These Are Your Favorite Movie Cars

Things are super bad on the market, which implies its an important time to sink into an old movie and forget in regards to the world outside. Might I suggest something from the pre-internet days? They at all times have the very best cars. Whether your tastes tend towards American classics or British sports cars, movies have you ever covered. Earlier this week I asked about your favorite movie cars. Your answers stretched from horror movie favorites just like the Plymouth Fury in “Christine” and the Valiant from “Duel” to comedy cars in “Blues Brothers” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.” Someone even threw in a shout out to “The Wraith,” and it is often a very good day once I keep in mind that movie exists. 

Scroll through for a visit down memory lane, but watch out, I just got a smokey report on memory lane and we’re eastbound and down. 

As mainstream because it comes (from a ’70s perspective), however the 1977 Pontiac Trans Am SE from Smokey and the Bandit was my first automotive crush. But for obscure and as an homage to my first automobile, let’s take the 85 Chevy Impala from To Live and Die in L.A.

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Oh yeah that trans am. I had a friends dads who would put a dollar on the dash, then let you are attempting to grab it as he launched it. A lot fun as kid. Awesome automobile.

From Madkap42 and Joe Joe

Christine after all.

The appeal was the child getting his hands dirty to revive it using junkyard parts. Built not bought. It also had a shocking dash cluster with haunting green glow to light up the instruments.

In real life those classic cars drove very poorly. Floatly ride, poor brakes, handling where the entire body tilted, etc. The ending had a little bit of artistic license with the child pulling a shard of glass out of his body since safety glass was mandated within the Nineteen Thirties. Beautiful automobile though and fun movie.

From Tex

BluesMobile (1974 Dodge Monaco), notably the sound of the engine when Elwood races it through the park to make the n^zis jump off the bridge. I watch that clip only for the sound when I want a pick-me-up.

From BossLinco

The Wagon Queen Family Truckster.

For those who grew up within the 70s and 80s I can guarantee you hung out in something identical to this. Bloated. Poorly made. Indifferently designed. There is a level of knowing horror during that movie starting with picking the automobile up on the dealership to breakdowns in the course of nowhere.

The wagon Queen Family Truckster is the automobile we got, not the automobile we wanted. It’s an ideal encapsulation of why all of us bought Japanese cars for the remainder of our lives.

From Buckfiddious

Ford Falcon V8 “Interceptor” from Mad Max and all of its iterations.

From towman

Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger

From IB007

1968 Ford Mustang Fastback driven by Steve McQueen within the movie Bullitt!

From Don C

Reaching WAY back – Dennis Weaver’s 1971 Valiant in Duel. First time I saw the movie was in fifth grade on the last day of faculty. Our teacher had brought within the 35mm projector and a stack of movies for us to complete out the day. No clue what else played that day, but seeing the Valiant battle the truck and each go over the cliff at the top was pretty great. Chef’s kiss was when Mr. Buckner threw the projector in reverse and we watched them fall up – pretty great once you’re 10 and prepared for summer.

Close second was Corvette Summer. Such an unsightly ass automobile but YEAHHHHHHHH

From Carey Mahoney

the wraith, charlie sheens finest hour

From MTmanual2

Our fantastic 4 fendered friend, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, obviously. Who doesn’t love an early 1900’s former race automobile? Plus, it could fly.

From Papa Chris