Condorman - the Porsche baddies

Skii · 23 Nov 2009 at 10:57

I haven't seen this very cheesy Disney flick since I was a nipper , but the bit I always remember the assassins in the Black Porsches, the leader was driving a 935 I believe with a daft radar on the top. Was all good fun at the time and the cars were very cool to an 8 year old - ahh memories

Fast forward to 2.50 for the cars.

Housey · 23 Nov 2009 at 11:09

I have heard and read many different stories on this car and to be totally honest I have no idea if it's a genuine 935 or a flatnose with a body kit. I know there were possibly 2 or 3 road going versions made by the factory and one was rumoured to have been in this film but not sure.

Matt82 · 23 Nov 2009 at 11:19

i can remmeber seeing this when i was tiny. given the house we lived in at the time, i must have been 2-3 years old.

spoonz · 23 Nov 2009 at 13:09

look like something completely different with fibre glass porche bodys on to me.

kippermitten · 23 Nov 2009 at 13:16

http://www.sterlingsportscars.com/index/History_of_Sterling.html

Gotta love the Nova Sterling he drove as his super spy car!
I saw a black one on the A4 t'other week, the guy raised the roof at the lights near the Homebase - so cool :-D

Hawk Tuah · 23 Nov 2009 at 14:01

Amazing that it's a beetle underneath.

MadFruit · 23 Nov 2009 at 15:55

How bizzare! This was the film (also when I was very young) that gave me my first love of Porsche. Wanted one of those ever since. I even bought Condorman on DVD a couple of years ago (it wasn't as good as I remembered it).

Coco · 23 Nov 2009 at 16:09

Oooooh Betty!

As we are talking about mean looking Porkys, LuckyPs GT3 featured as the Pic Of The Week on Pistonheads looks rather splendid.

Skiddley · 23 Nov 2009 at 16:38

That GT3 is rather tasty

*saves up*

Dr Who · 23 Nov 2009 at 16:56

My friend owned 1 of the (9 I think) Nova's used in the making of condorman.

Had a Porsche engine and transaxle, massively uprated brakes and suspension. Bodywork was a mess from both the stunt filming and his attempts to remove the condor disguise.

Was an amazing car tho, Nova has always been one of the most stunning looking kit cars.

PS. They werent sterlings back then, they were English Nova's

The_Dark_Side · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:22

IIRC the mech that lifts the canopy on the Nova is strong enough to raise the whole car if you were unfortunate enough to put one on its roof.

Ev0 · 23 Nov 2009 at 18:37

Coco said:
Oooooh Betty!

I was about to say that

Oo Natalia, the cat's done a whoopsie in my beret!