Citroëns in movies and Pug commercial

406 V6 · Post by **406 V6** » 27 Jan 2005, 15:54

Hi!
I hope i'm not re-posting a topic, but i noticed in a film (Team America - world police) that a lovely large scale DS model appears twice at the beggining of the movie.[:D][8D]
Now, for the second topic subject:
Have you seen the Pug 407 commercial with those paper/toy cars?
I was told that some (if not most) of the cars appearing are DS, but haven't seen it with attention yet ( any online source for it?)
By the time every car manufacturer and Pug were breast-feeding, Citroën presented us with the first high pressure brakes, self-levelling suspension, progressive steering assistance and directional headlights.
No car is even close to a DS in terms of comfort, and we are talking about a model 50 years old!
ARRRRGH!!!!!AND THEY CALL THE 407 A REAL CAR??????!!!!!

bxbodger · Post by **bxbodger** » 27 Jan 2005, 16:10

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">No car is even close to a DS in terms of comfort<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Try a BL Princess!!!!

406 V6 · Post by **406 V6** » 27 Jan 2005, 18:07

Come on, don't ruin my rant[:(]
We gotta stick to cits...

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 29 Jan 2005, 01:22

The new 206 advert with the boy going in to the bank.... daddy drives a 504 !

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » 29 Jan 2005, 01:30

yes daddy does drive a 504 but its on a UK R registration and not a suffix plate, grrrr do some research they didnt sell them in 1998!!!!

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 29 Jan 2005, 16:09

unless.... it was a Kenyan import !

Stinkwheel · Post by **Stinkwheel** » 29 Jan 2005, 22:09

Maybe it was, do kenyans drivce on the left? Its definitly RHD.

dan.2cv · Post by **dan.2cv** » 30 Jan 2005, 02:47

Having just watched the French film Amelie, in the first few minutes there is a crash between a blue CX and an LNA. The film was made (and set) in 2001, so it's odd they choose these old cars. Later in the film there is a new shape beetle, and a fleeting glimpse of a DS. Apart from these there are no other cars in the movie.
Maybe it just goes to show that Citroëns are the definitive french cars, as there are plenty of veteran Pugs or Renaults they could have chosen.

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 30 Jan 2005, 14:35

erm... wasn't the story based upon Amelie growing up... would have been a bit silly having the same age cars when she was small, and then grown up!

dan.2cv · Post by **dan.2cv** » 30 Jan 2005, 17:17

Oh yeah, good point!!!
Doh!
Anyhow the DS was shown in a scene when she was an adult.......
BTW, when I say definitive french cars I really mean 'Definitively french' in the way bangers and mash are definitively english, I wasn't slagging off any other french cars, just that Citroëns are seen as more 'french' than Pugs or Rens.

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 31 Jan 2005, 20:57

Has anybody caught the reg number of the 504 in the advert? it might be interesting to run it though the RAC/DVLA history check mentioned on the forum a while back and see what it says.

bikeboyz · Post by **bikeboyz** » 01 Feb 2005, 22:28

from 504.org , spot the 406 on the production line alongside 504s.