The Cars of 'Miami Vice' - Popular Mechanics
The white Mercedes limousine rolls up to a curbside berth. An underworld type (TV good guys don't ride in MBs) emerges from Moby Dick's white flanks. And as the camera pulls back for a wide-angle shot, you see just how radical this Mercedes really is. The car has all the exterior trappings of a high-performance sports car: monochromatic paint scheme, racing wheels and tires, AMG-style spoilers,... But this car goes a step beyond. Remember now, all this high-performance stuff is on a limousine, and a limousine stretched by 50 inches at that. But it's the kind of car "Miami Vice" fans have come to expect. As a matter of fact, "Miami Vice" has become a cult program for car lovers. Cars set the tone, and establishing the show's style requires the engineering skill and artistic finesse of people like Carl Roberts of Kingsport, Tennessee. The car fabricator helped the show's Ferrari Testarossa achieve a status equal to that of Crockett, Tubbs and the rest of the cast. The car-as-stylistic-device got a start with the car driven by main protagonist Sonny Crockett, played by actor Don Johnson. Source: www.popularmechanics.com
