TV & Film characters: What would they drive now?

[Milkyway]

Along the lines of:

Steed, Purdey & Gambit... Emma Peel.
Bodie & Doyle
Freddie Spender
Derek Trotter etc
Arthur Daley & Terry McCann.
Richard Bouquet.
Frank Spencer

Starsky & Hutch
Duke Boys & Boss Hogg.
Frank Bullitt.
Crockett & Tubbs.
Thomas Magnum.

You get the drift.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 5th June 22:28

[Warhavernet]

Richard Bucket would be in a Skoda Octavia estate, and Onslow would still have the Mk4 Cortina.

[Doofus]

Milkyway said:

Along the lines of:

Steed, Purdey & Gambit... Emma Peel.
Bodie & Doyle
Freddie Spender
Derek Trotter etc
Arthur Daley & Terry McCann.
Richard Bouquet.
Frank Spencer

Starsky & Hutch
Duke Boys & Boss Hogg.
Frank Bullitt.
Crockett & Tubbs.
Thomas Magnum.

You get the drift.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 5th June 22:28

At least half of them are dead.

[Milkyway]

Doofus said:

At least half of them are dead.

Very true.

But I did have Steed in a Lotus Carlton.

[MC Bodge]

They'd all be driving SUVs, surely?

[Milkyway]

MC Bodge said:

They'd all be driving SUVs, surely?

Those Duke boys leaping over a broken bridge in an EV... might be bit of a heavy landing.

[MC Bodge]

Warhavernet said:

Richard Bucket would be in a Skoda Octavia estate, and Onslow would still have the Mk4 Cortina.

Richard Bucket would be in a Qashqai

[miniman]

MC Bodge said:

Richard Bucket would be in a Qashqai

A Jazz, surely?

[Super Sonic]

Doofus said:

Milkyway said:

Along the lines of:

Steed, Purdey & Gambit... Emma Peel.
Bodie & Doyle
Freddie Spender
Derek Trotter etc
Arthur Daley & Terry McCann.
Richard Bouquet.
Frank Spencer

Starsky & Hutch
Duke Boys & Boss Hogg.
Frank Bullitt.
Crockett & Tubbs.
Thomas Magnum.

You get the drift.

Edited by Milkyway on Friday 5th June 22:28

At least half of them are dead.

They're fictional characters, so if they weren't killed in their fictional worlds, they're still alive.

[Promised Land]

Arthur Daley would be wafting around in a 10-15 year old Conti GT.

Terry is a difficult one, originally he was supposed to be driving the mark 2 Escort with the X pack behind him in the opening credits but they thought it was too good a car at the time for him to afford, barely got a living wage, always cash in hand etc so he got the Mk 2 Capri which became a mk 1 in series 2 on the mk 2 plates.

Duke boys in a modern Challenger or Mustang? Not new but recent.

[MC Bodge]

Spender would be in an Ioniq 5n

[Milkyway]

"Del Boy' in a Kangoo*... Rodney would have an older Transit van.
(*or Berlingo)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 15th June 18:02

[Dapster]

MC Bodge said:

Richard Bucket would be in a Qashqai

Basil Fawlty would be in a gen 1 Qashqai

[Warhavernet]

Films and TV have a habit, especially the US, of shoeing in anachronistic cars into the narrative, so you have characters in modern setting films like Thelma and Louise, Rainman, 48 Hours, The Morning After and Uncle Buck all driving around in monstrous land barges from the 50s-70s. The nearest UK equivalent would be Morse in his beloved Jag, or Shoestring in a Hillman Hunter.

[AlexC1981]

MC Bodge said:

Warhavernet said:

Richard Bucket would be in a Skoda Octavia estate, and Onslow would still have the Mk4 Cortina.

Richard Bucket would be in a Qashqai

In the late 80s the original Rover 216 saloon was still a bit posh wasn't it? A step up from an Orion or Cavalier. Probably a BMW 3 series equivalent today.

[Dapster]

Warhavernet said:

Films and TV have a habit, especially the US, of shoeing in anachronistic cars into the narrative, so you have characters in modern setting films like Thelma and Louise, Rainman, 48 Hours, The Morning After and Uncle Buck all driving around in monstrous land barges from the 50s-70s. The nearest UK equivalent would be Morse in his beloved Jag, or Shoestring in a Hillman Hunter.

Morse yes, and Bergerac too. However Shoestring's Hunter was probably only about 7 years old when it was on screen, and the orange Cortina estate even newer.


Back to the question, Richard De Vere in To The Manor Born would today be in a Mansory Bentayga whilst Audrey would be in the chrome bumper Corniche convertible that De Verre had in the original series.

[XJ8Owner]

TV Equaliser; Series 3 XJ6

Equaliser 2: Chevrolet Malibu.....

[AlexC1981]

Something like this might suit to replace Derek Trotter's Reliant Regal.

[Skodapondy]

Spender - RS3 or Golf R
Dukes of Hazard - Charger or Challenger Hellcat
The Professionals - Impreza WRX STi & M2
Richard & Hyacinth - Hyundai i20, and a C-Max for Onslow.
Minder - Old Conti GT for Daley and for Terry an ASBO orange Focus ST
Bullitt - No change, it's untouchable.
Starsky & Hutch - Toughie as what these days is as OTT as that. Some form of Dark Horse Mustang maybe?
Morse - S Type with a V8.
Crockett and Tubbs - Ferrari Luce, with the way the world is 🤮
Magnum - Ferrari 488 (I'm not a fan of the 296)

Edited by Skodapondy on Monday 15th June 22:02

[Milkyway]

AlexC1981 said:

Something like this might suit to replace Derek Trotter's Reliant Regal.

Trotters Independent Traders & Son... sign written in cream.