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The final results are in and the winner of the best car movie of all time, as chosen by you, is "American Graffiti."
The contenders were the winners from the intial voting on the best movie from each era. There were some obvious winners but some surprises as well.
In the 50s to Early 70's era "Bullitt" won handily, which is no shocker, by garnering 64% of the votes.
"Amercian Graffiti" easily won in the Early 70s to Mid 70s category with 42% of the more than 2000 votes. "Smokey and The Bandit" won with 33% of the votes in the Mid 70s to Early 80s era, but "Blues Brothers" (15%) and "Hollywood Knights" (10%) weren't too far behind.
The major surprise was in the Early 80s to 2000s era. The remake of "Gone in Sixty Seconds" with 29% of the votes edged out "Ronin" (16%) and "The Road Warrior" (14%) to take the honors. Anyone who was watching the totals knew this was a fairly up-and-down race as "The Road Warrior" was in front at one point while "Ronin" quickly caught up in the last few weeks but fell short.
So, it was down to "Bullitt" vs. "American Graffiti" vs. "Smokey and The Bandit" vs. "Gone In Sixty Seconds."
Here are the results from the Final Four voting:
"Bullitt" (1968): 21%
"American Graffiti" (1973): 52% "Smokey and The Bandit" (1977): 14%
"Gone In Sixty Seconds" (2000): 12%
Thanks to all of you who voted!
If you missed the review of the Top 40 Car Movies Ever you can check out the whole list starting just below.
Cars and movies go together like peanut butter and jelly, and for morethan a century Hollywood has commingled cars with cinema, each timeforcing us to flock to theaters like the obedient lemmings we are. Andwhen affordably priced DVDs started showing up, a lot of us startedaccumulating collections of car movies that rival our collections ofstolen road signs, rubber scraped from defunct dragstrips, and HotWheels.
There are literally hundreds upon hundreds of films that could fit intoa loose definition of "car movie," so we pared this list of 40indispensable titles down to include only films available on DVD andonly films that were first released in theaters. We stuck with DVDsbecause the digital transfers are (generally) better than tape, and VHStapes are a technological dead end. Most DVDs package extras alongsidetheir featured attraction, usually display the film in a letterboxformat that preserves the full widescreen frame, and the studios havepriced them for people to own rather than rent. The prices quoted hereare from Amazon.com at press time (except where noted).
For HOT ROD, a perfect car movie should first and foremost feature hotrods. But not every movie does that and some have the compensatingvirtues of compelling storylines and amazing car chases. So the filmshere range from car-centered to just good action; from car-obsessed tocars incidental; from blockbuster to never-heard-of-it. Some of them arereally good movies while others are on the list because of strongelements amid the muck, strong historic significance, or just curiosityfactor. And some are pure garbage, but garbage we love. Five of thesefilms feature Dodge Chargers in prominent roles, and those are noted inour icon bars. Some of these have fantastic looking women in them, sowe've noted those. And what's the most popular city for filming carchases? Long Beach, California. So we've noted those six films too.
Disagree with us? Fine. Just don't write telling us that Stroker Ace,Driven, Days of Thunder, Cannonball Run 2, Smokey and the Bandit 2,Smokey and the Bandit 3, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Car, The Betsy, BluesBrothers 2000, or The Wild Ride should be on the list. We've alreadydetermined that they all suck.
1> American Graffiti (1973)
Director: George Lucas
Stars: '32 Ford five-window, '55 Chevy, '58 Chevy
People: Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Charles Martin Smith,Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Mackenzie Phillips, Candy Clark, and PaulLeMat
Why: The obvious choice. Despite all those Star Wars movies,American Graffiti is director George Lucas' best film. Four friends incentral California face the future dusk-to-dawn one summer night in1962; cruising, hanging out, wreaking havoc, and ultimately streetracing. In 200 years people will still watch this movie to know what itmeant to grow up in an America obsessed with hot rods. And they'll stillwant to drive Milner's '32 and Falfa's '55.
Look For: You know Milner is in trouble when he opens his car'sheaders.
Trivia: The license number on Milner's car is "THX 138" referringto Lucas' first film, THX 1138.
DVD: Lucas tweaked the film before releasing it on DVD a fewyears ago (adding a computer-generated sky behind Mel's Drive-In in theopening shot for instance), and it's now available as a "Drive-In DoubleFeature" with its sequel on a single disc. $17.98
2> Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
Director: Monte Hellman
Stars: '55 Chevy, '70 GTO
People: James Taylor, Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates
Why: There's a plot in here somewhere, but no one cares. Twoitinerant street racers without names (Taylor and Wilson are "TheDriver" and "The Mechanic") wander across America until they encounteran older guy in a GTO (Oates) who can't shut up. They stop and streetrace. Then they stop and drag race. Then there's an impromptu race witha Dodge Charger. It all boils down to attitude--and you either like thator just leave the TV tuned to Lifetime. And their '55 Chevy issolid-axle wicked; a car built when '55s were bad-asses instead ofantiseptic nostalgia rods.
Look For: The only movie ever in which a character stops to buy arebuild kit for a '70 Quadrajet.
Trivia: Richard Ruth, who built the '55, is the guy in theGlendale Speed Center T-shirt at the first gas station they stop at. Andyeah, painted black, the '55 was Falfa's car in American Graffiti.
DVD: The limited-edition DVD that came in a tin box with a posterand key chain is now a collectible with some sellers asking $200 ormore. So look for a used disc on eBay.
3> Vanishing Point (1971)
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Star: '70 Challenger R/T
People: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger Why: For no apparent reason, Kowalski (no first name) needs toget from Denver to San Francisco in less than 15 hours and has only awhite Challenger and a fistful of amphetamines with which to do it. Thecops try and stop him, and a lot of excellent high-speed stunt drivingensues. All the '70s counter- culture/existential stuff is bizarre, butthe music is still solid. This is the ultimate Mopar movie.
Trivia: Driving the Challenger most of the time was legendarystuntman Carey Loftin.
DVD: $11.24. Make sure you're getting the original 1971 VanishingPoint, and not the insulting 1997 remake.
4> Bullitt (1968)
Director: Peter Yates
Stars: '68 Mustang GT 390, '68 Charger
People: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset
Why: The chase in Bullitt--the definitive movie car chase--hasbeen obsessed over for nearly 40 years and it still holds up. Sure, toomany hubcaps come off the Charger and McQueen upshifts the Mustang sooften he'd be in 16th gear by the end of the sequence, but it'sgroundbreaking film making and worth watching once a month. The moviealso has Bisset in her jaw-dropping prime and McQueen at his coolest.
Trivia: While McQueen did much of his own driving, it was CareyLoftin who piloted the Mustang during the hairiest stuff.
DVD: At $21.59, the two-disc special edition (featuringdocumentaries on McQueen and film editing) is worth it.
5> The Gumball Rally (1976) Director: Charles Bail
Stars: '65 Shelby Cobra 427, '70 Camaro, '71 Ferrari DaytonaSpyder
People: Michael Sarrazin, Raul Julia, Gary Busey
Why: This is the first genuinely funny car movie. The drivingisn't the best (it's good), but the script has wit, there are great carsin every scene, and the viewer winds up wanting to go and organize hisown illegal cross-country road race. Or at least drive through the L.A.River in a Cobra. Raul Julia is great as Franco Bertollini, who rips theDaytona's rearview mirror off and explains, "[That's] the first rule ofItalian driving . . . What's behind me is not important."
Trivia: Released in August 1976, Gumball hit theaters a coupleweeks after Cannonball (number 18 on this list) making it the secondfilm inspired by Brock Yates' Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining SeaMemorial Trophy Dash. That event first ran in May 1971.
DVD: Finally released in August 2005, it runs $11.23.
6> Thunder Road (1958)
Director: Arthur Ripley
Stars: '50 Ford, '57 Chevy, '57 Ford
People: Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry
Why: Of all the tales of moonshine running, Thunder Road remainsthe best, first because it has tough- guy Robert Mitchum in the lead,second because seeing a '50 Ford driven hard is always fascinating, andthird because the action is so good you almost forget the movie is inblack and white. Plus the cops have a '57 Chevy that grabs onto suspectvehicles' bumpers. Filmed on location around Asheville, North Carolina,Thunder Road may not be authentic, but it looks it.
Trivia: The 'shine cars in the film were supposedly bought fromactual runners. And the primary stunt driver was Carey Loftin.
