Hollywood's Greatest Motors
Wheels from the reels...!The coolest cars we could think of from our lifetime in movies and television. Have we missed any out?By Stuart Messham | March 2011 |
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Ectomobile / Ecto-1 A 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor [42] limo-style endloader combination car (ambulance conversion) used in the brilliant Ghostbusters (1984). |
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That one from Bullitt Steve McQueen’s “Highland Green” 1968 Ford Mustang 390 GT
from Bullitt (1968). In 2001, the Ford Motor Company released the Bullitt edition Ford Mustang GT. |
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Cameron's Dad’s prized convertible A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California from Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). |
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BA's van Black and metallic grey GMC Vandura van with its characteristic red stripe, black and red turbine mag wheels, and rooftop spoiler |
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Emmet Brown's DeLorean Retrofitted DeLorean DMC-12 with Flux Capacitor and swing doors from Back to the Future (1985). |
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Bale's Batmobile The film's production designer described the machine as a cross between a Lamborghini and a tank, from the film The Dark Knight (2008). |
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Herbie Anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle, a character featured in several Disney motion pictures starting with the 1968 feature film The Love Bug. |
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Black Beauty 2010’s Green Hornet drove twelve Chrysler Imperials ranging from '65 to '67. |
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Bond's Lotus Lotus Esprit that converts into a submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). |
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KITT A 1982 Pontiac Trans Am with a smarmy voice that can jump over other cars at the push of a button. |
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General Lee 1969 2-door Dodge Charger, the idea for which was developed from the famous bootlegger Jerry Rushing's car, called Traveler. |
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Bumblebee A 1977 Chevrolet Camaro from Transfomers (2007). |
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Red Mists’s motor A supercharged 2009 Ford Mustang with a Saleen motor that puts out 630 horse power, from the film Kick Ass (2010). |
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Christine A red-and-white 1958 Plymouth Fury from the 1983 horror movie of the same name. |
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Striped Tomato Starsky's two-door Ford Gran Torino, which was red with a large white vector stripe, was nicknamed the "Striped Tomato" by Hutch in the episode "Snowstorm". |
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1970 Dodge Challenger From Death Proof (2007) and Vanishing Point (1971). |
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Charlie Croker's minis The getaway motors from Michael Caine’s legendary heist movie, The Italian Job (1969) – three
1964 Austin Minis. |
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Mad Max’s motor The Pursuit Special: a 1972 Holden HQ LS Monaro coupe in Mad Max 2 (1981). |
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