The car he died in (1931) was reportedly a Packard convertible.

Charles De Gaulle assassination attempt in his Citroën DS



Luckily he is fine.


quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle

Looked these up on wikipedia:

Ford V8


Williams-Renault FW16


Chevrolet Monte Carlo


Seems to be a 3500. http://www.channel4.com/4car/ft/feature/top+ten/1737/8

The car Franz Ferdinand was riding when he was shot was a 1910 or 1911 Gräf & Stift.

Other famous people killed in car accidents:

Princess Diana - Mercedes-Benz S280 [W140]

General George S. Patton - 1938 Cadillac Series 75

Grace Kelly - Rover [P6]

Jayne Mansfield - 1966 Buick Electra 225

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow (shot by police officers)

Jackson Pollock - Oldsmobile

Ayrton Senna - F1 Car (don't know which make)

Dale Earnhardt - NASCAR (don't know which make)

Biggie Smalls - GMC Suburban (drive-by shooting)

Tupac Shakur - BMW 750iL (drive-by shooting)

Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - Mitsubishi Pajero

Albert Camus - Facel-Vega

Tom Mix - 1937 Cord 812 (killed by flying luggage when he had to brake sharply)

Steve Allen - (died of a heart attack which autopsy report concluded was a result of a minor car addict that occured earlier in the day)

Ernie Kovacs - Chevrolet Corvair

Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With the Wind) - Hit by a car.

Isadora Duncan - Bugatti

Desmond Llewellyn (Q in the Bond films) - Renault Megane

Bessie Smith (Blues Singer) - Packard

T.E. Lawrence - Brough Superior SS100 motorcycle (OK it's not a car but it's still a road accident)

Linda Lovelace (porn star)

F.W. Murnau

Marc Bolan (rock star) - Mini

Jean Bugatti (son of Etoire Bugatti) - Bugatti Type 57S Tank

Alexander Fu Sheng (Martial arts film star) - Porsche 911 Targa

Tim Horton (hockey player) DeTomaso Pantera

There was only two BMW M5 E28 imported to Sweden, both to the Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf, one was sold some years ago but I think he kept one.

For me something real special is that:
http://picasaweb.google.com/252plates/MilitaryLiaisonsColdWar#
mainly due the very special circumstances.

Such a plate would be great for my collection. But I'm not in panic or depressive, because until now I haven't one. The most unbelievable coincidences will happen sometimes. Patience, good connections and some luck will make it possible.
I've found randomly one the rarest German license-plates ever (probably some of the rarest anywhere) -and finally I got them , with the result, that I've paid the highest price ever for a German plate.

So since I made this, and I've heard, how a friend of my collector-friends got such a SOXMIS-plate above, I'm much relaxter. Some many will be possible...


To this thread also cars are belonging, who were owned by important persons or with are related in important historic moments. Examples we can find a lot.

I'm now too lazy, to search for pirctures in the WWW, but just by short brainstorming I'll list these cars

- the Lincoln, in which Kennedy was shot.

- the car Franz Ferdinand was killed in (the beginning of WW I)

- the Porsche Spyder, James Dean was killed in

...and many cars, owned by presidents, kings, despots, stars, etc...