DVD Details: $11.96
7> Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Director: John Hough
Stars: '66 Impala, '69 Charger
People: Peter Fonda, Adam Roarke, Susan George, Vic Morrow
Why: When even the cops have hot cars (a hyped Polara with an"unlimited" top end), it's got to be great. There's a plot involving akidnapping, but who cares? It's just an excuse for a chase betweenSheriff Morrow and driver Fonda with his pal, mechanic Roarke, whiningthat he's "over-driving" the car. The Charger's smashing fate iswell-known, but some of the best action takes place with a '66 Impala.And the incredible low-altitude work of helicopter stunt pilot JamesGavin is some of the best ever.
Trivia: The Charger swaps between being a '68 and a '69 severaltimes over the course of the climactic chase. Go figure.
DVD: $14.99
8> Smokey and The Bandit (1977)
Director: Hal Needham
Stars: '77 Trans Am
People: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason
Why: For a certain generation, this is the definitive car movie.Reynolds is at his peak, Fields looks as good as she ever would, andJackie Gleason is funny as Sheriff Buford T. Justice. The plot? To go toTexarkana, Texas, pick up a load of Coors and return it to Atlanta,which was illegal back in 1977. The black Trans Am is iconic by now, andit lays out a coat of rubber every time it launches or turns. Trivia: Smokey and the Bandit was the second-highest grossingfilm of 1977--behind Star Wars.
DVD: For $15.98 you get one disc with both the original movie andits vastly inferior first sequel. But hey, you can skip the DVDaltogether. It's on TBS in 15 minutes anyhow.
9> The Blues Brothers (1980)
Director: John Landis
Star: '74 Monaco Police Package
People: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
Why: Fresh out of prison, Joliet Jake Blues (Belushi) teams withhis brother Elwood (Aykroyd) to put their band back together for aconcert to save their childhood home. That inspires massive amounts ofautomotive mayhem, decent comedy, and good musical numbers. Thehighlight of the driving isn't any of the extravagant pileups of copcars, but one shot of the Bluesmobile Monaco steaming down Chicago'sLower Wacker Drive at well over a hundred. That shot only lasts amoment, but it's likely the last time any movie company will talk a cityinto allowing such sheer velocity on a public street.
Trivia: Despite decades of failed redevelopment efforts, theabandoned Dixie Square Mall through which the Blues are chased is stillrotting away in Harvey, Illinois.
DVD: The 25th Anniversary edition features both the original filmand a new director's cut and runs $17.24.
10> Hollywood Knights (1980)
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Stars: '57 Chevy, '66 Cobra 427, and numerous street rods People: Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer
Why: This is a rip-off of American Graffiti--down to theone-night-with-teenagers-on-the-verge-of-growing- up plot. But it'scrammed with more great-looking hot rods than virtually any other movie,and more street racing. This was also Pfeiffer's first theatrical filmand she never looked better. The humor here is crude and shallow, but alot of us are crude and shallow.
Trivia: That's Popular Hot Rodding's "Project X" '57 starring asDanza's ride. It becomes obvious it's a PHR project car when smokestarts pouring out of it during the street race with the Cobra.
DVD: $11.95
11> Mad Max (1979)
Director: George Miller
Stars: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe
People: Mel Gibson
Why: This Australian movie made on a microscopic budget packed inmore anarchic car action than most big-budget movies could ever muster.It made Mel Gibson a star and had the world craving Roots blowers thatcould be turned on and off. It's still a blast even though half thedialogue is incomprehensibly Aussie.
DVD: $14.99
12> The Road Warrior (1981)
Director: George Miller
Star: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe People: Mel Gibson
Why: The sequel to Mad Max is better than the original. Sointense is the post-apocalyptic action it's shocking that any Australianstunt men lived through the filming.
DVD: $11.23
13> Le Mans (1971)
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Stars: Porsche 917, Ferrari 512S
People: Steve McQueen
Why: McQueen always wanted to make a movie about racing--this oneis it and there's barely any of the soap opera that infects most racingfilms. This re-creation of the 24 Hours of Le Mans remains the standardagainst which all other racing movies are judged. But don't expect thisto hold your interest if you're not committed.
DVD: $11.24
14> Gone In 60 Seconds (1974)
Director: H.B. Halicki
Star: '73 Ford Mustang Mach 1
People: H.B. Halicki Why: Halicki owned a wrecking yard in L.A.'s South Bay anddecided he wanted to be in the movie business. The result is amicro-budget movie whose story makes no sense and acting that makes any2x4 look like Sir Laurence Olivier. The movie also looks hideous. Butthe car chase goes on for something like 40 minutes with nearly 100 carswrecked. And it's still better than the big-bucks remake released in2000.
DVD: It's $11.96, or $22.48 for the new collector's edition.
15> Corvette Summer (1978)
Director: Matthew Robbins
Star: '73 Ford Falcon Coupe
People: Mark Hamill, Annie Potts
Why: Sweet natured at its core, this story of a teenager'sobsession with a Corvette has aged well, even if said Corvette remainsas ugly as septic sludge.
DVD Details: $11.98
16> More American Graffiti (1979)
Director: Bill L. Norton
Stars: '32 Ford, fleets of vintage drag machines
People: Ron Howard, Paul LeMat
Why: It's not half the movie the original was, but this sequelstill has enough emotional pull to make it compelling. The racing is OK,though there should have been some street action in here someplace. DVD: Buy the "Drive-In Double Feature" DVD of American Graffitiand this sequel comes along for free.
17> Funny Car Summer (1974)
Director: Ron Phillips
Star: Jim Dunn's rear-engine '73 'Cuda Funny Car
People: Jim Dunn and family
Why: This list's only documentary follows fireman Jim Dunnthrough the '73 season as he sustains himself through a year ofcampaigning his radical (and ultimately unsuccessful) flopper. Thisisn't a slick production, and the '70s-style editing is goofy, but thismovie is an honest look at what it meant to be a racer back when thesport still had room for amateurs.
DVD: $9.99
18> Cannonball (1976)
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: '69 Mustang, '70 Trans Am, '71 Pantera, '68 Charger
People: David Carradine, Veronica Hamel
Why: When it comes to giddy vehicular destruction, this is themost giddily destructive of them all. It's almost too gory for its owngood with a bloodlust that dampens the good humor. But if you're in themood for over-the-top, this, the first of the Cannonball cross-countrymovies to hit theaters, is the one to watch.
DVD: $17.96
19> White Lightning (1973)
Director: Joseph Sargent
Star: '71 Ford LTD
People: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
Why: Reynolds as Gator McKlusky is the prototype for Reynolds inSmokey and the Bandit a few years later. Here he's an ex-moonshinerhooked up with the feds to break up a criminal moonshine business.Gator, the '76 sequel, is basically the same movie and they both featuresolid action. There's something mean about a bench-seat Ford sedan witha 429 and a T-handle-shifted four-speed.
DVD: $13.46; Gator is available separately for the same price.
20> Death Race 2000 (1975)
Director: Paul Bartel
Stars: Scads of kit cars
People: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone
Why: In the far-off future of the year 2000, cartoon cars raceacross America scoring bonus points for knocking off pedestrians. It'snot subtle, it's not lavishly produced, but it's still sorta funny.
DVD: $13.99
21> Eat My Dust! (1976)
Director: Charles B. Griffith
Star: '68 Camaro
People: Ron Howard, Christopher Norris
Why: The plot is nonsense about a nutty youngster stealing a racecar and leading the cops on a chase-- hardly original, but it's fun andpretty well satisfied with itself. And when it turned into a hit, RonHoward demanded he be allowed to head up the virtual sequel, 1977'sGrand Theft Auto, starting his Oscar- winning directing career.
DVD: $9.95
22> The Lively Set (1964)
Director: Jack Arnold
Stars: Chrysler Turbine, Top Fuelers, streamliners
People: James Darren, Pamela Tiffin, Doug McClure
Why: This loose remake of 1954's Johnny Dark has street rods,drag racing, land speed record runs in a streamliner at Bonneville, anda cross-country road race that features Chrysler's experimental turbinecar. It's a car-geek love fest wrapped around a silly plot that,thankfully, doesn't get in the way of the wrench candy.
