This is the actress Zoe Saldana from Star Trek and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy movies. She's hear because of the Renault Zoe. Yesterday, Pablo represented the Citroën. Just be glad I couldn't find any songs (or people) called Duster.
15. Gender equality, favoured by Leatherface.
Leatherface was a dab hand with a chainsaw.
ManWomanChainsaw - Ode To Clio
The Renault Clio.
14. Police, NHS, schools... TV & radio.
Public Service Broadcasting - Spitfire
The Triumph Spitfire
13. Inside Jacob East, i.e. floating devices.
Inside Jacob East, i.e. floating devices. (Buoys.)
Austin Maestro. With a VW badge hanging off it.
12. Are you ready? Are you ready?
Open lyrics to Caravan of Love.
VW Golf.
11. Spanish footballer and Argentinian tennis player.
Ford Orion.
10. Innocenti transport.
Innocenti made Lambrettas.
Ford Cortina, Mark 2.
9. Jesse, I could've told you, it's a day later in Scotland.
Jesse James; I could've told you, Vincent; Mc..Morrow.
James Vincent McMorrow - Cavalier
Vauxhall Cavalier.
8. Arrives with the cheapo guests.
Cheapo guests.
Ford Fiesta.
7. A pretender, but not so great.
"A pretender" was an anagram... for someone who's making his first, and hopefully last, appearance on this blog...
Land Rover Defender.
6. Her mother takes her phone calls.
Sylvia's Mother, of course.
Vauxhall Viva.
5. Sounds like Sinatra's Memory-maker.
Frank / Elaine (Paige)?
Ford Granada - the car my dad use to drive.
4. Irving.
Mini Metro.
3. Grey-haired Welsh bloke makes a racket with compressed carbon.
Lloyd means "grey haired" in Welsh. Compressed carbon is coal.
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - 2CV
Citroën 2CV (although the way Lloyd pronounces it, it sounds like "dirt shovel" to me).
2. A newt's key will unlock the answer.
"A newt's key" was an anagram.
Kanye West - Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Ford Sierra - the car my dad drove when he got rid of his Granada.
It's worth pointing out that Kanye complains he couldn't even afford a Ford Escort in that song. Which gives me an excuse to squeeze this in...
Half Man Half Biscuit - Slipping the Escort
1. Obscure band.
Blur - Beetlebum
Drive yourself back here next Saturday for more of the same old cobblers...
Thank you Rol
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ReplyDeleteExcellent, thanks Rol.
ReplyDeleteIt got me thinking too about some of those great car names - the Jensen Interceptor, AC Cobra, Ford Zephyr etc. (Oh, and of course the Dolly Bug!)
Thanks Rol.
ReplyDeleteA lot of cars on that list either my dad or I used to have. Your dad liked the Ford brand then - like Gene Hunt.
Yeah, only Fords back when I was a kid.
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