This sedan attracted the attention of a friend visiting Laos. He’s a car buff but has no idea what it is. Given its apparent build quality, it’s probably a major manufacturer’s creation rebadged for a foreign market.
Looks BMW Bavaria-influenced, though I don’t know of Bimmer pulling off its well known badge for an “m.” The front end suggests a bit of Lancia, though some googling around turned up nothing especially close to it.
One approach might be to knock on the door and see if the homeowner speaks a common language and has some background. My friend’s son found this, however, which suggested the car’s owner might not be up to talking.
They left well enough along. Quickly.
The front looks corvairish and the back does look beamer. The hole looks like…. suspicious. It was a rock… thats it…a rock.
Hoping you’re right Jerome. My wife and I once went to a “blood spatter” continuing legal education seminar–fascinating but not for the squeamish. If this were, uh, not a rock, and the driver got in the way of it, cleaning up the car would be quite a task. .. Think Samuel L. and Travolta after that bump in the road in Pulp Fiction.
It has an early 5 series look about it. European version.
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