Other Random Car Sightings [Photo Required]

Not sure about this rather cool looking piece of US-steel, anyone know?
That's a 1966 Chevy Caprice. The Impala Coupé looks very similar, but the B-pillar is different. You can see both of them next to each other in this picture, the left one is the Caprice.
 
Barkas V901/2, produced between 1954 and 1961 in the GDR (eastern Germany) - note the suicide doors.

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You didn't get a picture of the yellow Alpine A310 in the background? It could catch fire at any moment! :p

The plate on the 560SL reminds me of the plate my dad used to have, OUR 5L. He had it on a... Capri... but it's now on an SL500, which works as 5L for 5 litre or 5L as SL in plate speak.
 
Yeah, my eyes were immediately drawn to the color.
 
TIL there was a 560 SL in the R107 generation.
US only model apparently, but you already knew that from the awful round headlights. it's a 5.5 so ruins the otherwise sensible numbering convention, just goes to show that wonky numbering isn't a new thing.
 
C'mon, the 190 series (W201) has been introduced after the R107. The original wonky numbering system is on the W111 between 1959 and 1968 with a single outlier in the "280 SE 3.5" instead of "350 SE" as you would expect from the other model numbers (220/230/250/280 all being roughly 1/10 of the displacement). Afterwards between 1965 and 1972 the W108/W109 series came which sometimes had 1/10th of it's displacement in the moniker, but sometimes "280 SE" or "300 SEL" with the displacement (3.5, 4.5 or 6.3) only added to the end...

Then again, the BMW E46 line was all over the place as well: 316i with 1.6, 1.8 or 1.9 litres, 318i with 1.9 or 2.0 litres, 320i with 2.0 or 2.2 litres, 323i and 325i with both 2.5 litres and 318d with two different 2.0 litre-engines...
 
Seen today:

Toyota Yaris GR (btw, I was unsure if it was called GT or GR and googled it, thus landing on the Toyota Switzerland site. There it stated that "it was sold out" and next orders are only possible in early 2024. = Seems to be a hit seller.
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That Amazon! There's on near me for sale, but I can only take in just so many projects. :cry:


I spotted some sort of Mexican license plates VW (Amarok?) truck.

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A blue/gray van (this one we took home with us, thread coming soon).

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And another VW, probably.

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