DVD: A stiff $29 through The Video Beat (www.thevideobeat.com)for a low-quality duplicate cribbed off some long-ago broadcast on theAmerican Movie Classics cable channel. As far as we know, it's the onlyway to get this film, as Universal has thus far declined to release iton video.
23> The French Connection (1971)
Director: William Friedkin
Star: '71 Pontiac LeMans
People: Gene Hackman, Roy Schieder
Why: This layered police drama is the only movie on the list tohave won an Oscar as Best Picture, and it deserved it for many reasons.Not the least of those reasons was the classic chase between Hackman ina commandeered LeMans and a train running on elevated tracks above them.It brought a higher sense of realism to car chases than ever seen beforeand made Hackman a star.
DVD: $24.28 gets you the Five Star Collection two-disc set.
24> To Live And Die In L.A. (1985)
Director: William Friedkin
Star: Early '80s Impala sedan
People: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe
Why: Fourteen years after The French Connection, Friedkin toppedhimself with the chase in this film. Amid a story about Secret Serviceagents gone wacko, Agent Petersen drives like a madman, dodging trainsand bullets and driving the wrong way on a freeway while hispartner--reasonably--cowers in the back seat.
Trivia: Look closely. The traffic on that freeway is flowing thewrong direction; they're all driving on their left. So Petersen is goingthe right way and everyone else is wrong. DVD: $11.95
25> Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Director: George Sidney
Stars: Cobras, Corvettes, and more
People: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret
Why: Elvis made a lot of car movies, but this is the best. Elvisenters the Las Vegas Grand Prix, then needs money, then blah, blah,blah. What matters is that Ann-Margret was 22 or 23 when this was madeand so sexy she could crack granite with one sideways glance. The racingsequences are absurd but cool, with Ann-Margret watching the mayhem fromher helicopter and just shrugging off every obviously fatal accident toroot Elvis on to victory. And, yeah, the music is pretty good.Ann-Margret blows Elvis away in the talent contest too.
DVD: $11.98
26> Ronin (1998)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Stars: BMW M5, Mercedes 6.9, Audi S8
People: Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno
Why: The cars are European, but at least they're the hot-rodversions that these modern-day mercenaries drive through three greatchases. Unfortunately DeNiro never looks comfortable driving. But atleast one character knows the details on his Audi's nitrous system. DVD: $11.95
27> Against All Odds (1984)
Director: Taylor Hackford
Stars: Porsche 911, Ferrari 308 GTSi
People: Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Rachel Ward
Why: The moody murder mystery is decent, but the car chase andRachel Ward are spectacular. The chase is pure ego and involves thatPorsche and Ferrari running along L.A.'s crowded Sunset Boulevard atludicrous speeds and ends with both cars intact (that's almost unique).Stunt-driver Carey Loftin was 70 years old when he piloted the Ferrarithrough this chase.
DVD: $9.95
28> Christine (1983)
Director: John Carpenter
Stars: '58 Fury, '68 Charger, '67 Camaro
People: Keith Gordon, John Stockwell
Why: Stephen King's classic tale of adolescent automotiveobsession and pure evil embodied in a '58 Plymouth is well paced, fun,macabre, and brutal. And we all want a car that fixes itself.
DVD: $13.45
29> Cobra (1986)
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Star: '50 Mercury
People: Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Neilsen
Why: It's one of the dumbest cop movies ever made with Stallonespewing cheesy dialog like, "You're the disease and I'm the cure." Buthe drives a nasty '50 Merc that pounds through a harrowing chase scenewith pure menace. Watch for the moment when the Merc's speedo shows thecar is going 80 mph and the tach shows the engine churning at 8,400 rpm.It's only then that he hits the nitrous.
DVD: $9.97
30> Hot Rod (1950)
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Star: '32 Ford
People: Jimmy Lydon, Gil Stratton
Why: One of the first movies to take on street racing, even if itwas awkward and silly. But the cars are wicked in the way only genuineearly rods can be, and at one point the Stratton character reads anissue of HOT ROD. Plus the title is perfect.
DVD Details: The only source we know for this DVD is The VideoBeat and the quality is low; it goes for $29.00.
31> Hot Rod Girl (1956)
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Stars: Various rods, '56 Thunderbird
People: Lori Nelson, Frank Gorshin, Chuck Connors
Why: The story is a dopey diatribe against street racing, but theglimpses of early drag racing are worth the pain.
DVD: Another Video Beat special at $29.00. And no, thereproduction is not good.
32> The Cannonball Run (1981)
Director: Hal Needham
Stars: Dodge van, Ferrari 308 GTS, Lamborghini Countach
People: Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Dom Deluise
Why: Brock Yates, who started the whole Cannonball race thing,wrote this alleged comedy where Reynolds and pals scream cross-continentagainst a bunch of other somewhat wacky competitors. For a movie aboutan illegal road race, there's remarkably little illegal road racing.
DVD: $9.97
33> The Driver (1978)
Director: Walter Hill
Stars: Chevy pickup, '76 Trans Am
People: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani
Why: The lead character's name is simply "The Driver," the copchasing him is "The Detective," and the love interest is "The Player." Afreelance wheelman for crooks, O'Neal does some amazing things to aMercedes sedan and ultimately faces down a Trans Am while driving ahot-rod pickup. It's low key but good.
DVD Details: $9.98
34> Used Cars (1980)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Stars: '57 Chevy, junk
People: Kurt Russell, Jack Warden, Deborah Harmon
Why: One of the most cynical comedies ever, it's about twobrothers (both played by Warden) with used- car lots opposite one anotherwhere a freeway off-ramp will go in. Russell is a salesman trying to buyhis way into politics. Wanton destruction includes a '57 Chevy drivenwith lunacy to induce a heart attack. Director Zemeckis would go on tomake the Back to the Future movies and Forrest Gump, but we think thisis his funniest film.
DVD: $11.95
35> Gone In Sixty Seconds (2000)
Director: Dominic Sena
Star: '67 Mustang
People: Nicolas Cage, Angelina Jolie
Why: The climactic chase is ruined--ruined--by lousy computergraphics during the big jump. But there are people who love this remake.How else to explain all the clones of Eleanor, the faked-up ShelbyMustang?
DVD: The Director's Cut edition is $17.99.
36> Hot Rods To Hell (1967)
Director: John Brahm/James Curtis Havens
Stars: '58 Corvette, '56 Chevy, '61 Belvedere
People: Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain
Why: A movie so bad it's actually entertaining. A family crossesthe desert by ugly Plymouth only to be set upon by crazed roddersdriving a motley assortment of machines. The dialogue is overwrought andgoofy, the production looks consistently lousy, and Andrews overactsenough to fill six more movies.
DVD Details: The Video Beat's hazy reproduction is $29.00.
37> Tucker: The Man And His Dream (1985)
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Star: Tucker Torpedo
People: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Martin Landau
Why: A beautifully crafted homage to Preston Tucker whodeterminedly pursued building the "car of the future" despite almost acomplete lack of resources in the late '40s. It's not about hot rodding,but it is about the obsession it takes to build a car.
DVD: $11.99
38> Goldfinger (1964)
Director: Guy Hamilton
Star: Aston Martin DB5
People: Sean Connery
Why: The best James Bond movie and the only one where Q gets togo through all the modifications made to Bond's Aston. And Connery is athis droll, merciless top. This entry collects the award for all thegreat cars and car stunts in many other Bond movies as well.
DVD: $16.98
39> The Italian Job (1969)
Director: Peter Collinson
Stars: Mini Coopers, Lamborghini Miura
People: Michael Cain, Noel Coward, Benny Hill
Why: This is the ultimate British car movie with Minis doingamazing stunts and all the blokes talking in indecipherable accents asthey plan and execute a gold robbery in Turin. Could it be better? Yeah,they could have been driving Camaros. Skip the remake.
DVD: $9.99
40> The Fast And The Furious (2001)
Director: Rob Cohen
Stars: '70 Charger, '01 Ford Lightning, and a whole bunch ofreally hideous, overly done import cars with huge graphics.
People: Paul Walker, Vin Diesel
Why: Exploiting the tuner-car fad that was enormously popular atthe time, this film got so much about cars wrong, right down to callingnitrous oxide "noss." But it did get one thing very right: Ultimatetough guy Diesel (who starred in this lightweight flick after acting inthe incredibly heavyweight Saving Private Ryan) is scared to death ofthe blown Charger in his garage that his dad left behind. That perfectlyreflects a real world where the import guys are frightened silly ofV-8s. But as expected, they crashed the Charger in the end, making uswince. Why do they always have to do that? Really, why?
