Name the best movie car in your opinion and why

[rfalker1]

I am curious about the best movie(tv cars are acceptable too) cars of all time... and why so! I will start.

the 1967 Shelby Mustang ... Eleanor from the remake of Gone in 60 Seconds. It was in one of the best chase scenes of all time, the engine sound was perfect and it had nitrous which helped it outrun a helicopter!!! AWESOME


https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/Nicolas_Cage_Eleanor_wrecked_zps2706266b-1.jpeg


It still looks good bruised and battered!!!!

[Thephranc]

Black Moon Rising

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/1-1.jpg

It was the first "car movie" I saw started my interest in the genre.

[damannhw]

I have alot of favorites, but if I can only pick one, it's Bullit. A '68 mustang fastback has to be one of the best looking cars ever built, and the movie car is beautiful even all these years later, and the chase scenes were great too.

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[cornfedbill]

I agree the Bullitt Mustang is at the top of the list. A real car with a real driver.

However, I have to go with the Two Lane Blacktop '55 Chevy (also in American Graffitti).

What can be better than a real 10 second gasser style '55? This car was no poser. :1st:

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[Yelcamino]

My favorite is The Gumball Rally (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Gumball_Rally/70036917?locale=en-US). An illegal race from New York to LA with a Cobra kicking a Farrari's ass!

[Tom Welch]

I'm going with Steve Mqueen's 68 fastback. I have read that he took a personal interest in how the car looked for the movie, the wheels, debadging, the shifter were supposed to be his way of making the car look like it 'belonged' in the movie, sort of personalized for his character.

[Dantigan]

Charger from Fast and Furious is a good one as well. Nothing like good ol' american brute force.

[SLO_Z28]

The movie doesn't come out for a few months, but the answer is clear as day in my mind. Ill bump this thread when its released.

A close second is the Corvette from this movie:
http://youtu.be/MWbDNJt45UU?t=15m36s

[XLexusTech]

A horror movie called "The Car".. Because still to this day that horn sound that it made still haunts me...
In a close second is the Tri 5 from American Graffiti.. Cause its bad ass and Street racing is where it all began for me.
Third... the Camaro from Better Off dead... Cause its a camaro :-)
Fourth The Bullet Mustang form the original movie.. cause nobody has driven a car like that since.... and it was bad ass,

[Thephranc]

Thought about this some more and I have to go with the Dodge Interceptor from 'The Wraith'.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/wraith1-1.jpg

[cornfedbill]

Thought about this some more and I have to go with the Dodge Interceptor from 'The Wraith'.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/wraith1-1.jpg

What I like best about the Interceptor is that you can crash is over and over again and it comes back together just like new. I want that feature on my car.

[k5warwagon]

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What started it all for me!

[BonzoHansen]

^^^BOD!!

i don't know, Bullitt is a bad movie with a good chase scene.


Cannonball Run. Because...

...they are very close
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...he only needs one tool
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...exotic...um...cars...
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...these rosery bleeds?
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..."foyt"
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...he's Roger Moore
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...du.du.du.du.du.du...****
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...get a physical, he loves you!
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...and of course, Farrah (http://whysoblu.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/cannonball-run1-11.jpg)
(might not be w/s)


uh oh, conference call is over lol

[BuddyP]

Cannonball run is deffinatly one of my favorites.

The recent movie "Hit and Run" has some cool rides and chases.

[mpozzi]

There are so many to choose from but the scariest for me, at least, was "Christine." I read the book and that scared me enough, too ...

Mary P.

[ZuperZport]

Begins and ends with "The Car" for me.

Was like 7 in 77' and conned the rents in to letting me watch this.

Just like Bullitt - awful movie - but great car chases.

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[XLexusTech]

Hell yes..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35bsVZeXYE

[SRD art]

Lol! I was 7 in 77 too and remember that movie. That preview is creepy enough :eek: lol, but the horn brings back memories and chills down my spine :evil:. Didn't it come out of the ground in one scene towards the end? They sure dubbed some "killer" exhaust notes from it, wish my car sounded that "wicked" ;) .

I agree with what's been said, however it seems all those car movies from the 60s and 70s were terrible, lol! Cool cars but for the most part lousy acting and scripts.

I really liked the newer Marky Mark version of the Italian job. Nothing like a high speed chase down the interstate with a Yenko Nova! Not to mention all the Mini action.

I also saw Jack Reacher recently, that's a pretty 70 Chevelle there. Sounded good too.

[TheJDMan]

My favorite is John Milner's coupe in American Graffiti, classic American hot rod. A very close second on my list is the 68 Mustang fastback piloted by Steve McQueen in Bullit.

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[GaRys69]

Corvette Summer
and one that the greenie's would like to see happen to our cars
The Last Chase (1981)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASCmH1HdG6g

[GeoffP]

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What started it all for me!

Yep - Better Off Dead - STOOPID Movie but I love it just the same. My favorite Camaro movie ever! I want my two dollars!!! :)

Lots of greats here! I love Milner's coup too!!

