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[Pothole]

Chris944_S2 said:

Whilst on the topic of German tuners usually associated with Mercedes, the Citroën C5 Carlsson:

I'd associate them more with SAAB, but I know nowt about modern Mercs.

[BFleming]

Pothole said:

I'd associate them more with SAAB, but I know nowt about modern Mercs.

Common mistake. A Saab with a Carlsson badge was in honour of the Saab Rally driver Eric Carlsson. Mercedes (and Citroen) German tuner Carlsson is completely separate, founded by the Hartge brothers, and named after another Swedish Rally driver Ingvar Carlsson. The Hartge brother's uncle was Herbert Hartge, the BMW tuner.

[Dapster]

Pothole said:

Chris944_S2 said:

Whilst on the topic of German tuners usually associated with Mercedes, the Citroën C5 Carlsson:

I'd associate them more with SAAB, but I know nowt about modern Mercs.

"Carlsson", named after Swedish rally driver Ingvar Carlsson, is a German tuning company that specialises in Mercedes, and produces monstrosities such as this:




Whereas "Carlsson" is a sports trim level of Saab named in honour of rally legend Erik Carlsson who drove Saab's for most of his career, and included such legends as this:




EDIT: Too late BFleming in before me

Edited by Dapster on Friday 18th January 22:24

[ajprice]

I'd associate Carlsson with Saab, not Mercedes and definitely not a Citroen. That Carlsson Citroen C5 though, sort of want!

[BFleming]

Dapster said:

Too late BFleming in before me

Maybe, but your post was way more informative.

[gothatway]

Dapster said:

Whereas "Carlsson" is a sports trim level of Saab named in honour of rally legend Erik Carlsson who drove Saab's for most of his career, and included such legends as this:

Also ...

... hence his nickname.

[Doofus]

gothatway said:

Also ...

... hence his nickname.

Fat fk Carlsson?

[Pericoloso]

Erik "on the roof".....

Edited by Pericoloso on Friday 18th January 23:10

[Chromegrill]

Whilst I confess that I rather like that C5 interior I see that it came out, sadly only as a one-off, in 2010 yet was the previous generation C5 that ran until 2008. I wonder why?

[BFleming]

Not sure. They've done more recent C5's too it seems...

This is based on a C5 3.0, and has 335bhp.

[P5BNij]

One off MGA 'SB'...?

[Jimmy Recard]

gothatway said:

Also ...

... hence his nickname.

"Flat Erik" Carlsson?

[havoc]

gothatway said:

Also ...

... hence his nickname.

"Prior to his career as an actor, John Candy was an aggressive rally driver"

[poing]

gothatway said:

Also ...

... hence his nickname.

Drunk Carlson? At least he didn't spill his beer.

[Blown2CV]

i remember those citroen carlsson things from when my family had citroen dealerships. I am fairly sure the only ones that exist are the ones in the marketing photos.

[RJG46]

P5BNij said:

One off MGA 'SB'...?

MG Munster Mobile.

[gothatway]

P5BNij said:

One off MGA 'SB'...?

That's more than averagely horrible. Doesn't look like there's any way of accessing the "Shooting Brake" part of the car.

[Hugh Jarse]

• carlsson pa taket*, carlsson on the roof, is also a reference a character in Pippi Longstocking

[Doofus]

gothatway said:

P5BNij said:

One off MGA 'SB'...?

That's more than averagely horrible. Doesn't look like there's any way of accessing the "Shooting Brake" part of the car.

Oh come on!

It's got two rear view mirrors, two blokes in yellow shirts sat beside it, and a very wobbly roof.

[Mr Moley]

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