Originally Posted By: dontomasso
Originally Posted By: Turnbull
Car-crazy kids like me paid a lot of attention to that Hertz ad ("Let Hertz...put you-u-u-u-u...in the driver's seat!"). The car they showed was a '59 Chevy Impala ragtop. The front edge of the hood had a chrome "V" with a pair of crossed racing flags above it--indicating that it had the 348-cubic-inch "big block" V8, Chevy's most powerful engine for that year. That got us excited: imagine, we (more likely our parents) could rent a real high-performance car without having to buy one! Fat chance, though: the standard Hertz Chevy rental was the lower-end BelAir or Biscayne, with the dull, "Stovebolt Six" engine and two-speed Powerglide transmission. tongue


What was Michael Corleone driving in Miami? That had to have been a rental.


Maybe not, DT. I recall in the novel that the family had business interests in Miami. Wasn't Neri sent to a Family hotel in Miami as a reward towards the end of the book? I think so.

Anyway, if the Family owned a hotel or other small business down there, the car could easily have been registered to one of them.

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