red nebraska?


I'm from Nebraska. I've never heard of a car model called Nebraska. But they keep talking about a "red Nebraska" as a car in season 2, episode 11: Change of Address. Tried to search web but all I get is car dealers in my state. Are they driving around in Iowas and Missouris in Canada too?

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Probably never heard of a Mercury pickup either. Its filmed in Canada for the most part and they have different names on the vehicles up there didn't then they do in the United States yeah there's there's a Nebraska.

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I live in Canada. Now, I'm no car expert, but I've never heard of a "Nebraska" car model. It is possible the writers just made it up for the story instead of dealing with legality issues.

And Flashpoint wasn't filmed "for the most part" in Canada (as the second poster wrote), it was filmed entirely in Canada, written, and produced in Canada about Canadian law enforcement.

I'll gladly learn something new if the second poster can find me a "Nebraska" car model, like a Ford "Nebraska" or an Audi, or a Buick, etc.


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There was a car called the Colorado...I think it was a truck. But I've never heard of a Nebraska. But other place names are used for cars......or were. Bel Air. Biscayne. New Yorker. Park Avenue...probably more.

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I lived in Canada for a couple of years as a kid in the late 1960s. I remember GM Canada manufacturing special editions of Pontiacs with a maple leaf logo and called first the "Acadian" and then the "Beaumont", which lasted a couple of years. When I first saw Never Let You Down, the episode which featured the "Nebraska" which was obviously a Buick Park Avenue, the first thing I thought was, "Aha! This is a fictionalized 21st Century version of the Beaumont!"

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Somebody in another forum figured it meant red car with Nebraska license plate. Don't know why the character would be driving a car from Nebraska though.

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TesubCalle nailed it. They used a fictional car to avoid the legal and licensing issues that would be required to mention a real automaker.

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True, but that would mean the Chevy badges on the it police SUVs would have to be removed and every car on the show has its makes badge.

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I like this logic. Makes a lot of sense. Not sure if it's the truth but I like it. :)

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I'm a car guy, and I did some research, turns out the car is 2000s Buick Park Avenue, hope this helps.

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