1980 Volvo 244

1980 Volvo 244 in The Squid and the Whale, Movie, 2005

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
banger134 ◊ 2007-02-08 14:44	volvo 240
atom ◊ 2007-02-08 15:12	yepp, 240 [244]
benny ◊ 2007-02-08 18:29	Notice the grey 1986-1990 Mercedes-Benz [W124] in the background. -- Last edit: 2007-02-08 18:38:03
HazyCosmicJive ◊ 2009-07-21 04:18	I guess the Mercedes in the background just makes the cut seeing as this film takes place in 1986, but I did see a lot of 90's to 2000's cars in this movie in the background. Then again the budget was only 1.5 million on this movie, so I can't really criticize them there. It takes a lot of time and cash to cordon off large sets in a place like Brooklyn, and still more to wrangle period vehicles. Still, it kind of takes me out of the movie. Great film though. See it.
chicomarx ◊ 2015-06-02 18:18
tore-40 ◊ 2015-06-02 19:27	Isn't this from the Volvo DL/Volvo GL [244] era?
atom ◊ 2015-06-03 00:36	Yes, it's at least 1980-1985 by the mirrors and the air inlet. chicomarx wrote Looks like the wide type of tail lights, might be an GLE? When was the wide tail lights introduced in the US for the different models? chicomarx wrote Seems like it was white originally.
shlc647 ◊ 2015-06-05 17:33	I agree with 240.