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Nordic Noir and 911
A few members of our household are currently rather obsessed with BBC4’s Danish language thriller series The Bridge. If you’re not a fan of the subtitles, moody colour pallets, brooding narratives and natter that constitute Nordic Noir, then this series probably isn’t for you. But even if you’re a complete philistine there is at least one reason to take a look – the rather lovely Porsche driven by the deadpan-sexy main character – played by the actress Sofia Helin.
The dusty chocolate/Mustard colour car, with black alloys and coded bumpers, looks to me to be a 911 from somewhere between 74-78 – but according to the chatter over at PH there’s a chance it’s a 912 – and perhaps an American-spec 912E.
Either way, we think the car’s downbeat, effortless style reflects perfectly the temperament of the autistically cool detective. As we’ve said before – the cars cops drive are – at least on the telly – a vital part of their characterisation.
Not being particular Porsche aficionados, we can’t really make a call as to what the car actually is. Any ideas, out there?
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not a porsche expert,but my tuppence worth is it is probably u.s. spec,the bumper overriders look pretty chunky,but as to 911? 912? not a clue…
it’s a 911 SC
Yes, US spec (rear overriders)… for my money, it’s quite possibly a 1975 2.7 Carrera, earliest ( I think) ‘impact bumper’ 911.. same engine (almost) as the iconic RS of ’73, but heavier, of course… (you need to hear a soundtrack to say if it is!)
am sure 912s are rarer than 911s in europe anyway,as for the colour it kinda suits it.will need to keep an eye out for the series boxset,read a very positive review.
According to Swedish motor site, it’s a 1983 911SC
looks more like a later 1986
not US the overiders are standard european
You must to love good, old 911’s .. and this pale-brown-color is great ! 🙂
“Bron” series is not bad either ..:)
there’s another one:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_249663-Porsche-911-S-Targa-1981.html – from a movie :
The Belgrade Phantom,(the story is really interesting 🙂
…new 911 ?!? – faster , but not so cool, for sure .. ! 🙂
You must to love good, old 911’s .. and this pale-brown-color is great ! 🙂
“Bron” series is not bad either ..:)
“we think the car’s downbeat, effortless style reflects perfectly the temperament of the autistically cool detective. – I agree ..
there’s another one:
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_249663-Porsche-911-S-Targa-1981.html – from a movie :
The Belgrade Phantom,(the story is really interesting 🙂
…new 911 ?!? – faster , but not so cool, for sure .. ! 🙂
The car is registered as a 1977 Porsche 911S. VIN 9117201496. Registered to a film company.