DVD Details: $11.98 Ten Car Movies That Weren't On DVD When We Did This List (a few may be availablenow - Grand Prix for one):
As hard as we looked, we couldn't find these on DVD. Some are availableon VHS, but all deserve good clean digital transfers and widescreenpresentations.
Heart Like a Wheel (1983)--The Shirley Muldowney story is a great filmwith Bonnie Bedalia as Muldowney and Beau Bridges as Connie Kalitta.
The California Kid (1974)--A legendary TV movie featuring Martin Sheenand
Pete Chapouris' definitive '34 Ford three-window rod.
The Last American Hero (1973)--A great racing movie based on the life ofJunior Johnson and starring Jeff Bridges.
King of the Mountain (1981)--The battle to be the best racer on L.A.'sMulholland Drive. Stars Harry Hamlin, but it's good anyhow.
Greased Lightning (1977)--Richard Pryor as Wendell Scott, the firstAfrican American in NASCAR.
Johnny Dark (1954)--An obsessive young man (Tony Curtis) wants to builda great car. Fantastic early '50s footage of California road racing withsome scenes shot at the Packard proving grounds.
Grand Prix (1966)--John Frankenheimer's epic about the Formula Onecircuit spectacularly captured the speed of the era. Stars James Garner.
Moonrunners (1975)--The little-seen inspiration for The Dukes ofHazzard.
The Racers (1955)--Kirk Douglas as a Grand Prix driver? Why not?
To Please a Lady (1950)--Clark Gable and Barbara Stanwyck star in astrangely titled film stuffed full of dirt track and Indy action fromthe late '40s. List of James Bond vehicles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aston Martin DB5, the most famousJames Bond car. Throughout the James Bond series of films and novels, Q Branch has given Bond a wide variety of vehicles with which to battle his enemies. Among the most noteworthy gadgets, Bond has been equipped with various vehicles that have numerous modifications to include weapons systems, anti-pursuit systems, alternate transportation modes, and various other functions.
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1 Automobiles
o 1.1 Alfa Romeo
o 1.2 American Motors (AMC)
o 1.3 Aston Martin
o 1.4 Audi
o 1.5 Bentley
o 1.6 BMW
o 1.7 British Leyland/Land Rover/Jaguar
o 1.8 Ford Motor Company
o 1.9 General Motors
o 1.10 Lotus
o 1.11 Mercedes-Benz
o 1.12 Rolls-Royce
o 1.13 Saab
o 1.14 Other passenger cars
o 1.15 Other vehicles
2 Trains
3 Aircraft
4 Marine vehicles
5 See also
6 References
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[edit]Alfa Romeo
Film Vehicle Owner Notes Bond steals the parked car while its owner uses a pay phone booth
Octopussy Alfa Romeo GTV6 Civilian and makes haste towards Octopussy's Circus, pursued by two Bavarian BMW police cars.[1]
Shortly after capturing Mr. White, Bond is chased by two Alfas
Quantum of [2] from Lake Garda to Siena, Italy. Despite sustaining heavy damage,
Alfa Romeo 159 Villain
Solace Bond'sAston Martin DBS V12 manages to escape while both Alfas are destroyed.
Quantum of A Police Vehicle that honked at pedestrians to clear the way after
Alfa Romeo 156 Police
Solace Bond shot Mitchell.
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
Alfa Romeo Just before the entrance to Leeds Castle in a Car chase from London
Moonraker Supercharged Unknown [3] to Dover
Straight-8
[edit]American Motors (AMC)
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Featured in The Man with the Golden Gun.[4] Bond steals this red 1974 hatchback from an AMC dealership in Bangkok, Thailand. He makes his exit by crashing through the showroom window.[5] unknowing that Sheriff J.W. Pepper was in it looking to test drive it. A Hornet was also used for the famous twisting corkscrew aerial jump that was [6][7] The Man captured in just one filming sequence. A special modified American Motors Car
With The AMC Hornet car performed the stunt with a lower stance and larger wheel dealership
Golden Gun wells (just as the Astro Spiral Javelin stunt cars that performed that same jump in AMC sponsored thrill shows) compared to the stock Hornet X model in all of its other appearances in the movie. Seven tests were performed in advance before the one jump performed by an uncredited British stuntman "Bumps" Williard for the film with six (or 8, depending on the source) cameras simultaneously rolling.[8] Two frogmen were positioned in the water, as well as an emergency vehicle and a crane were ready, but not needed. An engineer[9] at the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory(CAL) used computer modeling to calculate the stunt and specified 1,460.06 kilograms (3,219 lb) for the weight of car and driver, the exact angles and the 15.86- metre (52 ft) distance between the ramps, as well as the 64.36-kilometre-per-hour (40 mph) launch speed.[10] This vehicle is on display in the James Bond Experience at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu The Ramps are still in the possession of the Jay Milligan's stunt company, JM Productions, on Southwestern Blvd. in Hamburg NY.
The featured car in The Man with the Golden Gun.[11] "Bond is foiled by perhaps the best trick a getaway car has ever performed; the Matador transforms into a plane."[12] Francisco Scaramanga and Nick Nack use this 1974 car to kidnap Mary Goodnight and make their escape. In the film, the Matador coupe is converted into a 'car plane' to fly from Bangkok to an island in the China Sea. With the flight tail unit, the complete machine was 9.15 metres (30 ft) long, Francisco 12.80 metres (42 ft) wide, and 3.08 metres (10 ft) high and AMC Scaramangaand Nick the "flying AMC Matador" was exhibited at auto shows; Matadorcoupe Nack however, it could only make a 500-metre (1,640 ft) flight so for the film's aerial sequences it was replaced by a meter- long (39-inch) remote controlled model.[10] Transformation of the AMC Matador into a light airplane occurred when wings and flight tail unit were attached to the actual car (that served as the fuselage and landing gear) and a stuntman drove the 'car plane' to a runway at which point the scene cut to the radio-controlled scale model built by John Stears.[8] See Aircraft section below.
The featured police car in The Man with the Golden AMC Gun.[13] The 1974 Matador used in the chase is a left-hand
BangkokPolice Matadorsedan drive model although Thailand operates with UK style left- hand traffic rules.
A 1978 D/L station wagon is seen in Moonraker where Bond
Moonraker AMC Concord DraxIndustries and Hugo Drax are pigeon hunting.[14] Jeep Bond is seen briefly driving the Jeep through some caves.[15]
Wagoneer
A View to a Jeep Cherokee Featured in A View to a Kill where Stacey is seen driving
Stacey Sutton [16]
Kill (XJ) home.
A 1976 Renegade-II is seen in Licence to Kill.[17] It is used by Licence to Sanchez's henchman Perez, who fires a FIM-92 Stinger missile
Jeep CJ-7 Henchman Perez
Kill at a commandeered oil tanker where Bond does a wheelie (in this scene, Bond crushes the Jeep).
Tomorrow Jeep Cherokee A 1997 XJ Cherokee right-hand drive export model is seen in
Wai Lin [18]
Never Dies (XJ) front of Wai Lin's hideout.
[edit]Aston Martin
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Featured in five films (Goldfinger, Thunderball, GoldenEye, a small appearance in Tomorrow Never Dies, and Casino Royale – to this list can be added The World Is Not Enough, though shots of the DB5 being driven to MI6's Scottish HQ were cut, leaving its only appearance a confusing satellite image at the end of the film[citation needed]). In the novelisation of GoldenEye it is stated that Bond purchased the DB5 as his own personal vehicle, although the 2006 version ofCasino Royale, which reboots Bond film continuity, shows Bond winning it in a game of poker in The Bahamas; as such the Casino Royale version of the vehicle is the only one that is not Aston Martin James outfitted with special equipment (Brosnan's DB5 is shown to have special
Goldfinger [19]
DB5 Bond features in GoldenEye). The DB5 can also be used in the video games Agent Under Fire and From Russia with Love. The DB5 also made cameo appearances in the comedy film, The Cannonball Run, driven byRoger Moore's character, and in the TV-film The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E., George Lazenby, playing a Bond-like character referred to as "JB", drives a DB5 (with the licence plate "JB"). It also appears in numerous other films in association to Bond including a small cameo in Catch Me If You Can (2002) where the main character purchases one to be like Bond, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle(2003) in which Bernie Mac's Bosley drives one and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) in which Geoffrey Rush, playing Peter Sellers, is shown driving one at the time of making Casino Royale, even though in real life that film did not feature the vehicle. A model is currently on display in the International Spy Museum in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The Goldfinger DB5 with gadgets was sold on October 27, 2010 for $4.1m (£2.6m) to the car collector Harry Yeaggy.[20] It features the pop out gun barrels behind the front indicators, the bullet shield behind the rear window and a 3-way revolving front number plate showing "GOLD FINGER" or "JB007" or "BMT216A".
