7 of our favorite movie cars

[Brandan]

We love to trace the myriad ways that cars (and trucks!) permeate our culture and our lives. When we’re not documenting our own adventures or analyzing the collector market or swapping an engine in the garage, we’re digging through the never-ending treasure trove of automotive movies. Though we’ve unearthed some obscure titles in recent months, our own Brad Phillips and Colin Comer decided to spend some time debating the all-time greats movie cars in a recent livestream.

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[Brandan]

The Bluesmobile will always be among my favorites. I guess I'll have to see if it came up in the talk.

[Grace]

It does!

[TMS]

Get the lighter fixed......

[Pepperalls]

I feel like this article is fishing for us to post about:

-two lane blacktop 55 chev

-Vanishing Point Challenger

-American Graffiti Coupe, 58 Impala, etc.

-The original Eleanor and the Nic-Cage era one people seem to love

-Bluesmobile as Brandan already posted...

-Dog van from Dumb & Dumber

-Space RV from Spaceballs

-Delorean from Back to the Future... even Toyota truck from same

-could do a whole article just from Mad Max franchise and Fast & Furious Franchise...

and so on

[Guitar74]

I will add the Phatasm 'Cuda 340.

[mfs66]

What? No Bullit?

[Flowerchild147]

Smoky and the bandit car!! Pontiac firebird Transam 

[Flowerchild147]

And Herbie! Let's not forget that air cooled classic! 

[Flowerchild147]

I think someone else mentioned this but "the car" that came to my mind is the DeLorean from Back to the Future. 88 mph! Might be my generation talking! 

[Blister55]

The Ferrari from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?

“We’re professionals.”

The Bandit?

[speedsmiles]

You missed the best one!  The Challenger from "Vanishing Point".

[Rossbateman]

More interesting (and authentic) than some of your picks is the Morgan Three-wheeler in Peter Seller's The Party.   Ross Bateman

[Blister55]

It’s a stretch but I also like the treatment that Doc, the 1951 Hudson Hornet, receives in the first Cars movie with Paul Newman’s voice. 

[SoCalScott]

Oh, c'mon. Seriously? How can you ignore the greatest movie car of all time? Steve McQueen's Mustang in Bullitt!

[RedRiley]

One vehicle that really made an impression on me was the 1964 C10 Chevy stepside in the movie A Small Town in Texas. An old moonshiner helps the main characters run from the police. They pull out of the barn in a dirty old beat up truck and the old guy says "Let's show those pigs what this 427 Chevy can do!"

Oh, by the way, if you're never seen this, it's a terrific database of vehicles in movies. https://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=75235

[djtrans]

The '34 flamed coupe, "The California Kid" had to be the most memorable and highly recognized movie car.  Although the movie was kind of campish by today's standards, the car was awesome.

[Jowillie]

The `55 Chevy gasser that James Taylor & Dennis Wilson toured in "Two Lane Blacktop." Do I remember Warren Oats losing a GTO in a match race in that movie?

[Guitar74]

He didn't lose the car, just the race but it was Dennis Wilson driving the GTO.

[RG]

Paul Walker’s Gtrs how can you miss that.

[renchero63]

Well, there are three I can think of off the top of my head. Obviously, McQueen's "Bullitt" Mustang. Cheech and Chongs Low Rider and while I forget the movie, Paul Newman drove around in a bathtub Porsche.

[jekirkbride]

Harper was the movie.

Newman one time showed up at the Acadamy Awards with wife Joanne Woodward in a souped-up Porsche insted of a limo.

People were shocked and appalled.

Cool

[terryjudd]

If you’re looking for a car that was the star of a movie, don’t forget the Lincoln Futura in the 1959 film “it Started with a Kiss”. Without the car, the movie is nothing and the marriage of characters Joe Fitzpatrick (Glen Ford) and Maggie (Debby Reynolds) would have foundered. It's not everyday a car actually saves a marriage.

[Christine]

Yessss Christine can’t agree with you more 😃

[Christine]

Yesssss Christine! Can’t agree with you more 😃

[Ragtop69]

Christine.  The ultimate millennial machine.  It restores itself, requiring no effort on the part of the "owner".  Sort of like patina.

