SoapLand - The Battle Of The Cars - The Result

I know nothing about cars, in fact I hate them and almost never travel in them because of the pollution they create, so I've never really paid a lot of attention to cars on the shows. However, here are 5 that I do remember:

1. Angela's black Mercedes that in the titles glides across the Golden Gate Bridge before it sweeps across the Tuscany Valley and pulls into Falcon Crest where the automatic window comes down to reveal the great lady herself. - FALCON CREST



2. Mark Garison's eccentric looking vintage car that made Pam believe he was still alive. It stuck in my mind because it looked like sometime Peter Perfect from the cartoon Wacky Races would drive. - DALLAS



3. The open top car that Skipper drove. I remember it because it seemed well suited to Florida and must have been fun to travel in. - FLAMINGO ROAD



4. The vintage Rolls Royce convertible that Blake gave Krystle as a present. It probably wasn't vintage at the time but today it looks ancient. - DYNASTY



5. The red Mercedes that Pam drove into the lorry. If only she had used hand free! - DALLAS

 

You mean Sam Curtis. I don' think it was the exact same model but it was very similar.

The car in Flamingo Road was even more flashy with prominent chrome exhaust pipes along the side. The car didn't look out of place in Truro but it really stood out in Dallas.

 

1. Krystle's Rolls Royce


Blake's lavish gift is the epitome of style, class and beauty. It's elegant, expensive, and perfect for Krystle.


2. Lance's Corvette


This sleek, curvy little number is the perfect sexy bad boy car. It's a slightly earlier model of the one Pam has in early Dallas.


3. Fallon's Clenet series I


This classic vintage car just exudes wealth, status and style. Ideal for the spoiled young heiress on the go.


4. Bobby's Mercedes (season 4)


An updated version of the one we see in the opening scenes of the very first episode of Dallas.


5. Terry's Lotus


A bit loud and flashy like it's owner, it's the perfect acquisition for the grieving widow/heiress.

 

1) Jock's silver Lincoln Continental Mark V: A mammoth car, which was ideal for John Ross Ewing I. The very same car is on show in the museum at Southfork, to this very day - DALLAS.

2) Angela & Chao-Li's black Merecedes - Benz 600: Every inch the character of seasons 1 - 4 inclusive. This gargantuan yoke added immensely to the gothic overtones, from the show's gestation to the middle of 1985 - FALCON CREST.

3) Pam & Bobby's red Mercedes - Benz 450 SL: The first car to be seen in the big D. There were other SL models but this version was my favourite. "It's gonna be a cold day today!" "Not for everybody." - DALLAS.

4) Blake's black Lincoln Continental stretched: After the very picturesque opening titles of the pilot 'OIL' finished this big bus was seen driving up to the Carrington mansion. IMHO this vehicle set the tone for the opulence of the Colorado show - DYNASTY.

5) Fallon's cream Clenet Series 1: A classic automobile for a not so vintage character. Yet in a bizarre way Pamela Sue Martin's spoiled Fallon looked so good in such an olde worlde set of wheels - DYNASTY.

Angela had a creamy coloured Merc SL, as well as the infamous limo driven only by her right hand man Mr. Chi. Occasionally she would've drove around to check on all her vineyards, in the SL and then most famously was the victim of a hit and run in this vehicle, when Lance was set up to be the fall guy.


A furniture company's delivery lorry is at Southfork. Clayton has just parked his blue Rolls Royce Silver Spirit behind J.R.'s silver Mercedes 500 SEL. Ellie played by Donna Reed arrives to tell the furniture company's employee where to put her purchases, (a scene from season 7; DVD - 8, 1984 - '85):

Ellie signs the employee's delivery docket: "Thank you!"

Ellie to Clayton: "For us, it's a set of new bedroom furniture. Donna helped me choose it yesterday and I got them to deliver it today."

Clayton seems surprised: "Bedroom furniture?"

Ellie: "I thought it was time for a change."

Ellie and Clayton kiss.

The Ewing matriarch then gives her orders to the delivery man: "Follow me and I'll show you where to put everything."

