vauxhall/Opel setup, with Vauxhalls becoming badge-engineered 100% clones in the end.

It's confusing even for me. Vauxhall were apparently just RHD Opels for the UK market and perhaps South Africa, Cyprus and Malta and Oceania. But I do know that Opels were also sold in the UK as RHD cars. Totally confusing stuff. If I were an Opel enthusiast I'd probably know more details but I started losing interest in the brand when their car designs became boring beginning in the late 1970s.

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Mid-1960s Chevrolet Impala Coupe?













Mystery truck... all we know is... it's powered by DIESEL!