The car was seen in only four scenes, including the pre-credits teaser and as James and Tracy's wedding car. Nothing is known about what kind of On Her gadgets were installed, except that it had a hiding place for a sniper rifle in Majesty's Aston Martin the glovebox. Obviously — given what happens at the end of that movie — [21]
Secret DBS it was not fitted with bulletproof glass. The DBS is glimpsed in the
Service subsequent film, Diamonds Are Forever, parked up in Q Branch back in London when Bond calls Q from Amsterdam. The car was actually cropped out of the frame on the "pan-and-scan version" of the film.
A convertible, it is later "winterised" with a hardtop. It comes with all the Aston Martin usual refinements, including extending side outriggers, spike-producing The Living V8 Vantage tires, missiles, lasers (an update of the DB5's tyre-slashers), signal-
Daylights
Volante intercepting smart radio, head-up display and rocket propulsion. It could also self-destruct when primed.
Aston Martin
GoldenEye Driven in the opening scenes by Bond, whilst racing a Ferrari.
DB5
Tomorrow Aston Martin Seen parked in front of Oxford University and driven by Bond in a
Never Dies DB5 transitional scene of Bond arriving at the Ministry of Defence
The car is equipped with all the usual refinements, including front-firing rockets, hood-mounted target-seeking guns, spike-producing tires, again and a passenger ejector seat in homage to the original Aston Martin DB5, Aston Martin Die Another but used here in a clever bit of improvisation by 007 to right the car when V12
Day [22] it's been flipped onto its roof. The Aston was also equipped with "adaptive
Vanquish camouflage" – a cloaking device that allowed it to become effectively invisible at the push of a button. This vehicle was also featured in the video games Nightfire (2002) and Everything or Nothing (2004).
Featured in the second Casino Royale.[23] No special gadget was visible on Casino Aston Martin the DBS other than the secret compartments which housed Bond's Walther
DB5,Aston Royale P99, and an emergency med kit which includes components of an Martin DBS emergency medical link to MI6 HQ, antidotes to various poisons and a V12 small defibrillator. The DB5 is owned by a gambling villain in the Bahamas, which Bond acquires in a poker game. It has no special modifications.
Quantum of Aston Martin A slightly darker coloured vehicle to that featured in Casino Royale is all but
Solace DBS V12 destroyed after a chase at the beginning of the film in Siena, Italy.
Bamford & Martin 1.5 litre Side Valve
The Bamford & Martin 1.5 litre Side Valve Short Chassis Tourer was James Bond's first car. He inherited it around Easter 1933 in the first Young Bond novel SilverFin from his uncle Max at the age of thirteen. Bond regularly drove the car, although he was underage, and stored it in a nearby garage while he attended Eton. The car was destroyed in the third Young Bond novel, Double or Die, in December 1933 leading Bond to replace it by purchasing the Bentley Mark IV shortly thereafter in the same novel.
Aston Martin DB Mark III
Bond drives a DB Mark III, which is referred to as a "DB III" in the novel Goldfinger. The "DB3" was a car designed specifically for racing and is unlikely that Bond would drive one. The DB Mark III is often called the DB III and is more comparable to its description in Fleming's novel. This car was the only gadget-laden vehicle to be mentioned in the original Bond novels, though Fleming generally avoided gadgetry in his books. It included switches to alter the type of color of the front and rear lights, reinforced steel bumpers, a Colt .45 pistol in a trick compartment under the driver's seat, and a homing device similar to the DB5 in the film. [edit]Audi
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Quantum of Solace Audi A6
Audi 200 Avant James Bond
The Living Daylights
Audi 200 Quattro British Intelligence
[edit]Bentley
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
From Russia With James Bentley Mark IV Brief appearance
Love Bond Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
James
Casino Royale 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Mentioned as personal project car
Bond
James 1930 Bentley 4½ Litre Destroyed in a car chase
Bond
Moonraker
James 1953 Bentley Mark VI Bought with winnings from a card game.
Bond
Bentley Mark II James
Thunderball
Continental Bond
Never Say Never James Gurney Nutting 3-Position-Drophead 1937 Bentley 4½ Litre
Again Bond Coupé
Role of Honour Bentley Mulsanne Turbo
Bentley Mark IV
There has never been a Bentley model known as the 'Mark IV'. Not by the 'old' W.O. Bentley firm, or by Rolls- Royce after the takeover of Bentley Motors in 1931. The 'Mark IV' appellation seems to have been a creation by Ian Fleming, and erroneously perpetuated since. Contrary to the films, James Bond's official car in the Ian Fleming novels was a grey 1933 Bentleyconvertible. The car featured a 4.5 L engine with the Amherst Villiers supercharger. In the novels, no gadgets were installed as this was Bond's personal vehicle that in Casino Royale is mentioned as being a hobby that Bond enjoys working on. Its only armament, in the novels, is a .45 Colt Army Special revolver Bond keeps in the glove compartment. The novel version of the Bentley Mark IV was destroyed during a chase sequence in Moonraker. The Bentley is also the very first Bond vehicle seen in the film series, although it was shown very briefly during Bond's first scene in From Russia with Love and mentioned only in passing in Goldfinger. In From Russia with Love, the only gadget known to be included was a car phone, which in 1963 was very uncommon. The film version of Goldfinger strongly implies that the Bentley was issued to Bond by Q-Branch when he asks Q about the vehicle, only to be told that it had "had its day" and is given the Aston Martin instead. Note: In Casino Royale Fleming writes that Bond bought the car "almost new" in 1933 and had it stored during the war, which is mentioned in the Young Bond novel Double or Die. In Live and Let Die Fleming states the automobile's year as 1933, however in Moonraker Fleming states it's from 1930. This earlier date is the correct one, as the Bentley 4½ Litre ceased production in 1930.
Bentley Mark VI
Made in 1953, Bond purchases his second Bentley towards the end of the novel, Moonraker. Like his previous Bentley, the Mark VI is grey with dark blue leather upholstery. After Moonrakerthis model is never mentioned again.
Bentley Mark II Continental
This Bentley was featured in the novel Thunderball and is Bond's final Bentley. Bond, having purchased the car in a wrecked state, upgrades the engine from a 4.5 L engine to a 4.9 L and has a custom drophead body from Mulliners. The Mark II was also grey; however, the interior was black leather. The Mark II Continental is last seen in the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Servicewhere Bond upgrades the vehicles once again with an Arnott supercharger controlled by a magnetic clutch, causing Rolls-Royce, worried about potential damage to the engine, to disown the car. He uses the car in a race with the Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo in her Lancia Flaminia Spyder towards the beginning of the book. Bond dubs the car "the locomotive".
Bentley Mulsanne Turbo
Bond purchases a Mulsanne Turbo in John Gardner's Role of Honour. The car is British racing green with magnolia interior. It is outfitted with a long-range telephone and a hidden weapon compartment. [edit]BMW
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Two of these cars are seen in a short chase scene West when Bond commandeers an Alfa Romeo
Octopussy BMW 518i German GTV6 and makes haste towards Octopussy's police circus. These two cars are in pursuit.
Supposedly equipped with 'Stinger' missiles and other armaments, which are never seen or used [24]
GoldenEye BMW Z3 except for a deployable parachute and auto-HUD. British Car is left-hand drive. Total screen time less than Secret two minutes. Service
Loaned to Bond by Q at an Avis rental station in Tomorrow BMW Germany, this car is equipped with missile [25]
Never Dies 750iL launchers, caltrops, self-inflating tires and a near- impenetrable body. The BMW can be remotely controlled via a special Ericsson cell phone. During a chase inside a carpark, Bond exits the car and remotely drives it to the rooftop, sending it flying off the carpark before crash-landing into an Avis station across the street.
