Slightly Obscure James Bond Q

Hey O

Watching “Moonraker” last night. When Bond arrives in Rio, and the pretty girl Manuela is following him, snapping pictures, what kind of car is that she is driving?

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Looks like you’ve managed to stump all of us.

Just for the record, I did not have a clue (it was a long time ago when I saw this movie), but I did try my Google-fu for 40-45 minutes and came up with zip.

Didn’t want to post just to say “I don’t know,” but since you’ve had nothing so far, I think this is kinda OK at this point.

It’s apparantly something called an “MP Roadster”.

“MP” refers to an MG replica/kit car from Lafer. Some were made in Brazil so it makes sense to use one in the Rio scenes.

That certainly looks like the one! Many thanks!