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The transcended their roles as vehicles. They became characters. Lancia provided the tragic hero; Opel provided the plucky sidekick; Mercedes provided the wise old man. Opel provided the plucky sidekick
Their mission, given by a producer who clearly hated them, was to cross the Makgadikgadi Pans—a salt flat the size of Portugal with no shade, no water, and no mercy. and no mercy.