[SeanO]

In 1981 I was in HS and had just gotten my driver's license. I was standing in a Brynmar Stereo store looking for  a new needle for my record player when I heard a high revving engine blaring from the high end speaker room. I went in to see what the wonderful sound was and they were playing a bootleg copy of Rondevus of a Ferrari flying through the streets of Paris in the early hours. WOW! Talk about car porn for a 16 yo.  

[oldWheels1964]

Not for everyone but the Volvo 544 in World According to Garp is a great car. Role in the movie ends up being quite dramatic. Owned one since 1993 and is presently being prepped so she can hit the road again. 

[mwmyers91]

Surely one of the most crindge worthy sex scenes 

[kennethyoung]

Ferris Bueller Ferrari

[kennethyoung]

Ferris Bueller Ferrari

[Alaska19]

In the Wolf of Wall Street there were actually two Countach. One nice one as seen in the picture. The other one did get wreaked for the film. The wreaked one is in the middle east somewhere. Was told it was turned into a water fountain, but i can't confirm that part.

[Herbie3Rivers]

How did Herbie the Love Bug not make this list!?!

[Luvdembugs]

Herbie should have been at the top of the list!

[Sgvette]

7 is a short list. They could have had 25.

[Morningflight]

If the limit is one Cobra, then yes, definitely the Gumball Rally 427. For runner up, I'm voting for the red 289 Viva Las Vegas PR car/ movie car/ CSX2019 Dragon Snake.

[rkeller]

The fake Ferrari from Ferris Bueller's day off is my #1

[Mikesdad1]

Are you Kidding, where the Bandits Trans Am, The Bullitt Mustang, the Hemi Challenger that Kowalski drove, those are hero cars, though thank you for not bringing anything from the fast and the stupid, I mean furious 

[DHess]

Amen to the Bandit Trans Am, my childhood dream car; I got my ‘78 TA 36 years ago and still absolutely love during it around

[JoeZ]

I think the Bullitt Mustang should have been one of the first cars listed. The classic chase scene and, of course, the mystique of Steve McQueen make it an easy choice for me. 

[shoulderboards]

The primary white Challenger used in the vast majority of the scenes in Vanashing Point was not equipped with the legendary Hemi motor, but had a 440 Magnum backed up by a pistol-grip 4-speed transmission.  The producers also used a different white Challenger with a 383 motor and equipped with a trailer hitch that was both a stand in as well as a utility vehicle that towed a trailer and also pulled the white Camaro to speed in it’s collision with the two Cat dozers.

[Guitar74]

I paused the movie more than once (the original, not the remake with Viggo Mortenson), and got very clear shots of "383 Magnum" on the side of the power bulge. It would make a lot of sense as the 383 was the cheapest big block to obtain.

The made for tv remake cars are on display at the Floyd Garrett Musclecar Museum in Sevierville, TN. The chase car in that film was a 440 automatic car, and the "glamour shot car" was a Hemi 4 spd, although I think it was a clone. The chase car still wears the sprayed on "movie dirt".

[in_garage]

Yes! The Trans-Am and Mustang for sure. It's like the guys were picking the best - from a B category not A. More movie than car.

[kopkar1]

Actually Kowalski's Challenger was a 440-4bbl R/T. I believe the backup cars were 383s

[Band1]

I have a true 1977 Pontiac Trans Am SA just like the one in the movie. It is the most iconic movie car EVER!!  I can't believe it's not on this list. BOO! 

[Miketheump]

Not that it was a great car but without it there wouldn't be a trilogy, how was the DeLorean left off the list, the time machine that even today people stop and have a must see. An iconic memory that has spanned at least 3 generations. Marty McFly and Doc Brown will never forgive you.

[DaveA]

I agree! As an owner I am constantly amazed at the love that people have for the DeLorean. It’s not a time machine, it’s not a speed machine, but it absolutely is a SMILE machine.

[Jakekl]

Great list, but to me misses the top 5 quintessential movie cars: Bullit Mustang, Back to the Future Delorean, The Graduate Alfa Romeo Spyder ‘Duetto’, James Bond Franchise Aston Martin DB5 & The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Esprit S1 ‘Wet Nellie’  

[Achfc]

Eleanor!!!

[SprintB]

The “Goldfinger” Aston Martin. I had a matchbox one that ejected a little figure out the roof  !  Probably my favorite toy car ever.