BMW Driven by James Bond and Wai Lin with R1200 Stolen some Range Rovers in pursuit in Ho Chi Minh
motorcycle City, Vietnam.
The World James
Is Not BMW Z8 Cut in half by chopper after firing one shot. Bond
Enough
[edit]British Leyland/Land Rover/Jaguar
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Sunbeam British
Dr. No Alpine1961 Series Embassy II
Diamonds Commandeered by Bond at the Port
Triumph Stag Peter Franks
Are Forever of Dover, after Franks is arrested.
This tan MGB is owned by Hong Kong's MI6 agent Mary Goodnight. The Man She and Bond follow Andrea Anders Mary
With The MG MGB in her dark green Rolls-Royce; they Goodnight
Golden Gun end up at the Peninsula Hotel where Bond discovers that they have a fleet of dark green Rolls-Royces.
Used by Jaws posing as a telephone
The Spy Leyland Sherpavan Jaws engineer. He subsequently tears it Who Loved apart trying to thwart Bond and Me Anya's escape. The van's engine eventually overheats and seizes in the middle of the desert
Range Rover Used to tow the horse box containing James Bond Classicconvertible the Acrostar Jet
Octopussy
British Used by Smithers to follow Kamal Austin FX4 taxi Intelligence Khan from Sotheby's
Land Rover Series Crashes off the Rock of Gibraltar and British SAS
III explodes in the pre-credits sequence
Range Rover British Appears outside the Blayden Safe
Classic Government House.
The Living Appears outside the Blayden Safe
Daylights British House, and in the emergency
Rover 800-series Government response convoy shortly after Necros' attack.
Used by Bond and Milovy in their Land Rover Series Red Army escape from the C-130 Hercules III (Armoured) shortly before it crashes.
British
Daimler Limousine Government Tomorrow
Never Dies Used to pursue Bond through the
Range Rover(P38A) Elliot Carver streets of Saigon
Equipped with front grille machine Die Another Jaguar XKR Zao guns, door panel missiles, rear
Day mounted gattling gun and boot mounted mortars. This car is on display in the James Bond Experience at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Casino Used to ram parking lot rail and set Range Rover Sport James Bond
Royale off car alarms.
[edit]Ford Motor Company
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Mobster shot in the backseat by Oddjob and crushed in a junkyard - Later in the film a 1964 Lincoln pair (a sedan and a
Continental convertible) bring Bond to the airport on behalf of the US Government.
Auric Goldfinger
Ford Country Squire Red 1964 stationwagon
Driven by Oddjob to carry the
Goldfinger crushed Lincoln back to the
Ford Ranchero Goldfinger's Kentucky horsefarm.
Ford Thunderbird Felix Leiter Yellow 1964 Convertible
White over red 1964 convertible. (Called the T-5 in Europe) Tires and lower
Tilly Masterton portion of the right side Ford slashed by Bond's Aston MustangConvertible Martin DB5.
Thunderball Fiona Volpe
As a punishment for failing to dispose of Bond, Lippe is killed in his Fairlane, which is Ford Fairlane
Count Lippe blown up by villainess Fiona Skyliner Volpe using rocket launchers mounted on her BSA motorbike.
Ford Thunderbird Emilio Largo
James Bond (1965 convertible); Lincoln Continental Jacques Bouvoir (1964 Lehmann- Peterson limousine)
Red on Red 1969 Convertible, Driven by Tracy onto a On Her Contessa Teresa Portuguese beach where she Majesty's de Vicenzo (née: attempts suicide, later in a
Mercury Cougar XR7 Secret Tracy Draco, winter stock-car race on an
Service Tracy Bond) ice-covered track to help Bond escape from Blofeld's henchmen and Irma Bund.
The highlight of the Las Vegas car chase is the Mustang balancing on two Ford Mustang Mach side wheels to drive through
Tiffany Case
1 a narrow alley (and Diamonds mysteriously comes out of
Are Forever the alley on the other two wheels!).
After Tiffany creates a
Ford Econoline Dr. Metz diversion in the gas station, Bond sneaks into the back of the van to gain access to the Whyte Techtronics facility.
Used to transport Bond from the basement of the Whyte Mister Wint and Ford Thunderbird House out to the Nevada
Mister Kidd desert to have him buried alive in an underground pipe.
Las Vegas P.D. squads, security vehicles used by Tectronics, Clark
Ford Custom 500 County Sheriff's Department, numerous Las Vegas taxicabs
James Bond (copper-plated sedan 007 is Ford Galaxie sitting in where 500sedan he meets with Felix where the CIA agents lose Tiffany)
The windscreen is sprayed with paint by Bond's Lotus Esprit, the driver loses The Spy Jaws and 1977 Ford Cortina control and the car careers Who Loved Stromberg's
Mk.IV 2.3 Ghia off a mountainside and
Me henchmen crashes through a barn roof. Jaws (as ever) walks away from the crash unscathed.
Ford Bronco Chuck Lee A View to a
Kill James Bond (where he tails
Ford LTD Stacy driving back to Oakland)
Mercury Grand
Marquis stretched Truman-Lodge limousine Licence to
Kill
Lincoln Mark VIILSC James Bond
Tomorrow Elliot Carver's Ford Scorpio
Never Dies henchmen
Giacinta Jinx
Ford Thunderbird Johnson
Die Another Ford Fairlane briefly driven
Day by Bond during his visit to Cuba in Die Another Day. A
Ford Fairlane James Bond homage toThunderball where villain Count Lippe drives a 1957 Ford Fairlane Skyliner.
Ford Crown Victoria Miami Police
Police Interceptor
Casino
Royale This car is on display in the James Bond
Ford Mondeo James Bond Experience at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Quantum of Ford Ka (Hydrogen Camille, when
Solace Fuel Cell Model) she picks up 007
Dominic Greene, Ford Edge(Hydrogen later by James Fuel Cell Model) Bond
Stolen by James
Ford Bronco II Bond
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
Oddjob uses this car for
Goldfinger Ford Popular Oddjob making the tour around Goldfinger's properties
Leiter rents this car for the
Thunderball Ford Consul Felix Leiter purpose of his mission
The Man Francisco Bond follows this car to
With The Ford Thunderbird
Scaramanga Thunderbird hotel
Golden Gun
[edit]General Motors
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Mysteriously turns into a LaSalle hearse Three Blind Mice Humber Super Snipe as it crashes over the cliff.
Dr No's
Dr. No Henchman Mr Jones (Who Chevrolet Bel The first car driven by 007 commits suicide Air convertible in a Bond movie when questioned by JB), He states he was sent by British embassy in Jamaica
Chevrolet Impala sedan CIA
Dent drives to the pier when catching the boat to Vauxhall PA Cresta sedan Professor Dent Crab Key to warn Dr. No of Bond's investigation.
From Chevrolet C30 flatbed
Russia Rosa Klebb truck With Love
Cadillac hearse (Sovereign Diamonds Landaulet by Superior Slumber, Inc.
Are Forever
Coach Corporation)
James Bond (1963 convertible while in San Monique) / Kananga's
Chevrolet Impala henchmen / J.W.Pepper / Louisiana State Police
Live and Unmarked
Let Die
Chevrolet Chevelle Louisiana State Police car
Two of these police cars San Monique are seen chasing Bond's Police, Kananga's stolen AEC Regent RT-
Chevrolet Nova henchmen in New type-double-decker Orleans bus with three motorcycles across San Monique. Also seen chasing Bond's stolen Cessna 172 Skyhawk around an airfield in New Orleans.
Cadillac
Mr. Big Fleetwood"Pimpmobile"
Chevrolet
Moonraker Hugo Drax Veraneioambulance
Chevrolet Corvette C4 Pola Ivanova
A View to a
Kill Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Henchmen of limousine Max Zorin
Driven by Necros, this ambulance is only featured for a short time. During the short scene, The Living Government of Necros drives the GMC Vandura Ambulance
Daylights Morocco ambulance from the airport terminal in Tangier across the tarmac to Koskov's plane, with the drugged Bond in the back.
