What vehicle was this [no. 142]?

[PinkDalek]

Merely another bit of fun but anyone know (without the benefit of a search engine) what vehicle this is/was?:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpspr ... 23fdf8.jpg

No points for the country of origin.

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53218478

Edit: I think I now know the answer. Country of original origin is possibly obvious to you experts.

[tjh290633]

7 letters in the name on the badge. Panhard?

TJH

[ReformedCharacter]

The badge looks like it might be a Volvo, just a guess.

RC

[wilbobob]

Borgward Isabella?

[Watis]

Merely another bit of fun but anyone know (without the benefit of a search engine) what vehicle this is/was?:

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpspr ... 23fdf8.jpg

No points for the country of origin.

From https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-53218478

Edit: I think I now know the answer. Country of original origin is possibly obvious to you experts.

************** Spoiler alert ***************

I found the answer via a Google reverse image search. I'd never heard of this model but the manufacturer, although a familiar name, was a surprise.

The make and model are revealed in this link: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/ ... clnk&gl=uk

Watis

[bluedonkey]

Saab?

[bungeejumper]

Fraid it wasn't that difficult to cheat, by enlarging the photo. (Actually by grabbing the grille with Snipping Tool and then bigging it up.) Although for one awful split-second I though it said Negresse.

By the standards of 1950s/1960s France, that car was in quite good condition.

BJ

[PinkDalek]

Fraid it wasn't that difficult to cheat, by enlarging the photo. (Actually by grabbing the grille with Snipping Tool and then bigging it up.) ...

I had no need to enlarge the photo on this screen and went here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Vedette, eventually enjoying this:

http://www.carrosyclasicos.com/historia/item/636-ford-vedette-de-francia-para-el-mundo

Especially this from SCAMA (!) Saigon:

http://www.carrosyclasicos.com/imagenes/historia/ford_vedette/ford_vedette_1948_1953_28.jpg