10 most memorable movie cars

[viciouscycle]

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&story=topMovie&subject=more

Anymore that comes to mind?

 

[tboy]

That's a bullshit list, they don't even have the BATMOBILE? Jesus that has to be one of the hottest movie cars around and it isn't even on the list and The Pacer from wayne's world is? Sheet....

How about:
ELinore from "gone in 60 seconds"
The cougar from "Dusk til Dawn"
The White Challenger from "Vanishing Point"
The Cab from "5th Element"
James Dean's Porsche (did he ever use that in a movie"???)

 

[healer677]

The Skyline in Fast and the Furious.

 

[TQM]

The McQueen Mustang

should be #1. There should be no debate about this really.

No mention of the Batmobile? (The original Adam West series version?)

Herbie the Love Bug?

The Fred Astaire racing car in the brilliant "On the Beach".

Going back to McQueen, the cars in "Le Mans".

(Wasn't there a Stephen King novel about a haunted car? Or was it Carpenter?)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The French Connection had an amazing chase.....


We could go back to McQueen and The Great Escape, if you'd allow motorcycles.

 

[Berlin]

No. 4: 1964 Aston Martin DB5, "Goldfinger"

Drivetrain: 282-hp, 4.0-liter six-cylinder with four-speed manual transmission; rear-wheel drive
Notable Features: Bulletproof glass, machine guns, incessantly beeping radar screen

Save for the anemic BMW Z3 1.9 in "GoldenEye," Bond cars are top-notch — the list includes Aston Martins, Bentleys and Lotuses — but voters agreed the champ is the Aston Martin DB5 in "Goldfinger." Not only is it gorgeous, it outruns and out-gadgets all of its competitors. Plus it gets plenty of screen time with the best Bond, Sean Connery. Any dissenters, of course, are welcome to ride in the "power" passenger seat.

That would be my first pick, followed by 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 from "Back to the Future".

 

[viciouscycle]

That's a bullshit list, they don't even have the BATMOBILE? Jesus that has to be one of the hottest movie cars around and it isn't even on the list and The Pacer from wayne's world is? Sheet....

How about:
ELinore from "gone in 60 seconds"
The cougar from "Dusk til Dawn"
The White Challenger from "Vanishing Point"
The Cab from "5th Element"
James Dean's Porsche (did he ever use that in a movie"???)

True about the batmobile, probably the best movie car.
And James Dean's little bastard was never in a movie....

 

[antaeus]

Repo Man, the green Rambler.

Escape from New York, the cadillac with chandelier hood ornament. Classy!

 

[baci2004]

McQueen's Mustang in Bullet.

Stallone's modded Mercury in Cobra.....stupid shitty movie but a cool car.

The Challenger in Vanishing Point.

 

[canbreathethroughearsmale]

Remember that is says Movie, not TV

 

[LancsLad]

should be #1. There should be no debate about this really.

No mention of the Batmobile? (The original Adam West series version?)

Herbie the Love Bug?

The Fred Astaire racing car in the brilliant "On the Beach".

Going back to McQueen, the cars in "Le Mans".

(Wasn't there a Stephen King novel about a haunted car? Or was it Carpenter?)

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The French Connection had an amazing chase.....


We could go back to McQueen and The Great Escape, if you'd allow motorcycles.

Wasn't the car called Christine????

 

[Asterix]

should be #1. There should be no debate about this really.

Good lord, I actually agree with you on something. Great movie, but really a Dodge Charger that McQueen was chasing would have easily outrun a Mustang. Plus all that upshifting he did was more than a little bit silly. Sounded cool though.

 

[Shallow Throat]

Now HERE's a ride and it's very enviromentally friendly:
http://www.fresh99.com/fred-flintstone-car.htm

 

[tboy]

Wasn't the car called Christine????

Yup, and completed it was a pretty hot Plymouth Fury....loved the grill on it.

As for the charger easily outrunning the mustang....that is debatable at the best of times. Each car had their strong points and the charger might have an edge on the straights, with the factory bias ply tires they can't corner worth shit.

 

[Asterix]

Yup, and completed it was a pretty hot Plymouth Fury....loved the grill on it.

As for the charger easily outrunning the mustang....that is debatable at the best of times. Each car had their strong points and the charger might have an edge on the straights, with the factory bias ply tires they can't corner worth shit.

Neither could mid sixties Mustangs. A friend of mine years ago had a good condition '64 or '65 Mustang, I forget which. He drove me around town once or twice, though I never saw what it could do on the open road. The way he described it to me was that at high speeds, it was like driving a mattress on wheels, the suspension was that loose.

 

[MarkII]

McQueen's Mustang in Bullet. /QUOTE]

My vote for number one.

Second would be the car driven by Gene Hackman in The French Connection...not that it was special..it just took a hell of a beating!

M2

 

[markvee]

Family Truckster from National Lampoon Vacation

 

[shack]

How about Dorfman's brother's car in Animal House?

An older movie..."The Yellow Rolls Royce".

 

[markvee]

How about Dorfman's brother's car in Animal House?

Do you mean the Deathmobile?

 

[tboy]

Neither could mid sixties Mustangs. A friend of mine years ago had a good condition '64 or '65 Mustang, I forget which. He drove me around town once or twice, though I never saw what it could do on the open road. The way he described it to me was that at high speeds, it was like driving a mattress on wheels, the suspension was that loose.

A couple of things you should know:

The Bullitt mustang is a GT390. Unless your friend had a gt (any of them) it is like comparing apples to oranges.

1) It has a 390 big block not a 289 or 302.
2) Mag Wheels instead of steel
3) upgraded suspension

SO, while most pony cars from the 60's handled like crap, there is a big difference between a stock mustang and the gt versions.

BTW: the original mustang was sent to the crusher after filming was completed and the backup vehicle was sold to an editing employee. It was later sold to someone in New Jersey and when Steve McQueen heard about it, he tried to buy it but the seller wouldn't sell. After Steve died in 1980 the vehicle was then sold to a f*cking asshole who won't let anyone shoot the car, won't talk to anyone about it won't sell it and let's it sit in a barn rotting to death......(taken from a story found online).....

 

[Asterix]

A couple of things you should know:

The Bullitt mustang is a GT390. Unless your friend had a gt (any of them) it is like comparing apples to oranges.

1) It has a 390 big block not a 289 or 302.
2) Mag Wheels instead of steel
3) upgraded suspension

SO, while most pony cars from the 60's handled like crap, there is a big difference between a stock mustang and the gt versions.

True, but that still left the GT 50 horsepower short and with less torque than the Charger. Truth be told neither car handled all that well, and the veteran stunt drivers driving the Mustang complained that they could barely keep up with the Dodge during filming. Btw, that scene where McQueen overshot the curve, and had to back up, tires screechiing, actaully happened unscripted. He couldn't control the car. It was at that point that the producers yanked him from any further driving so that their star didn't wind up dead, and let the stunt drivers finish all the following scenes.