Cars and their owners from the television series "Better Call Saul" (18 photos)

With the exception of Bob Odenkirk's extraordinary hairdo, everything is TV series Better Call Saul looks perfect. clothes, buildings, a sun-bleached von Albuquerque… everything works. But undoubted the stars of this Breaking Bad prequel and Sol's origin story Goodman are machines. Finely crafted, artfully aged and perfect for their owners.





Casting in Better Call Saul is always top notch, right down to cars. Everything that appears on the screen is intentional. "Better Call Saul" cars stand apart as works of art. art, and add dimension to the characters who control them. They are important elements of the show, where the characters are always on the move, travel through the cities and deserts of New Mexico.

Bob Odenkirk as Saul Goodman



“The only way this car is worth $500 is if she has a prostitute for $300.” So says the owner of the beaten man and wrecked 1998 Suzuki Esteem Saul Goodman aka James McGill, aka Falling Jimmy, the eponymous hero of the cult spin-off "Breaking Bad".

Suzuki Esteem by Saul Goodman





We think he is a little optimistic in this assessment. Created by Suzuki as an affordable and practical continuation of the Swift, Esteem was ugly and ubiquitous when new and age hasn't improved it. Nevertheless, he was reliable and suited our carefree hero.



In the future, in Breaking Bad, Goodman will switch to a white Cadillac DeVille, but truth be told, no character fits the car. better than Saul and his Suzuki Esteem.

Chrysler Fifth Avenue by Mike Ehrmantraut



Former rogue cop turned enforcer of the underworld and friendly grandfather Mike Ehrmantraut, who plays wonderfully wrinkled Jonathan Banks. Kicked out of the police force and losing his son, Mike lives for his granddaughter but does the dirty work for a drug lord Gustavo Fringa.



He is loyal, morally conflicted and genuinely caring, and he rides classic 1988 Chrysler Fifth Avenue. Named after New York street, he was a gas-guzzling lumpen made to comfort, not speed, and may have once been a decent clunker ... but no more. Now it's just Mike's car that survived until Breaking Bad.

AMC Javelin AMX 73 Nacho Varga



One of the overlooked anti-heroes on Better Call Saul. Ignacio "Nacho" Varga is an intelligent and ambitious mid-level drug lord with doomed aspirations. He works for Tuco Salamanca, and although he likes dealing drugs, he has no doubts about how shaky his position. However, that doesn't mean he doesn't have hot girls, a cool apartment and a nice car.



AMC Javelin Nacho - muscle car of the 70s, American Motors answer to the popular "pony car" trend, which included the Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro and Plymouth Barracuda. The cherry red version of Nacho is beautiful!

Jaguar XJ8 by Howard Hamlin



Howard Hamlin of the law firm Hamlin, Hamlin & McGill is sworn enemy of Jimmy and Saul. Too sleek, too stylish, with crocodile smile lawyer, he's everything Saul Goodman isn't... and wouldn't want to be. Conspiring with Charles McGill (Jimmy's brother), to ruin Jimmy's nascent legal career, Howard enjoys the power that his position gives him, but painfully realizes that he lacks intelligence.



And, of course, he drives a typically British luxury car. Jaguar XJ8 sleek and sassy, and almost always favored by scammers on TV shows. So it's not surprising that when Jimmy wanted to metaphorically poke Howard in the eye, he decided to vent his frustration on Jaguar. Having bought three bowling balls in a thrift store, Jimmy hits off name of a small lawyer against a large corporate law firm, throwing them at Howard's pride and joy.

1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo by Eduardo "Lalo" Salamanca
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Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman can be seen driving "Monte Carlo" 1982 release, but before that we see Lalo Salamanca in a much cooler and more fashionable version of the 1970s. Being a cold-blooded dick the Juarez cartel, the mustachioed nephew of big boss Don Hector is a man presumably sent to remedy the situation when Gustavo Fring comes up with ideas above his position.



And Lalo minds his own business on a first-generation Monte Carlo. Muscle car V8 with a claim to luxury, it was a car which, at the time of release, outsold the Ford Thunderbird by three times. Extremely cool, extremely understated and absolutely clear - just like its owner!

1998 Volvo V70 by Gus Fring



Cold, calculating and ruthless Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) has big plans when it comes to chicken stores, and big plans in the drug trade. He wants to get more piece of methamphetamine pie and willing to do whatever it takes to bypass Salamanoc. But when it comes to transport, it is above all believes in security. so that no one suspects his true abilities of a criminal, Fring presents himself as a proud manager a small chain of fried chicken Los Pollos Hermanos.



When Walter White's son-in-law Hank Schroeder was hinted that Fring was behind drug epidemic in New Mexico in Breaking Bad, he dismisses the idea with the phrase: “The guy drives a ten-year-old Volvo! It's great!" No wonder the V70 was chosen as the company car. Fring.

1960 Chevrolet Impala Hector



Hector Salamanca's Impala is a classic old school car. Hector not stylish. He is stubborn and rude. The tanned copper color of his Impala evokes nostalgia and warmth, recalling a simpler time. Hector does not nothing warm or nostalgic, but the car is perfect for him fits. Impala gives the impression of grandeur, complementing the grandiose Hector's self-image.

1970 Pontiac LeMans by Tuco Salamanca



Tuco Salamanca is a cartel distributor and drug lord. Tuco - nephew Hector. Known for his psychotic and unpredictable nature, prone to outbursts of aggression, which are often exacerbated by drug use.

Mike gets into the car and pulls into a small cafe parking lot, he deliberately scratches Tuco's Pontiac LeMans.

1969 Oldsmobile 442 Arturo



Arturo is flamboyant, boastful and greedy. He ends badly, just like his car: holed and burned on the side of a deserted road.

Bonus: Hummer H2 by Daniel Wormald, who works for a pharmaceutical company



The cars in Better Call Saul add depth to the characters and atmosphere throughout the show. There is something exciting about the sight of muscle cars. cartels speeding down deserted highways all over New Mexico. They are perfect emphasize the gloomy, violent environment that surrounds them.