1965 Hino Contessa 1300 [PD200]

1965 Hino Contessa 1300 [PD200] in Charlie Ve'hetzi, Movie, 1974

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in:

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Author	Message
Gongora ◊ 2021-12-26 15:33	Nice! It predecessor, the Contessa 900 was also produced in Israel
s13a ◊ 2021-12-27 01:50	Yes, the predecessor was spotted in another movie : /vehicle_1441139-Hino-Contessa-900-PC10-1964.html Interestingly the assembly of the first model began in 1964, so probably not many of the first models were assembled in Haifa (before it was replaced by the newer model from 1965), or maybe they assembled both of those models alongside ? In total 10% of all produced Contessa´s ended up in Israel.
Gongora ◊ 2021-12-28 15:08	The Israeli motor industry is especially interesting to me ... Although looking at the 1963 production of the company that assembled the Contessa it seems a very random production
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2021-12-28 15:12	Perhaps they only assembled cars to order.