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Spotted a Toyota Estima with French plates today. Plate was W-2?0-GJ for those who like to use the illegal site. 
No need for any illegal site
W means a garage's plate, meaning the car has just been sold and is awaiting its normal registration (sorry, I confused with WW) belongs to the manufacturer / a garage. The registration number is renewed each year but stay the same: this plate was therefore given in January 2015.
This doesn't mean that the car is a 2015 model: unlike the other SIV registration numbers, a W belongs to the garage and is not related to a specific vehicle, so a plate can be used on different vehicles as long as it used on one at a time.
[...] Looks like they started with Mediterranean Sea first.
Thanks.
"Mahindra Europe Srl since 2002 is the official importer of Mahindra vehicles in Europe".
Clearly not a best-seller in France, as I never saw any of them before this Spanish one
If with a genuine hood badge, then a 1956 only Task-Force. The medium bed (long footstep with only one small reinforcement above the rear wheel arch) makes it then a long ½-ton 3200 or a ¾-ton 3600.
Rare model: the Suburban Carrier is the GMC sibling of the Chevrolet Cameo Carrier, forerunner of both the Fleetside / Wide-Side bed style and the Chevrolet El Camino...
This said, this one is more likely a late 1955 model, as the "grille extension panels" (once more, if genuine) were removed for the 1956 model year.
It took me years to find out, but its finally done.. From what i could find its called Manta Mirage . there is another one i saw but lights are different, i don't know if it is another Manta or something else, Google results showas a wide variety of them. I can't put a year range either due to that reason
Not a car but its the fact that it was in a 2007-2009 white Nissan Versa S , parked directly in front of my 2009 white Nissan Versa S that i find funny.. i almost want one now !
missed : Audi 90, wish i had a 3rd hand to hold bags, car keys and pick the camera out from my pocket...
Not a car but its the fact that it was in a 2007-2009 white Nissan Versa S , parked directly in front of my 2009 white Nissan Versa S that i find funny.. i almost want one now !
missed : Audi 90, wish i had a 3rd hand to hold bags, car keys and pick the camera out from my pocket...
^ Cool Manta, Baube 
195? Chevrolet unknown
Dodge A-Series
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
And can anyone identify this decal on the rear of this background car on an early (1977) episode of CHiPs? "Giant Step" can't find anything on it, sounds like a band name but I got nothing
195? Chevrolet unknown
Dodge A-Series
1995 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
And can anyone identify this decal on the rear of this background car on an early (1977) episode of CHiPs? "Giant Step" can't find anything on it, sounds like a band name but I got nothing
Oooo.... 1957 Chevrolet Two-Ten 9-Passenger Wagon, model 2119
1959 Edsel Corsair:
They seem also often used on vehicles that are difficult to register, i.e. vehicles that were not officially sold in France [...]
These vehicles still need the technical clearance by the service des Mines to be allowed on French roads, even if approved individually. So I'm not sure the W plate help this way. I see it more like garage owners fond of US vehcles and who do that way so that it's the garage budget that is used when about filling the tank or buying parts, and not their own wallet
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Some vehicles seen in the area:
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Proud owner... or just unable to remember the name of his/her car? | The hood is of normal length... |
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Who wanna play hide and seek with me? (1974-75 Porsche 911S "Carrera Look") | Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. |
i don't know them very well.. does the Kangoo has twins ? if so , yeah, could be helpful...
The Queen of Clio... but i always thought she was Egyptian...
The Queen of Clio... but i always thought she was Egyptian...
There's so few Nissan Kubistar that it would me more logical to be proud to own the Nissan model
(For the second generation, both the Kangoo and the Mercedes-Benz Citan are so ugly that no reasonable person would dare to draw attention on them that way... )
(For the second generation, both the Kangoo and the Mercedes-Benz Citan are so ugly that no reasonable person would dare to draw attention on them that way...
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This is a wider phenomenon:
https://www.whatuptees.com/view/23887789/renault-kangoo-married-to-my-t-shirt
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Kept US plate, but recent valid one, is below the rear bumper.
1963 Plymouth Valiant Signet 200
1968 Lincoln Continental
1969 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
1971-73 Ford Pinto Runabout
My 1978 Olds in her natural habitat (okay, and a 1986+ Camaro that I didn't notice until later on...)
1991 UMC Aeromate (none listed on IMCDb?)
1968 Lincoln Continental
1969 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible
1971-73 Ford Pinto Runabout
My 1978 Olds in her natural habitat
(okay, and a 1986+ Camaro that I didn't notice until later on...)
1991 UMC Aeromate (none listed on IMCDb?)
My 1978 Olds in her natural habitat (okay, and a 1986+ Camaro that I didn't notice until later on...)
(okay, and a 1986+ Camaro that I didn't notice until later on...)http://imgur.com/qO4UKAh
Wondering if that Runabout thing had a new meaning after the scandal came out ..
Camaro is 1987-1990
Nice pics
Some interesting cars from the past week.
Last Sunday, SAAB 9-7X:
Tuesday, 1971 Toyota Crown RS50 with 194000 km on the clock seen in Fredrikstad, Norway:
Friday;
Two red Volvo 244, 1988 and 1990:
1976 MB L307:
1972 Volvo 1800ES:
1973 Volvo 144:
1975 SAAB 95 V4:
1976 SAAB 96 V4:
1979 SAAB 96 V4 GL:
This sunday;
1962 SAAB 96 De Luxe (two-stroke):
1966 Volvo P210 Duett:
I did also see a 1939 Chevrolet, a Porsche tractor on a trailer and some Cadillac, maybe 1955 or so today.
Last Sunday, SAAB 9-7X:
Tuesday, 1971 Toyota Crown RS50 with 194000 km on the clock seen in Fredrikstad, Norway:
Friday;
Two red Volvo 244, 1988 and 1990:
1976 MB L307:
1972 Volvo 1800ES:
1973 Volvo 144:
1975 SAAB 95 V4:
1976 SAAB 96 V4:
1979 SAAB 96 V4 GL:
This sunday;
1962 SAAB 96 De Luxe (two-stroke):
1966 Volvo P210 Duett:
I did also see a 1939 Chevrolet, a Porsche tractor on a trailer and some Cadillac, maybe 1955 or so today.
It's an import. The added rear foglight is a clue. And the plate check site confirms it : 2006 car, imported in 2007 in Sweden.
Koldioxidutsläpp, CO2 : 363 g/km
Koldioxidutsläpp, CO2 : 363 g/km
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