Cars of Prague

"Van Man, rocks the Man Van" (jacoboconnell) 08/11/2015 at 19:05 • Filed to: Cars, Car Spotting, Europe

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A few weeks ago, I went on vacation to Prague, Czech Republic. While I was there, I did my best to take pictures of cars, and this is the result. Actually, if you think there are a lot of cars in this post, I wasn’t even able to photograph some of the AMGs, Ms, and even Lamborghinis that I saw.

Warning: If you are a professional photographer who likes good pictures, leave now. A good 90% of my pictures were taken while walking or otherwise in motion. That’s why they’re so bad.

Original Mini.

For some reason I was compelled to photograph this trash can. Also: E63 AMG.

Sneaky GT-R photobombed by 924.

Lots of original Beetles in Europe. You’ll see more Torch, I promise.

Awful picture but it’s a Tesla P85D.

Even worse than the previous pic but Audi RS5.

I almost peed myself when I saw this RS6 Avant about 50 feet from the RS5.

These are everywhere but the Euro-spec Passat is gorgeous.

I was actually quite proud of myself for getting a picture of this Mulsanne. Somehow, I got my phone out just in time to get a shot right when the car came into frame. Also, I noticed there was a strong preference of big, comfortable luxury sedans over sports car and exotics. Cobblestone streets do that.

Another Beetle.

Bentley Continental GT Speed. See what I mean about luxury cars?

Cayenne Turbo as well. In addition to luxury cars, Czechs also like big, fast SUVs.

S63 AMG. This thing circled the block twice then parked. For some reason I didn’t take a picture of it parked, but I saw it in the same square a few days later. You’ll see a picture of that too.

My dad took this picture but the car went by quickly so I don’t know what it is. My dad says it was a Bentley. I’m thinking Aston.

Our Beetle has found a friend.

This is a brown BMW 320d wagon with a stick. The only thing that would make this more Jalop would be Miata.

Can we get this in the States? It’s basically a Buick Regal wagon.

The 911 is an exception to what I said earlier. I actually saw quite a few.

X5 M50d. Because tri-turbo diesel.

Citroën C4 Cactus. Prickly.

This Audi A6 allroad was parked outside of the Škoda Museum, along with three brand new A8s, two of which were W12s.

Unfortunately, I actually saw quite a few PT Cruisers running around.

Camaro SS, trying to look normal.

Another wagon we need in America.

Blending in.

Saw this F-type a few days earlier and finally got a picture.

I have no idea what this is, but it was cool.

This fantastic F430 Spider was one of two exotics I was able to photograph.

More Beetle.

I was surprised to see a 300 SRT.

Corvette in Europe. This one had modified front and rear fascias, so it looked a little weird.

That same Beetle, in the same spot, two days later.

Another bad picture but I couldn’t resist a shot of the S63’s rear. This is the pic from a few days later.

The new Q7 looks much better in real life than in pictures. I wasn’t quick enough to photograph the front, so I ended up with a decent back shot.

If you zoom in a lot and then squint, this sort of resembles a Ferrari 458, because it is. I heard it coming for a few blocks away but didn’t know what it was. I was so mesmerized by the sound to take out my phone immediately, so I ended up with this awful picture.

This is not a Chevy Volt. This is an Opel Ampera.

Note the SRT8, Hennessey, and 1100 HP badges on the back of this Jeep.

Last and possibly least, our rental car, a Citroën C4 Picasso. Look for a review later.

In addition to doing car spotting, I also visited the Škoda Museum and factory, as well as my uncle’s brother-in-law’s collection of Ferrari’s. I’ll write about those in separate articles, in addition to my Citroën review.

mazda616 > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/11/2015 at 19:11

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Awesome post, dude! Lots of interesting cars. I like that Opel version of the Volt.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/11/2015 at 19:12

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Campagna T-Rex

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/11/2015 at 19:13

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Definitely Aston.

BATC42 > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/11/2015 at 19:16

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Yup, this is either a Virage or a recent DB9.

Cé hé sin > mazda616 08/11/2015 at 19:20

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Nobody bought them though! The new model isn’t being sold in Europe.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 08/11/2015 at 20:19

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Thanks. I literally had no idea what it was, but it sounded great!

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > mazda616 08/11/2015 at 20:20

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Thanks! The Ampera does look pretty good IMO.

DobreDen > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/11/2015 at 22:30

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Nice work! That plate on that Camaro? Weird.

When I was in Prague about 15 years ago I took a ton of car pics (on film!) and was struck by how many Ford Kas managed to wind up in the backgrounds of photos. I was also oddly fascinated by the Škodas and the A3s (which hadn’t made their way stateside yet).

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:32

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fiat 500 too.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:33

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Skoda Fabia.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:33

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definitely Aston Martin.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:34

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Dacia.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:34

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opel insignia

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:34

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fiat 500.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:35

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Citroen C4 Cactus.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:36

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homebuilt trike?

pip bip - choose Corrour > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/12/2015 at 04:37

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Opel Ampera.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > DobreDen 08/12/2015 at 07:26

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I was actually pretty surprised about how many nice and interesting cars there were in Prague. The majority of the expensive ones were in the Old Town. Did you notice that too?

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > pip bip - choose Corrour 08/12/2015 at 07:32

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The Cactus was behind the BMW. It's in one of the later pics.

1MADDATTO > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/16/2015 at 09:34

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I was in Prague a couple of months ago! Beautiful City. Stunning Women. Good Beer. Amazing Pork Knees and great cars. I also saw plenty of cool and interesting cars that we don’t get in Australia. My cousins kept wondering why I kept freaking out at random cars..... Hahahahaha Great times. Was also going through all your pics and thinking that I know exactly where a lot of those were taken. Had also seen a few of those cars myself, like the GTR and the S63 in the centre square. Those chopped beetles out the front of that pub.......

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > 1MADDATTO 08/16/2015 at 10:02

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Just after I came back I watched Triple X and played a Forza demo at Target, both of which took place (fictionally) in Prague, so I had a bit of fun identifying the places. What other stuff did you do there?

1MADDATTO > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/16/2015 at 21:26

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Well I was over there for a wedding. I was best man for my cousin, as he was getting married to a gorgeous Czech woman. So I had a few days of bestman duties and family stuff to do. The wedding was at their beautiful botanical gardens, just near the zoo.

We also had his Bucks night in Prague....... That was a very “hangover” style of night. Very blurry the next day, with some sketchy events taking place hahahahaha Great times.

But we managed to go out to see a few castles. Went and saw the church of bones ( very humbling ) and basically just drank a shitload of beer and ate a ton of pork. It was fantastic!

We also found a dedicated absinthe bar that we spent some time in and ate a few very large, very disgusting bugs out of the bottom of the bottle........ (Shudder)

A few of the cars I saw!

The absinthe beetle/ insect.

Kinja Spider. Not sure what that’s doing there.

My cousin and I on the left and my cousin and his new wife on the right.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > 1MADDATTO 08/16/2015 at 22:13

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I was there for a wedding too. I saw the same Trabant and the Beetle you photographed. I didn’t get to see the church of bones (looked kinda gory) but did see the castle. I also went to visit the Škoda museum and factory in the town of Mlada Boleslav. Sounds like you had a great time! My aunt (who got married) lives in Prague so I'll hopefully get more opportunities to visit the city.

1MADDATTO > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/17/2015 at 01:20

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Yeah we did have a great time! It’s such a beautiful city! Well now with my cousin being married to a Czech. I too will hopefully be spending more time there too.

Lots more Pics!

1MADDATTO > 1MADDATTO 08/17/2015 at 01:20

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Kinja’d.

Lots more pivo!