1956 Mercedes-Benz 220 S [W180.010]

1956 Mercedes-Benz 220 S [W180.010] in Goldfinger, Movie, 1964

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:42:31 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
G-MANN ◊ 2008-02-19 00:39	In the Aston Martin chase, Bond is pursued by Goldfinger's Chinese henchmen in 3 Mercedes, two black and one grey (which Oddjob rides in). At the first the two black ones chase one, Bond uses his smokescreen and oil stick to get rid of them, one crashes into a tree (but soon re-enters the chase) and the other drives off a cliff and explodes.
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-08-28 05:31	why the orange headligts?
antp ◊ 2008-08-28 11:54	Yellow, not orange. So I guess it is a French car despite the Swiss plate (maybe fake).
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2008-08-28 11:57	I'm pretty sure that's a fake plate.
chris40 ◊ 2008-08-28 15:52	I'm certain it is. The font is wrong and too large for a Swiss plate, and IIRC they don't have the national and canton's shields on the front plate.
Q-Ball ◊ 2008-08-28 17:20	antp wrote Yellow, not orange. So I guess it is a French car despite the Swiss plate (maybe fake). ok. yellow then, but why? to detract bugs? or just added for the movie
antp ◊ 2008-08-28 18:54	Until 1993 French law required yellow headlights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_yellow
vox_latina ◊ 2009-02-19 12:40	At least some of these cars are W120 180s or W121 190s not W180 220Ss - note the vents either side of the grille. I cannot sure that all of them are W120/121s due to the poor light and the overall similarity in design with a W180, however, I am certain that any car with those vents is a W120/121.