Marauders in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

While living in Jeddah for 15 months (Feb 99 - Apr 2000) I saw a ton of CV's on the road. Also saw a bunch of Impala SS - only they didn't call it Impala SS - It was renamed Caprice SS. Everything was the same with the car except the name. It had the raised lettering on the side the same as the Impala SS. Any year Caprice is worth a fortune in Saudi.

When they stopped making the Caprice in the states they were importing a Caprice from Australia. It had a new body style, with the much loved V8. Saudi's love the V8.
 
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Marauder_Santa said:
While living in Jeddah for 15 months (Feb 99 - Apr 2000) I saw a ton of CV's on the road. Also saw a bunch of Impala SS - only they didn't call it Impala SS - It was renamed Caprice SS. Everything was the same with the car except the name. It had the raised lettering on the side the same as the Impala SS. Any year Caprice is worth a fortune in Saudi.

When they stopped making the Caprice in the states they were importing a Caprice from Australia. It had a new body style, with the much loved V8. Saudi's love the V8.
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Marauder_Santa :) hi how are you ? I hope you had a wonderful time in Saudi Arabia . I live in Riyadh The capital of Saudi Arabia in every street you MUST find ford crown victoria or Mercury Grand Marquis or Lincoln town car and rarely Marauders. Saudi Arabia is the biggest market for the panther platform in Retail sales and government sales :) .
 
I wonder how many panthers are exported to them a year. it's nice to know other people around the world love our cars like we do lol
 
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my brother's vic

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It's a long time since I lived in Riyadh,I was 8 at the time
totally different lifestyle..Nice to hear your stories- and
to hear our cars are popular around the world not just
here.I'll be looking forward to hearing more..
 
ta3mo3 said:
why ?


how my MM looks with these tires ?
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Just the fact the MM is over there, one of the few places I wouldn't think it would be. I could see them being in Europe more before being in the Middle East.

From your picture it looks like you have the same size as the front or maybe smaller. The rear tire should be bigger than the front.

Front: 235/50-18
Rear: 245/55-18
 
In Europe, small is popular - big is ostentatious. In the Middle East, big is the norm. Suburbans, Land Cruisers, Patrols - all commonplace. Big Mercury's, Mercedes, Bimmers (Not many Jags that I saw) were extremely common. Mustangs were the "Must Have" for the go-fast boys. My Brother said (I wasn't there long enough to see it myself) that they used to do some funky thing with Mustangs and the like where they would try running the bowl perimeter of the big sand dunes. Like the Sphere of Death for motorcycles. If you aren't able to go fast enough, you roll down the side of the dune. He said they'd regularly roll cars and write them off.
This is what $100 a barrel oil will do to a country rich in reserves!
 
I don't love it, but it's better than the current grill, which I'm not too fond of.

The only grills I've ever really liked are the Marauder ones.
 
ctrlraven said:
Just the fact the MM is over there, one of the few places I wouldn't think it would be. I could see them being in Europe more before being in the Middle East.
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Gas is too expensive in Europe and some countries charge taxes according to what the vehicle is rated at for horsepower...not to mention Europeans arent a big fan of American cars unless they are classics or well known muscle cars.
 
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