1974 BMW 2500 [E3]

1974 BMW 2500 [E3] in Баламут (Troublemaker), Movie, 1978

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
cl82 ◊ 2010-07-07 16:23	E3. I think it's rather not an early model, so mabe 1973+.
Ingo ◊ 2010-07-07 16:44	Yes, a later E3. A car from the police/milicija? It has lights on the roof. I think, somewhere I've read something about that, that in the 70ies the Soviet police ad some Western cars, mainly BMW in use. Is that correct, or it's just a fake for the movie?
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2010-07-07 20:09	The Soviet police did indeed have BMW E3s: Link to "translate.googleusercontent.com"
Ingo ◊ 2010-07-07 20:42	It looks really authentic. Surely there were not many civil BMW E3 in the SU, which you could use for police-car-fakes for movies.
cl82 ◊ 2010-07-07 22:56	Gag Halfrunt: Thanks for the link! I knew that Soviet officials liked Western luxury sedans, but I did not know some were in use as squad-cars.
130rapid ◊ 2011-12-30 21:46	1974+ (black wipers' arms since 10/1973).