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What car was Peter (Bettany) driving?


It looked like an old Porsche or maybe even a VW. Anyone know?

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After rewinding, I'm sure it's a Porsche, but unsure of the model or year. I'm pretty sure it's late 30's or early 40's, but that's it.
Thanks!

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I believe it's a mid-'50s Porsche Spider. It can't be '30s or early '40s, as Porsche didn't make cars in the '30s or early '40s.

It may be a reproduction: one or both of the car you actually see in the movie, and the fictional car that the character is driving.

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uh yeah, porsche has been making racing cars since 1938.

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Porsche made a grand total of three cars before 1948. Not three models: three cars. I don't think this was supposed to be one of them.

You may be aware that some things happened in Europe between 1939 and 1945.

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Porsche made a grand total of three cars before 1948.


That isn't exactly right. The original 356 was indeed the first production car under the Porsche brand (of which ~35000 are intact today).
Maybe you meant other cars designed by him. He received royalties for every VW Beetle of the original series made for example.

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It's actually based on a Porshe, but it was manufactured just for the film. There were actually two made.

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The Trivia says its a porsche Jelly Mould...does that mean anything to anyone? coz it doesn't to me!!


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oh, coz the trivia made it sound as though it was an actual car, coz it said that that version was very rare and valuable...ah well! I know nothing about cars!!



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone...

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Yeah but he wasn't too good at the driving part now was he....

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it is NOT the same sort of car that James Dean had.

Dean had a porsche 550 spyder
the car Peter Colt has is a porsche 356

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it is a porsche 356 speedster. the model in the film was built sometime between 1948 and 1952. the split windshield is one way to figure the year of the vehicle. hope that helps.

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I'm pretty sure that it was a replica.

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