# Would a gangster drive a Tucker?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-gangster-drive-a-tucker/547644
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [July 22, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-gangster-drive-a-tucker/547644 "2010-07-22T21:38:47Z")
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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-gangster-drive-a-tucker/547644/1 "2010-07-22T21:38:47Z")

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[Looks like](http://www.igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=19524&width=1600) they can in [Mafia II](http://ps3.ign.com/objects/957/957841.html).

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### Author: ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-gangster-drive-a-tucker/547644/2 "2010-07-26T07:32:57Z")

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I can’t see the [iconic headlight in the middle of the hood](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Tucker_Sedan), in that CGI version.

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### Author: ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-gangster-drive-a-tucker/547644/3 "2010-07-26T14:52:11Z")

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The programmers likely couldn’t figure out how to properly replicate it and/or didn’t want any legal trouble if they got the likeness too close without a license. All cars in that series are based on real-world models but are given ficticious names.