Thursday 9th June 2005

Detective cars for sale

Classified ads throw up TV cop cars

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1980s excess personified

With filming of the new Miami Vice blockbuster underway, memories of Detective Sonny Crockett’s Ferrari Testarossa will come flooding back for many.

And if you have a spare £31,995 in the bank, you too could dream of Florida skies and a pet alligator with a quick flick through the classifieds.

Cars and TV detectives go hand-in-hand, and the private ads are a goldmine of iconic motoring gems.

Cardata.co.uk has done some digging around in the used car ads and come up with a list of detective-related cars, as follows:

Detective	Car	Price (£)
Miami Vice	Ferrari Testarossa	31,995
Magnum PI	Ferrari 308 GTS	27,995
Hart 2 Hart	Rolls Royce Corniche	16,950
Inspector Morse	Jaguar MKII	8,995
Midsomer Murders	Rover 75	6,300
The Saint Val Kilmer	Volvo C70	5,995
The Saint Roger Moore	Volvo P1800	2,999
The Professionals	Ford Capri	1,200
Dempsey & Makepeace	Ford Escort Convertible	750
Frost	Ford Sierra Estate	700

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[Alec]

What about Spenders Sierra Cosworth?

[bigandclever]

What about Columbo's 403 Grande Luxe Cabriolet?

[Richybaby]

As far as I can remember and I was an avid Miami Vice fan, Sonny Crockett drove a Ferrari Daytona, don't remember a Testarossa at all?

[T5-R]

Crockett's Daytona was in the first series, which got blown up in the series finale.

He then drove a testarossa in subsequent series, in white would you believe

[B17NNS]

Richybaby said:

As far as I can remember and I was an avid Miami Vice fan, Sonny Crockett drove a Ferrari Daytona, don't remember a Testarossa at all?

I seem to remember a white Testarossa

[B17NNS]

That capri has to be worth £1200 of anyones money just so you can say "see my Capri? - is the one from the professionals that."

Is it a 2.8?

[hellem]

Crockett's Daytona was in the first series, which got blown up in the series finale.

Even then it was a Corvette based replica....

[T5-R]

And all this time I thought they blew up the real thing. Don't you just love happy endings

[loose cannon]

the capri was a silver 2.0 s

[phase90]

B17NNS said:

That capri has to be worth £1200 of anyones money just so you can say "see my Capri? - is the one from the professionals that." Is it a 2.8?

The way I read this article is that these are prices for these types of cars -- not the actual cars that were used.

[Roop]

Yep, both the silver and gold Capris from the Professionals have been bought and restored by Capri enthusiasts.

phase90 said:

The way I read this article is that these are prices for these types of cars -- not the actual cars that were used.

[zcacogp]

phase90 said:

The way I read this article is that these are prices for these types of cars -- not the actual cars that were used.

Yes, but 700 notes for a Sierra Estate and over 6 Big Ones for a Rover 75?

Bit optomistic, methinks ...


Oli.

[towman]

IIRC the Fezza in Miami Vice was a copy.

[towman]

IIRC the Fezza in Miami Vice was a copy.

[Trooper2]

towman said:

IIRC the Fezza in Miami Vice was a copy.

They had one real Testarossa for close-up's supplied by Ferrari of North American and several stunt cars that were fakes. The original Daytona was a fake as well.


The 308 on Magnum P.I. was the real deal and they even gave Tom Selleck one for himself. At 6'4" the only way he could drive it was with the targa roof removed.

>> Edited by Trooper2 on Friday 10th June 07:50

[fire99]

T5-R said:

Crockett's Daytona was in the first series, which got blown up in the series finale. He then drove a testarossa in subsequent series, in white would you believe

I may be opening myself up here for a bit of stick but i thought the White Testarossa was Cool! I like White Supercars!!

And im sure on the Men n Motors repeats of the Professionals the Capri is infact a 3.0 v6!!

[Richybaby]

Yeah, I remember the Daytona getting blown up at the end of that series, but I just can't remember a white Testarossa, hmm, obiously my subconcious mind blocked that out.

[T5-R]

Richybaby said:

I just can't remember a white Testarossa, hmm, obiously my subconcious mind blocked that out.

I'm trying to block out the horrendous fashion trend that Sonny Crockett (AKA Don johnson) set in the mid 80's. Pastel coloured t-shirts worn with pastel coloured sports jackets, with baggy white parachute trousers, sandels, dodgy mullet, and George Micheal facial stubble. Suppose the white ferrari was the perfect fashion accessory for him.

[LuS1fer]

If we include PI's as well:

Bergerac (detective) had that awful Triumph Roadster.

Frank Cannon had a Ford LTD - or was it a Lincoln?

Starsky & Hutch (detectives)- Ford Gran Torino

Michael Knight - Trans Am

Jim Rockford - Pontiac Firebird

Quincy - Ford or Lincoln Station Wagon.

Burt Reynolds in Junior Cop - 1st gen Camaro Z28

Old fogies. Didn't Jason King in Department S have an E-Type?

[T5-R]

LuS1fer said:

Starsky & Hutch (detectives)- Ford Gran Torino