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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #75 on: August 19, 2013, 01:55:53 PM »
Animated movie?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #76 on: August 19, 2013, 02:26:20 PM »
So the design and development of this car was paid for by a publisher?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #77 on: August 19, 2013, 02:52:26 PM »
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was this a project by a supplier?
I won't call it a supplier, but yours is the closest guess so far.

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Is it maybe a car for a movie production?
This is not correct but terribly close.

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It was not built for a movie, TV series and it never appeared on TV.
It was meant for production and not for promotion purposes.......

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They sell products...

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The key is the Company and why they decided to buid this car.
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Was the car featured in a comic book (similar to the Turbot cars and the Vaillante)
You are quite near to find the 1st part....

I won't waste your time.
If you rearrange what you read above you'll see:
There is a company selling products.
The Turbot/Vaillante guess was in the right direction. (do you remeber those cars? Where do they come from? Why?)
'A car for a movie production' was terribly close but the Puzzle car never appeared on TV, Movie, comics, etc.

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #78 on: August 19, 2013, 02:55:00 PM »
So, they did another version of this which actually had its debut on film?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #79 on: August 19, 2013, 02:58:26 PM »
Nope, this car was never featured on TV, etc.
Like the Turbot and the Vaillante it was the 'real' version of an 'unreal' car.

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #80 on: August 19, 2013, 03:12:24 PM »
The original was a cartoon car?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #81 on: August 19, 2013, 03:18:26 PM »
Not a cartoon...remember, there's a company selling products behind this car...and this car was not built for promotional purposes...the 'unreal' car was a mock-up....

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #82 on: August 19, 2013, 03:24:33 PM »
Bulgari

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #83 on: August 19, 2013, 03:26:01 PM »
Not a cartoon...remember, there's a company selling products behind this car...and this car was not built for promotional purposes...the 'unreal' car was a mock-up....
:scratch: I have to admit the more I follow this thread the more I get confused...

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #84 on: August 19, 2013, 03:54:15 PM »
They sell products...not a car rental or an industry association.
Kind of immaterial products = services?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #85 on: August 19, 2013, 03:56:56 PM »
:scratch: I have to admit the more I follow this thread the more I get confused...

And on top of that, I wonder the whole time why this car is equipped with a sunroof.  I just don't see the point.
Is it from 1991?  It can't be much more recent. 

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #86 on: August 19, 2013, 04:01:35 PM »
According to Wikipedia, there was a Vaillante car made to be used as a camera carrier at LeMans to obtain action footage for a film in which the car itself never appeared.  Also according to Wikipedia, Vaillante was also involved in a driving school project.  Might the puzzle car have been constructed to obtain film footage for some sort of driving simulator (the automotive related product) to be used for driver training (another automotive related product), or other educational, purposes?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #87 on: August 19, 2013, 04:33:38 PM »
Bulgari
Not Bulgari
Not a cartoon...remember, there's a company selling products behind this car...and this car was not built for promotional purposes...the 'unreal' car was a mock-up....
:scratch: I have to admit the more I follow this thread the more I get confused...
I'll explain now.
They sell products...not a car rental or an industry association.
Kind of immaterial products = services?
Why immaterial?
:scratch: I have to admit the more I follow this thread the more I get confused...

And on top of that, I wonder the whole time why this car is equipped with a sunroof.  I just don't see the point.
Is it from 1991?  It can't be much more recent. 
Why not? It's more recent.
According to Wikipedia, there was a Vaillante car made to be used as a camera carrier at LeMans to obtain action footage for a film in which the car itself never appeared.  Also according to Wikipedia, Vaillante was also involved in a driving school project.  Might the puzzle car have been constructed to obtain film footage for some sort of driving simulator (the automotive related product) to be used for driver training (another automotive related product), or other educational, purposes?
Nope.


Now I'll explain.
A company, selling products (not totally disconnected to the automotive field but it's not the core business) promoted his products also with a fictional car.
Then, given the reaction of the pubblic, decided to build a real version of it (wasn't the same for Vaillante or Turbot? A fictional car made real?).
You are looking at the real version of a car used in commercials.
Now, if you read back all I wrote, you'll see that I was desperately pointing in this direction all the time!

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #88 on: August 19, 2013, 04:42:46 PM »
Car insurances or cleaning products?
1992?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #89 on: August 19, 2013, 04:46:56 PM »
Car insurances or cleaning products?
1992?
Cleaning products.
Later than '92.

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #90 on: August 19, 2013, 05:04:43 PM »
Is this company still in business?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #91 on: August 19, 2013, 05:12:21 PM »
Yes.

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #92 on: August 19, 2013, 05:38:39 PM »
MA-Fra?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #93 on: August 19, 2013, 05:41:33 PM »
Not that...

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #94 on: August 19, 2013, 07:52:19 PM »
Maguire?

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #95 on: August 20, 2013, 12:15:49 AM »
Atas?
https://rareandunique.media - Rare&Unique Vehicles magazine
http://magyarjarmu.hu - detailed Hungarian motoring history (Hungarian language)
http://automuseums.info - motoring museums' guide

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #96 on: August 20, 2013, 04:02:32 AM »
No & no...

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #97 on: August 20, 2013, 04:58:11 AM »
Industrial cleaning machines

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #98 on: August 20, 2013, 05:45:58 AM »
Industrial cleaning machines
No, different lines of products and among these there are cleaning products.

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Re: PJ - 554
« Reply #99 on: August 20, 2013, 05:54:17 AM »
sonax