[69X22]

Big Red in the Fast and the Furious.

[SS PUNISHER]

What I like best about the Interceptor is that you can crash is over and over again and it comes back together just like new. I want that feature on my car.
I'm pretty sure you have to die first, idk about that trade off.... lol

[rfalker1]

I'm pretty sure you have to die first, idk about that trade off.... lol


hahahahahahaa!!!!!!!!!!

[HELLCAMINO]

The Car is at the top of my list right there with Two Lane Blacktop!

[IDOXLR8]

Project "X"! Hollywood Knights

[CreepinDeth]

Christine was good, but I also like Wraith with the Dodge Interceptor.

Christine because it was a possessed classic kickin ass n takin souls.
Wraith because it was a futuristic car sent back with a soul for vengeance.
Lots of cool classic muscle cars in both movies too.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/Christine09-1.jpg

[ChevelleNV]

Wow, lot of bitchin cars on this list, I really love the MadMax Interceptor for my childhood. but recently I fell in love with the 67 Lincoln from Hit & Run. gonna have to build me one of these someday...with an LS in it.

https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/hitrunstarsdaxshepards67lincoln-1.jpg

[BonzoHansen]

^^i forget the actor's name, you can see him in that pic. that is his car and he did his own driving in that movie. car was in phr a few months ago.

[Racerdave24]

Tough, but I would have to go with the following in this order:

1. Eleanor (Gone in 60 Seconds)
2. Bullitt Mustang
3. Interceptor (Mad Max) because i thought it was soooo cool to be able to switch the blower on and off.
4. 77 T/A (Smokey and the Bandit) my first car was a 77 T/A and trust me....they will jump just like in the movies. :)

[cdhowell]

The 70 challenger in Vanishing Point. One of the best chase movies ever.

[cornfedbill]

I'm pretty sure you have to die first, idk about that trade off.... lol

Darn, there is always a catch. I guess I'll just have to pass on that one. Shoot. And it looks so cool.

[twosaturns]

the '70's were so much better chases than modern movies, done on real streets.

I'm a child of the 70s too, so Corvette Summer was a big one for me, and Smokey and the Bandit. and the Blues Brothers police car.

[yellow1098Greg]

-Smokey and the bandit
-year one trans am in fast and furious 4
-fast and furious charger without a doubt part 1
-fast and furious charger flat black with red r/t part 4

Wait until you see the red dodge Daytona he's drives in fast 6, game over

[protour73]

In the little known (but one of my favorite car chases) 1974 John Wayne movie "McQ", a 1973 Brewster Green SD455 Trans AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHtTwacRpTI

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[Loyaltyisking]

The porsche in the first BAD BOYS! The end of the movie where it chases down the cobra! I was 12 when i saw that movie in the theaters, and still remember how dope it felt watching it. Intstantly became my all time favorite car. Still is.

[Todd in Vancouver]

This started it when I was young

Gumball Ralley
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But this kept me going every week while growing up watching this on TV with my Dad

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Ah the memories...

[shawnvan]

The Mustang in Born To Run with Richard Grieco

[724tim]

The Mustang in Born To Run with Richard Grieco
good movie.

[724tim]

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[Rambler69]

I would have to go with the 57 chevy from Catch me if you can. Something about a legendary unbeatable car buried underneath the football field I always thought was bad ass.
I couldnt find any pictures of the red version before it goes through the carwash, but the second version was okay too
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/i122471_zps76a21a0c-1.jpg

Runner up to the dodge interceptor for sure.

[LS6 Tommy]

In the little known (but one of my favorite car chases) 1974 John Wayne movie "McQ", a 1973 Brewster Green SD455 Trans AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHtTwacRpTI

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X2. Not my absolute favorite, but up there!

Tommy

[BuddyP]

Begins and ends with "The Car" for me.

Was like 7 in 77' and conned the rents in to letting me watch this.

Just like Bullitt - awful movie - but great car chases.

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LOL! I remember that one! Yeah pretty cheesy movie but good chases

[Typhoon1015]

I would have to go with the 57 chevy from Catch me if you can. Something about a legendary unbeatable car buried underneath the football field I always thought was bad ass.
I couldnt find any pictures of the red version before it goes through the carwash, but the second version was okay too
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/i122471_zps76a21a0c-1.jpg

Runner up to the dodge interceptor for sure.

Yes x2 loved this movie, not many people knew about it, and since the filming was local to me in MN, it is pretty cool. they have the full movie on youtube last i checked.

[Typhoon1015]

I just watched Hit and Run last night due to the recommendation, and it was pretty good. It had good name actors, and you could tell Dax is a car guy with all the car chase/scenes.

[ohm]

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What started it all for me!

Me too!!! here's a GREAT story about where that car is now.... http://betteroffdeadcamaro.com/

[gtalum01]

Crazy Mary Dirty Larry is a real good one and the remake of Vanishing point for TV atleast had a better plot as why Kawalski was running from the law. A lame one is an old made for TV version of Tales From the Crypt that had Brad Pitt in it that he died in a drag race at the end. Like most said half the movies were a little lame but the cars were the best part.

