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Originally Posted by RobTheMod
To put your minds further at ease:
On ebay, there is listed a 280SE billed as the one from the movie. Looks to be true. But this is the clever part;
It's not a real 280SE cabrio. There is no top. They cut the roof off a Coupe. Which was in poor enough shape to have the seats redone in vinyl and the dash wood *repainted*. Even says so in the ad.
So, back in reality, there's no way they ruined 5 cherry 3.5 droptops- more like 1 cabrio and 1 *really* past its prime Coupe...
Go search for it on ebay motors, I saw it two days ago...
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As I said, it was probably a dirty rumor ... that's the internet, baby. As discussed in another thread, it would have made a lot more sense (budget-wise and posterity-wise) to use some more "regular" cars that looked like the cabrio from various angles. I suspect that's what they actually did.
I still think it's a bit of an old gag ... cherry (insert pricy luxury or sports car) someone borrowed from their (insert figure of authority here) gets wrecked during a wild adventure. That said, the rest of the movie looks pretty original, so I'd like to see it ... probably not for the $14 theater ticket, though. 
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