J.R. c/w his trademark Stetson and briefcase appears on the patio: "Hey mama what's going on?"

Ellie smiling as she walks away from her son: "A new set of bedroom furniture for Clayton and me."

J.R. replies: "Oh really! How about that."

He then squares up to his stepfather: "Well I have to hand it to you. You're not here a week and you're changing things around already."

Clayton: "For your information it was your mother's decision and since it is our bedroom and not yours, it is really none of your business. Is it?"

J.R. chuckles and in his best English accent (appearing to mock Clayton): "I suppose not!"

He goes to get into his Merc. However he notices that Clayton has him blocked in.

J.R. politely asks Clayton: "Could you arrange to have that blue thing moved out of the way, so I can get my car outta here?"

Clayton throws his Rolls Royce keys at him and jokes: "Be my guest!"

 

1 - Angela's Limo - Falcon Crest: I think it added to Angela's authoritarian air as the dictator being driven around the micro-state that she ruled with an iron fist.

2 - Sable's Rolls Royce - The Colbys: a classy car to match a class act. No nouveau riche rubbish for our Sable.



3 - Nick's Delorean - Dynasty: one of the most iconic cars of the 80's appearing in one of the most iconic TV shows of the 80's.



4 - Racine's Limousine - Paper Dolls: not so much for the model itself but for the action that took place in the backseat as Racine was ferried around New York with a coterie of lovers and chain smoking business associates.



5 - Fallon's Clenet - Dynasty: the epitome of rich kids with too much money spending it on toytown cars like this.

 

Please enjoy my very knowledgeable and technically car description terminology ;0)

1. Bobby’s red car from 84-85
2. Mark Graison’s cream car that Pam saw after he disappeared (love that moment)
3. Bobby’s car driving Pam in the first episode in the first scene
4. Pam’s red car she crashed into the tanker
5. The old Ute up Pam’s driveway, iconic in finishing off Katherine and Dallas as we knew it

Honourable mention to the limousine in RTE where Stephanie is disguised as Princess Teletha and Jono is driving her away from Jake, who recognised her. Brilliant, such a top scene! It’s all about the car of course ;-)

Funniest car is Lucy’s in a box debut

 

Yes, one of the unspoken laws of DALLAS: should one Ewing drives another Ewing's car, disaster will inevitably strike. Season 1: Bobby borrows JR's car and is kidnapped in his place. Season 5: Sue Ellen drives JR's car; she and Mickey are hit by Walt Driscoll. Season 8: Jack gifts Jamie his car then she and it explode. Season 9: funny car noises lead to "Bye-bye, Pam-a-lam".

 

As many already know, I hate 80s fashion. But I also think the cars of the 80s were butt-ugly! And I think Mercedes cars are the ugliest car brand in the world. Still, a Mercedes will get my #1 vote. It's only because I really like that one. The colour especially, and that it's a cabriolet.

1. Bobby's red Mercedes-Benz 380 SL 1981 model (Dallas S4)

2. Lucy's Porsche 944 1982 model (Dallas S5)

3. Digger's red '70 Mustang (Dallas)

4. Gary's black 1982 Jaguar XJ-S (Knots Landing)

5. Lance's black Corvette (Falcon Crest)

 

1. Sue Ellen's station wagon. It wasn't until I came to this forum that I discovered such cars were looked down upon. I loved it, especially in the establishing shot where it was parked outside Dr Elby's office; it was so identifiably hers. I couldn't help but feel a bit sad when JR bought her that fancy schmancy one in Season 3 that looked as posh as everyone else's.



2. Claudia's car Matthew bought for her at the beginning of DYNASTY Season 1 that represented the freedom she was so terrified of, and that she ended up crashing while trying to break free of her crazy soap opera life.



3. Christopher Ewing's car - bye-bye, New DALLAS.



4. Ray's pickup truck - a mainstay of the series



5. Mark Graison's pimpmobile - it just totally symbolised the Bradford May era of DALLAS and Pam's emancipation from the Ewings. Plus it felt like a call back to Sam Curtis and FLAMINGO ROAD.

 

Me too!