[kawaden]

as an Aussie the Mad Max interceptor is one on my fav's. the other is a bit left field, the head baddies black slope nose Porsche from Condorman. as a kid I thought that was the toughest, fastest looking thing ever.

[JAG.]

if we're strictly talking best movie cars, id have to say these:

1. flying delorean from back to the future 2 - because it flies.. AND travels thru time
2. aston martin db5 from goldfinger - c'mon.. it has machine guns and an ejector seat!


if we're talking just bad ass movie cars that lit a fire under your arse about cars.. then i'll go with:

1970 challenger - vanishing point
1973 mustang 'eleanor' - gone in 60 seconds
1994 supra - fast & the furious

[JAG.]

oh and the batmobile..

[Enzo Damico]

Bad boys,great race seen.I love when the Porsche slows down.I must have rewind that part 20 times!I wish I still had my beta machine!

[qnitro]

Bullit no question

[JAWSS]

Nearly anything in Dazed and Confused. Personal favorite, Melba Toast. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSW2RH1GX3U

[High Plains Mopars]

Maybe its showing my "grumpy old man" sneaking up on me, but I find most modern car films, while somewhat entertaining and usually full of better acting than their predecessors, actually don't do much for me as a car enthusiast. Maybe its because 40 years ago, car culture was still not a mainstream gig and was still somewhat cavalier whereas now days it is not only mainstream, but a bastion of money, rose tinted memories, and objectification.

As such, Two Lane Blacktop and the original Vanishing Point are my two ultimates. Coincidentally, they are the only two "production" movies I have about cars. Everything else is documentaries. In all honesty, almost any schlock movie from the mid to late 70s is fun to watch simply for the cars that drive into and out of the scenes.

[ProTourGSX]

No explanations needed:

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https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/03/batmobile-1.jpg

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[Barrrf]

Dax Shepards Lincoln in Hit & Run

or the Casino Royale DBS
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[absintheisfun]

If were going for pure awesomeness, it would be the new gone in 60 seconds mustang...but as far as the best car scene in a movie it would have to go to the mini in The Bourne Identity. That chase scene was absolutely incredible and gave that car more balls than the factory ever thought was possible.
"You can never come back to this car...Understand?"

[SS PUNISHER]

if we're strictly talking best movie cars, id have to say these:

1. flying delorean from back to the future 2 - because it flies.. AND travels thru time
2. aston martin db5 from goldfinger - c'mon.. it has machine guns and an ejector seat!


if we're talking just bad ass movie cars that lit a fire under your arse about cars.. then i'll go with:

1970 challenger - vanishing point
1973 mustang 'eleanor' - gone in 60 seconds
1994 supra - fast & the furious

Really? The f&f supra and not the charger? C'mon man...

[riles]

Definitely BULLIT. Second to Bullit would be the yellow 57 Chevy driven by Tony Danza, in the movie "Hollywood Knights".

[daveybtv]

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What started it all for me!
I want my 2 dollars!

[daveybtv]

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the movie that started it all for me!

"It does have a little WANG to it!''

[theman3]

y'all have good choices,especially American graffiti,christine,awsome,but you left out the best, THE ROAD WARRIOR

[Tincup]

How about Newbomb Turk's Pie Wagon....

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[alocker]

The Trans Am from Billy Madison for so many reasons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZjviMmXIY8

1. T-Tops
2. Billy Squire "The Stroke" playing
3. Gear drive or flex fan sound awesome
4. No one else probably would ever consider this
5. Shaker scoop still shakes even after the car is off

After that, the Better Off Dead Camaro gets my vote.

[rickpaw]

The latest movie car that I liked was the GTO Judge in Sex Drive.

[Dusold]

The GTO in "My science project" has to make the list somewhere. It also had the on/off blower set up that was so cool when I was a kid and didn't know any better! Lol

[tylers88]

There are alot of car movies I love but my favorite isn't even a car accually very far from it. I love the prerunner Yukon XLs in Fast 5. Fast across any type of terrain.
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[Cal Poly Stang]

These are all great so I was thinking outside the box...not actually a car but definitely one I wanted when I was younger, and a great movie!

[SRD art]

This was a pretty cool chase scene. I love Suburbans, they take a lickin and keep on tickin. Mine has been a great truck. The on in the video even has bullet proof glass and the rear 1/4s and tail gates self heal in several scenes. lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_46L3X661o

The movie "In time" from a couple years ago had some cool Challengers as police cars. At about 2:15 they show a glimpse of it. Halfway decent movie too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efNzhEKm3w4

Super 8 had some sweet rides in it. As has been said, it's fun to see period correct movies and the cars in the back ground.

My wife and I saw the Host last night. The aliens all drive chrome Lotus' and bullet bikes, and they have some cool Mercedes Unimogs in it too. Good chick flick if you're into that, but I know none of you sappy guys are, lol!