Fallon (MI6 agent Licence to seen after Bond's
Chevrolet Caprice
Kill capture by Hong Kong Narcotics)
Are seen as part of the Tomorrow British motorcade carrying M and Vauxhall Omega
Never Dies Government Bond from the Ministry of Defence [edit]Lotus
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Lotus Casino Evelyn Formula
Royale Tremble
3
Delivered to Bond by Q in Sardinia, this Lotus is capable The Spy of transforming into a submarine. In this mode, it is Who Lotus equipped with anti-aircraft missiles. This car is on Loved Esprit S1 display in the James Bond Experience at the National
Me Motor Museum, Beaulieu
James Two Esprits are featured in this film. The first, a white Bond model driven by Bond in Spain, is destroyed when a thug trips its self-destruct system by breaking the For Your Lotus driver's side window. The second one is a red model Eyes Esprit driven by Bond at a ski resort in Northern Italy.
Only Turbo Contrary to popular belief, these two were not repainted Essex-spec Turbo Esprits but specially commissioned cars.
[edit]Mercedes-Benz
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
Mercedes- Goldfinger's
Goldfinger
Benz 180 henchmen
Mercedes Blofeld's
220S henchmen On Her Majesty's Secret Silver SWB - Irma Bundt was in the back
Service Mercedes- and shot newlywed Tracy Bond in an Blofeld
Benz 600 attempt to kill James Bond while parked by the side of the road. After the raid on Kristatos' base in Albania, Locque attempts to escape Bond in the car For Your Mercedes Emile by driving to the top of a cliff, but is shot
Eyes Only 280SE Locque by Bond, who loses control with the car hanging perilously off the edge. Bond kicks the car off the cliff to finish off Locque.
After the tires get torn off by a stinger device, Bond drives the car on the railway tracks in pursuit of the circus train. It was Mercedes General
Octopussy subsequently hit by a train coming down
250SE Orlov the opposite line and thrown into a river. It is later seen being recovered via crane and covered in seaweed.
The Living Mercedes- Pushkin's
Daylights Benz W111 motorcade
The Man Mercedes-
With The James Bond
Benz W115 Golden Gun
Mercedes
GoldenEye French Navy
W140
Elliot Tomorrow 2 Mercedes Carver's
Never Dies W126s henchmen
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
Mercedes-
Moonraker Hugo Drax Used in car chase to Dover Benz 300S
On Her Mercedes- Upon arriving in Switzerland Bond is Blofeld's Majesty's Benz picked up with this car. Later they use it to Secret W112saloon henchmen pursue Bond and Tracy.
Service
[edit]Rolls-Royce
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
From Russia Rolls-Royce Silver
[26] Kerim Bey with Love Wraith
1937 Rolls-Royce Auric chassis no. 3BU168; Barker sedanca
Goldfinger
Phantom III Goldfinger de ville
On Her Majesty's Rolls-Royce Silver Marc-Ange [27]
Secret Shadow Draco
Service
Moonraker Manuela
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith II For Your Eyes Aristotle
Only Kristatos
Rolls-Royce Phantom Kamal
Octopussy
III Khan
The Man Peninsula With The
Hotel
Golden Gun
Rolls-Royce Silver
Shadow Licence to James
Kill Bond
The World Is Valentin
Not Enough Zukovsky
Tibbet and Bond are knocked unconscious in the car, which is A View to a Rolls-Royce Silver Sir Godfrey pushed into a lake by May Day and
Kill Cloud II Tibbet Zorin for the pair to drown. (The car in the film was owned by producer Cubby Broccoli)
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
From Russia Rolls-Royce Silver Bond is picked up with this car
Kerim Bey with Love GhostCoupe-de-Ville at Yesilkoy airport
Rolls-Royce Silver Auric
Goldfinger Goldfinger uses it to smuggle gold.
Ghost Goldfinger
Referred to as "old, black Phantom The Man Rolls-Royce Rolls", it takes M to SIS With The Phantom[disambiguation M needed] Headquarters after his lunch at
Golden Gun Blades
[edit]Saab
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
The Man from Bond's vehicle of choice in many of the John
Barbarossa Gardner Bond novels, beginning with Licence Renewed. Dubbed, "Silver Beast",[28] it is Bond's private vehicle Saab modified by the real-life company Communication 900 Never Send Control Systems, Ltd. (CCS) (now called Security
Turbo [29]
Flowers Intelligence Technology Group ). He also rents a SAAB 9000 CD in Nobody Lives for Ever (1986) and No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987).
SeaFire
[edit]Other passenger cars
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
From Russia Citroën 11 KGB
With Love Legere Bulgarians
A car belonging to Havelock. The car used in the movie was allegedly fitted with For Your Melina a Citroën GS 4-cylinder boxer engine (in
Citroën 2CV
Eyes Only Havelock place of the standard 2-cylinder boxer), to make it able to outrun the two Peugeot 504s in pursuit.[citation needed]
Licence to Maserati Franz
Kill Biturbo Sanchez
This car was used in the movie during the General car/tank chase in St Petersburg, when
GoldenEye GAZ-31029 Ourumov Bond was pursuing this car in a Russian T- 95 tank.
Used by CIA agent Jack Wade to drive Bond
GoldenEye ZAZ-965 ZAZ from St Petersburg International Airport to Valentin Zukovsky's building complex.
Tomorrow Daimler MI6
Never Dies Limousine
Tomorrow Carver's
Opel Senator
Never Dies Henchmen
Equipped with front grill machine guns, Die Another Jaguar XKR Zao door panel missiles, rear mounted gattling
Day gun and boot mounted mortars. This car is on display in the James Bond Experience at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
Casino Daimler Hotel
Royale Limousine Splendide
Casino
Jaguar XJ8 Le Chiffre Royale
Casino
Jaguar XJ8 Mr. White Royale
Brown Range Octopussy Rover Classic James Bond Convertible
Quantum of Dominic
Jaguar XJ8
Solace Greene
Quantum of Volvo S40T5 James Bond Solace
When she picks up Bond from the hotel Quantum of Volkswagen Camille after he escapes the MI6 agents. (Probably
Solace Beetle a Brazilian version. Most likely stolen.)
Novel Vehicle Owner Notes
Casino Citroen In the car chase scene this is the Citroen
Le Chiffre
Royale Traction Avant being pursued by Bond's Bentley
Chrysler This is the car that takes Bond from Miami Goldfinger Mr Du Pont
Imperial Airport . Auto rickshaw : Featured in Octopussy. Two of these basic auto rickshaws are used in a chase sequence through the streets of Udaipur — Bond and fellow MI6 agent Vijay being in one, with Gobinda and his henchmen in the pursuing vehicle. It is insinuated that the auto rickshaw driven by Vijay has been modified by MI6 as the tone of the engine becomes more like a motorcycle and Vijay performs a wheelie, exclaiming, "This is a company car!"
. Cord Model 810 from 1939 : In Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die, Bond takes the car from Felix Leiter after he is injured and drives it down to the docks to get into the wild shootout with the Robber. Although this is improbable, as Cord marque folded in 1937.
. Dodge Diplomat : Featured in A View To A Kill as a San Francisco Police Department patrol car. A few late 1970s Dodge Monacos were seen, along with a Plymouth Volaré seen outside San Francisco City Hall. Late 1980s Diplomats were also featured in License to Kill as the squad cars in Key West, Florida (some may have been identical Plymouth Gran Furys).
. Dodge Polara : a 1964 model year seen in You Only Live Twice as a getaway vehicle after Henderson is stabbed by a hitman.
. Dodge Ram 150 pickup truck from the late-1980s : Seen in License To Kill during the tanker pursuit scene.
. Ferrari F355 GTS : Featured in GoldenEye. Xenia Onatopp playfully races James Bond in his Aston Martin DB5 by chance on the mountain roads behind Monte Carlo in this vehicle, which is later revealed to have false French registration plates, hinting that it may be stolen.
. Ford Five Hundred: Two can be briefly seen in the parking lot of the resort in Nassau in Casino Royale after Bond backs the Range Rover into another car
. Honda ATV vehicle: Featured in Diamonds Are Forever. Bond commandeers an all- terrain vehicle after he ditches the moon buggy.
. Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S : This vehicle, Mazda's first rotary-powered car, was briefly seen in You Only Live Twice.
. Mini Moke : Featured briefly in Live and Let Die and later in The Spy Who Loved Me. In Live and Let Die, Bond and Rosie use this vehicle to drive to the harbor to meet Quarrel Jr. In Spy, the crew of the Liparus supertanker uses a Mini Moke in their defense against a break out by the submarine crews. Also seen in Moonraker where Bond and Dr. Goodhead are hiding in a trailer (prior to boarding Moonraker 6 as pilots) after escaping from an air vent during Moonraker 5's launch. . Peugeot 504 : Two Peugeot 504s featured in For Your Eyes Only, used by Hector Gonzales' henchmen to chase Bond and Melina driving with Citroën 2CV.
