1 1967 Volvo P1800 | Parked near Beacon Hill's Charles Street | Volvo P1800 | Cream white | Gaslamp and brick, very Emma-in-a-cardigan | Retired professor who still grades papers in pen | A slow-burn inheritance dispute | Uncommon | Smug in the best way, like it knows its Saint film cameo |
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2 Classic Mini Cooper | South End side streets near Tremont | Austin Mini Cooper | British racing green | Brownstones with better window boxes than mine | Architect who bikes when it's not raining | A caper gone slightly, charmingly wrong | Occasional | Too small to hide a body, disappointingly |
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3 Citroen 2CV | Outside a Cambridge bookshop near Harvard Square | Citroen 2CV | Faded yellow | Secondhand paperbacks and existentialist grad students | Someone who definitely owns a beret unironically | A French exchange student subplot | Rare | Looks like it runs on stubbornness alone |
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4 1970s Jaguar E-Type | Newbury Street near the galleries | Jaguar E-Type | British racing green | Where the window displays cost more than my rent | Gallery owner with strong opinions on provenance | An art forgery scheme | Rare | Gorgeous, temperamental, exactly like every character based on one |
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5 Fiat 500 (vintage) | North End near Hanover Street | Fiat 500 | Cherry red | Espresso, church bells, impossible parking | Someone whose nonna would approve | A family recipe held hostage by a will | Occasional | Adorable, and somehow always parked better than me |
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6 Porsche 911 (air-cooled era) | Seaport District near the waterfront | Porsche 911 | Guards red | Glass towers, oat milk, ambition | Someone who left finance to 'consult' | A tech founder's very public unraveling | Uncommon | Loud engine, louder about it at dinner parties |
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7 1950s Ford Thunderbird | Jamaica Plain near the Arboretum | Ford Thunderbird | Turquoise | Porch gardens and Sunday farmers markets | A retired jazz musician, probably | A cold case reopened by an old photograph | Rare | Wears its chrome like a good alibi |
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8 Land Rover Defender (classic) | Brookline near Coolidge Corner | Land Rover Defender | Muddy green | Practical wealth, tote bags from three different farm shares | A pediatrician who actually goes hiking | A missing persons case that starts at a trailhead | Occasional | Looks capable of things it will never actually do here |
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9 Alfa Romeo Spider | Back Bay near Commonwealth Avenue Mall | Alfa Romeo Spider | Rosso red | Tree-lined and mildly showing off | A divorce lawyer treating himself | A midlife crisis with a body count | Rare | Beautiful and unreliable, like most good suspects |
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10 Volkswagen Vanagon | Somerville near Davis Square | Volkswagen Vanagon | Two-tone tan and brown | Vinyl records and a co-op that never closes | A ceramicist with strong feelings about kilns | A road trip that becomes an accidental heist | Uncommon | Charming right up until it needs a tow |
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