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Laotian Mystery Car

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

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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.

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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.

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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.

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They left well enough along. Quickly.

3 Responses to "Laotian Mystery Car"

Jerome says:

April 28th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

The front looks corvairish and the back does look beamer. The hole looks like…. suspicious. It was a rock… thats it…a rock.

Kris Palmer says:

April 30th, 2009 at 4:30 pm

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.

Cameron says:

May 8th, 2009 at 1:29 am

It has an early 5 series look about it. European version.

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MotorMouth Kris Palmer, freelance auto writer and editor, blogs about vintage cars, the collectible auto scene and just about anything else that goes vroom.

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