Seven Dials (Mystery) on Netflix - car?
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Anyone know what the vintage tourer driven by the protagonist in the new Netflix Agatha Christie is? I think it's a Hispano Suiza in the book, but this looks like something British. The actresses small stature mean its a bit difficult to see the scale, looks a bit like a 2l Lagonda, or maybe an Alvis?
Anyone know what the vintage tourer driven by the protagonist in the new Netflix Agatha Christie is? I think it's a Hispano Suiza in the book, but this looks like something British. The actresses small stature mean its a bit difficult to see the scale, looks a bit like a 2l Lagonda, or maybe an Alvis?
Yes, in the dialogue it s described as a Lagonda - doesn t mean it actually is one of course. In the book she drove a Hispano, I agree.
The steering wheel looks massive for her.
Captain Hastings drove a 2.0 Lagonda in the 1980s Poirot series incidentally, though that was set about a decade later
The steering wheel looks massive for her.
Captain Hastings drove a 2.0 Lagonda in the 1980s Poirot series incidentally, though that was set about a decade later
Edited by Granadier on Monday 19th January 13:08
Hispano was a massive luxury car of the time.... MUCH more substantial than the car in the pic
same for a 20-30's Lagonda... would've been longer, lower and chunkier screen, with more of a prominent screen/scuttle
this is a similar age c3 cabriolet (which I think it is)
same for a 20-30's Lagonda... would've been longer, lower and chunkier screen, with more of a prominent screen/scuttle
this is a similar age c3 cabriolet (which I think it is)
Edited by ikarl on Monday 19th January 13:59
In which case.... I am miles wrong with my previous responses saying it's a Citroen!!
Though still not a Lagonda or Hispano as they both had enclosed front wheels
Possibly just something that reads as vintage on the camera.... like a Ford Model A with extensive mods (zooming in on that pic I think there is one single transverse spring running across the chassis (signature Ford Model T / Model A))
Though still not a Lagonda or Hispano as they both had enclosed front wheels
Possibly just something that reads as vintage on the camera.... like a Ford Model A with extensive mods (zooming in on that pic I think there is one single transverse spring running across the chassis (signature Ford Model T / Model A))
I always wonder how modern actors adapt to driving ancient cars (apparently naturally) in these period series. I assume this Lagonda features a crash gearbox, manual advance/retard and very heavy steering by modern standards. Yet Mia McKenna-Bruce (born 1997) appears to be actually driving it, unless it's all green-screen trickery.
Lagondas featured prominently in two 1980s sleuth series - Agatha Christie's Poirot and Campion - and both Hugh Fraser and Peter Davison have said in interviews how much they enjoyed driving them. But these guys are from a much older generation who might have already come across prewar cars in their early driving careers.
Lagondas featured prominently in two 1980s sleuth series - Agatha Christie's Poirot and Campion - and both Hugh Fraser and Peter Davison have said in interviews how much they enjoyed driving them. But these guys are from a much older generation who might have already come across prewar cars in their early driving careers.
A993LAD said:
my wife owns a 2 litre Lagonda and they are tricky to drive.
that actress definitely wasn't driving it. in the bit I saw she was speeding along with the windscreen folded up. yet her hair wasn't blowing around and she'd have got bugs in her eyes
Heavy steering, negligible brakes and non-synchromesh gearbox? I once had the opportunity to drive a 1928 Bentley 3l and that was certainly a challenge! And at least that one had conventional pedals. that actress definitely wasn't driving it. in the bit I saw she was speeding along with the windscreen folded up. yet her hair wasn't blowing around and she'd have got bugs in her eyes
I’m pretty sure she wasn’t driving as this car has a few oddities, the gear lever and handbrake are on the right (hence no drivers door) and the accelerator pedal is in the middle, clutch on the left, brake on the right. The gearbox is an acquired taste, it works reasonably well going up the gear (there is a brake on the clutch which slows the gears down) but this all leads to very tricky changes going down the gears - especially into first and second. The brakes are cable and rod operated and work pretty well but then you’re unlikely to be going that fast. Its definitely a tourer not a sports car and wafts along with real dignity. The steering is impossible to turn when stationary but lightens up nicely on the move. Overall great fun to drive once you’ve got used to it.
markcaroe said:
but then you re unlikely to be going that fast
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