The wife and I finally rented the old school who-dun-it, "Knives Out" the other night and we loved it. Loved it so much we watched it again right after we saw it the first time. I guess being in quarantine does have some perks. Actually, we would have liked to have watched it several more times since there's so much going on in the film we know we missed something the first or second go round but those Red Box late fees do pile up quickly. Funny how Daniel Craig got top pilling - he was the only member of the cast my wife and I thought was miscast.
These cars were known internally at BMW as "E9" and design and engineering work dates back to 1962. The first E9 went to market in 1968 and was known as the 2800 CS. It was replaced by the 3.0 CS in 1971; the biggest difference in the two models being an increase in the engine's bore pushing displacement to three liters opposed to two point eight liters in the previous CS. 1971 also saw the introduction of the 3.0 CSi like the car in the movie - the "i" denoting the fitment of Bosch fuel injection helping the overhead cam, inline six make some two hundred brake horsepower.
BMW commissioned the famed German auto body builder Karmann to build the bodies for all E9's. BMW sold them through 1975. They were replaced by the E24 or "6 series".
There's something special about old BMW's that today's do-everything-superbly BMW's lack. It's a visceral thing that's sadly lacking in just about everything they have now save for maybe their M4 coupe. This E9 is made note of in the film but ads nothing to the plot, it's a fashion accessory if nothing else for Chris Evan's character.
The car in the film was originally sold to a buyer in Milan, Italy and came to the United States in the 1990's. It was sold into a local collection not far from where major shooting of "Knives Out" took place outside Boston, Massachusetts. The car was repainted in 2000 and most recently had a thorough mechanical going over. The interior is completely original and is allegedly in good shape save for a little wear on the driver's seat. Considered a "driver's car" by E9 cognoscenti, denoting it's far from showroom condition, it was sold after shooting for the film was completed.
BMW commissioned the famed German auto body builder Karmann to build the bodies for all E9's. BMW sold them through 1975. They were replaced by the E24 or "6 series".
There's something special about old BMW's that today's do-everything-superbly BMW's lack. It's a visceral thing that's sadly lacking in just about everything they have now save for maybe their M4 coupe. This E9 is made note of in the film but ads nothing to the plot, it's a fashion accessory if nothing else for Chris Evan's character.
The car in the film was originally sold to a buyer in Milan, Italy and came to the United States in the 1990's. It was sold into a local collection not far from where major shooting of "Knives Out" took place outside Boston, Massachusetts. The car was repainted in 2000 and most recently had a thorough mechanical going over. The interior is completely original and is allegedly in good shape save for a little wear on the driver's seat. Considered a "driver's car" by E9 cognoscenti, denoting it's far from showroom condition, it was sold after shooting for the film was completed.
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