the 200 series in tv and film..a bit of fun..i hope!

[honestjoe]

Originally Posted by GTMaster

In the first season of Monk, Monk is driven around in a 200 series estate. I started thinking about what Volvo's i've seen in movies: cartoon Dilbert in an episode Lena drives an 850, in an episode of McGyver a Volvo 164 i think is going downhill without brakes and he climbs out into the engine bay to stop the car, a 780 can be seen a couple of times in See no evil,hear no evil, a V70 is used in the movie Keeping mum, in Con Air a dead body falls onto a Volvo 200...
that's all from the top of my head (haven't seen any 400 series in movies though...)

I remember that stiff falling onto the 200 in "con air"..outrageous i say!...hj.

[Jaymz]

not sure if it was a 200 but there was one in last nights NCIS season 7 episode 19 knocked a marine over, poor marine came off worse

[NewVolvo]

Originally Posted by redboy

In the film The Lives of Others, the East German official is driven in a 264 with nice curtains in the back.

Those cars were part of the very large Volvo fleet the government of GDR had. GDR refused to buy the Russian cars as they were not realiable and very uneconomical. Volvo, being based in the neutral Sweden, sold them what they wanted. Today those cars are collectables and very expensive. They also had 740/760 limo's.

OT: Volvo also shipped a load of (22 cars I think) 144's to North Korea many years ago and never got paid for them..... many are still gracing the empty roads of Pyongyang!

[honestjoe]

There"s a real beaut on show in the film heat during botched bank robbery burgundy colourered with tasty looking wheel trims..and al pacino ran right passed it without even a glance..well..there"s no accounting for taste!..hollywood must be running out of these by now..and then what car will they move onto?...perhaps the fake wood chevy chase special?...hj.

[GTMaster]

Finally found it on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaPrK...eature=channel

I remember seeing this as a kid. I think this and seeing Volvos stacked up on one another made me become a fan of Volvos

[Paul240480]

Right, I'll apologise for this one before I post it! It's got a 244 in it though.

Not quite sure why I looked it up, it just 'popped into my weird head' & I just had to see it!

+ YouTube Video

[nick_ovlov]

hahahaha

thats so terrible its almost good!

nice 244 though

Nick

[DarrenK]

Spotted one in 'Away We Go'!

+ YouTube Video

[Memphis Twin]

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned that Luther drives an old 240 saloon in the brilliant BBC cop drama aptly titled "Luther".

Unfortunately last week was the last in the series.....

[Stephen Edwin]

Originally Posted by GTMaster

..... in Con Air a dead body falls onto a Volvo 200...)

Off topic now but can I get away with that here? In the late 1970s at "a teaching hospital in England" a live patient jumped from the top floor of a very old ward block. Landed on the roof of a Volvo saloon hitting it in the middle of the rear window. The roof caved in making a very neat V shape, widest part at front of the roof. The patient benefited from Volvo safety. They were checked over and put back in to bed, unharmed.

I'm ashamed to say, I didn't note the model of the Volvo!