Japan did a few hardtop saloons as they became more affluent, many for home consumption only and doubtless inspired by American stuff. My last Laurel was one, very amusing.
And onwards...
Chevrolet Corvette C2 in Dusseldorf by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Last spot for Germany, after our brilliant stay with the Piffle family. Think we'd seen this earlier in the day at the museum.
Rover 213SE by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Polish reg'd, heading across Belgium.
Lada 112, Belgium by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Unusual Lada seen in the inevitable wet queue on a Belgian motorway.
Belgian autoroute driving conditions by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Surprised we only encountered one serious accident when the roads were like this in Belgium.
Friday 13th accident queue, France by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
French fire truck + helicopters by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
This accident, however, was in France. At least three helicopters landed on the road, after the fireman stopped the traffic with us as the very, very first car. Mrs SL cursed me for just having flashed to let a truck move across... Turned out a coach went off the road, not nice. Sat here for three hours.
Citroen BX TRD by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
First French spot, Lithuanian-registered TuRD outside our overnight stop hotel.
BMW 6-series resto project by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Caged?
Nissan Maxima (J30) by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Used to see a fair few diesel Cedrics in France in years gone by, but I wouldn't have thought they'd have taken to these with their petrol-only V6. This one doubtless due to suffer transmission failure at some point.
French D-road driving by
Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Proper roads, after a day of queues as we battled our way across country towards Normandy in the height of holiday season.
Many, many rural spots to come.