. Peugeot 403 : In short story From a View to a Kill Bond uses Marie Ann Russell's car while on assignment in France.
. Porsche Cayenne Turbo : A secondary vehicle for all-terrain conditions in the computer game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing.
. Range Rover Sport : Featured in Casino Royale, Bond purposely crashes it in a hotel parking lot to serve as a distraction. A black version of the Range Rover Vogue is one of the cars used byLe Chiffre's henchmen.
. Renault 11 Taxi : Featured in A View to a Kill, Bond commandeers this car and takes it on a pursuit through Paris. During the pursuit the car has its roof chopped off and then later the entire back half of the car is ripped off.
. Renault Fuego : used in A View to a Kill to transport of the Bond Girl.
. Studillac : A custom black Studebaker convertible with a Cadillac engine, plus special transmission, brakes and rear axle, owned by Felix Leiter in the novel Diamonds Are Forever. The combination of the aerodynamic Raymond Loewy designed body with the powerful Cadillac engine made it into a remarkable sports car. Studillacs were not fictional, but actually built by a Long Island, NY company called Bill Frick Motors from 1953 Studebaker Starlight bodies.
. Sunbeam Alpine Series II Sports : Featured in Dr. No. Bond drives to Miss Taro's home in the Blue Mountains; he is pursued by Dr. No's thugs driving a LaSalle hearse. It is a Lake Blue example that was owned by a local resident in Jamaica where the scenes were filmed. In the novel Dr. No, Bond drives the car that formerly belonged to Commander Strangways, the murdered agent in Kingston. It is also driven by Quarrel. In The Man with the Golden Gun novel Mary Goodnight uses the car and she hands it to Bond so he can use it while he is on assignment.
. Sunbeam-Talbot 90 Coupe : Featured in Live And Let Die novel. Commander Strangways gives this car to Bond.
. Toyota 2000GT convertible : Featured in You Only Live Twice. Owned by Aki. Toyota built two convertibles especially for the film. One is displayed at Toyota's headquarters today while the location of the other is currently not known.[citation needed]
. Toyota Celica GT : Briefly seen in The Man with the Golden Gun, Scaramanga and Nicknack get out and into his boat.
. Toyota Crown : Osato's hitmen were seen in a Crown; this was the car that was picked up using an electromagnet on a CH-47 helicopter, later dumped into Tokyo Bay. . Triumph Stag : In Diamonds Are Forever, Connery is seen early in the movie driving a yellow Stag to Amsterdam, while posing as diamond smuggler Peter Franks.
. Triumph TR3 : Owned by Tilly Masterton in novel, she uses it to pursue Goldfinger across France. Bond later rams this car with his Aston Martin.
. ZIL-41047 : Featured briefly in the film The Living Daylights, two of these cars are seen driving across Tangier, with Bond in pursuit. One of the cars is carrying the Russian General Pushkin. [edit]Other vehicles
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
AEC Regent RT- Stolen by James Live and Let type double-decker Bond and Die bus Solitaire
Diamonds
Moon buggy Whyte Industries Are Forever
BSA Thunderball Lightning motorcycle
1976 Leyland Sherpa Jaws
The Spy Who
Loved Me Stromberg Kawasaki Z900 henchman
Locque drives this buggy along a beach in Italy and
GP Beach Buggy Emile Locque hits Countess Lisl von Schlaf, For Your leaving her dead.
Eyes Only
Yamaha 500 XT Erich Kriegler
Sent to Bond by Q. The XJ650 Never Say Yamaha XJ650 Turbo James Bond is Yamaha's only turbo-
Never Again Seca motorcycle charged motorcycle.
A View to a American San Francisco
Kill LaFrance ladder truck Fire Department
Panhard AML Soviet Air Force
VAB AFV Colonel Feyador
The Living
Daylights Seen parked outside the Blayden Safe House, and in British the emergency response
Rover 800-series Government convoy shortly after Necros and Koskov escape in the helicopter.
Licence to
Kenworth W500B Franz Sanchez
Kill
Russian Reserve
GoldenEye T-55M5 Army, Leningrad
Military District
New Holland tractor Casino Royale International 4900
[edit]Trains
Film Vehicle Owner Notes From
Russia With Orient Express (Istanbul - Venice) TCDD/SNCF Love
You Only Tanaka's underground train in
Tiger Tanaka
Live Twice Tokyo
From BOB ABDeh 4/4 (Interlaken –
Russia With BOB Zweilütschinen - Lauterbrunnen) Love
Live And Underground monorail on San
Kananga Let Die Monique
Sleeping train with diesel Live And locomotive (probably from New Unknown Let Die Orleans to New York)
The Spy who Loved Train from Cairo, Egypt to Sardinia Unknown Me
Steam locomotive 62 filmed at the Nene Octopussy DR/Octopussy 015 at Octopussy's Circus Train Valley Railway.
A View to a
Mine Train Max Zorin Kill
The Living
Vienna tram Wiener Linien Daylights
Armoured ICBM Train Alec Sometimes GoldenEye (intercontinental ballistic missile) -
Trevelyan nicknamed "The modifiedBR Class 20 Haunting Face" due to its appearance, filmed at theNene Valley Railway.
Casino
Royale Pendolino CD-serie 680 CD (2006)
[edit]Aircraft
Film Aircraft Owner Notes
Hiller UH -12 From Russia "Raven" Rosa Klebb With Love
helicopter
Lockheed
[30] Auric Goldfinger
JetStar
Auric Still flying today in the
Goldfinger Hiller 12E4 Goldfinger (helicopter with UK (G-ASAZ) atomic bomb)
Aviation
British United Air Ferries
Traders Carvair
[31]
Avro Vulcan RAF
SAR Boeing B-
Thunderball 17 Flying CIA Fortress
Bell 47 CIA
'Little Nellie'/Wallis WA-116 James Bond Agile Series 1
gyroplane[32]
Space Capsule USSR, NASA
Kawasaki KV-
Tiger Tanaka
107II
You Only Live
Twice Meyers 200 Helga Brandt
SPECTRE (flying in and out
Brantly B-2 of the vulcano)
Japanese Navy (seen Lockheed deploying life rafts after
Hercules the SPECTRE lair is destroyed)
Bell 206 Ernst Stavro Blofeld On Her Majesty's
Secret Service
Bell 204 Marc-Ange Draco
Bond and Tiffany Case (unknowingly being pursued by Wint and Kidd) fly from Diamonds Are Amsterdam to Los
Boeing 707 Lufthansa
Forever Angeles with Peter Franks' corpse in the cargo hold being used to smuggle the diamonds. The fleet of helicopters used to stage the raid
Bell 204 Willard Whyte & CIA on Blofeld's oil rig base in Baja California
Bond flies from London to New York Kennedy
Boeing 747-100 Pan Am Airport to begin the mission.
Live And Let Stolen by Bond Die escaping from Kananga's henchmen in a chase through
Cessna 172 Bleaker Flying School Bleaker's hangar. Several other similar aircraft are destroyed in the chase.
Republic RC-3 James Bond
Seabee The Man with the Golden Gun AMC Matador –
Francisco Scaramanga Flying car
Handley Page
Jaws
Jetstream
Space Shuttle Hugo Drax
Moonraker Lockheed L-188 Hugo Drax/Drax Air Freight Electra
Used by Bond to fly
Concorde Air France to Rio de Janerio Rockwell OV- 101 - Space NASA/United States Space Shuttle Marine Force Enterprise
Boeing 747 - Space Shuttle NASA
Carrier
The Chaplain said sent by Universal Exports, but owned by Blofeld, as he states when Bell MI6 remotely takes over the 206 JetRanger For Your Eyes helicopter, "do not Only worry about the pilot he was one of my less useful people"
PZL Mi-2 General Gogol
[33]
Acrostar Jet James Bond
Beechcraft
Octopussy Kamal Khan
'Twin Beech'
Hot Air Balloon MI6 - Q Branch
A View To A
Blimp Max Zorin Kill
Hawker The Living Siddeley RAF Daylights Nimrod British Aerospace MI6
Harrier T.10
M
Lockheed
Hercules Gen. Koskov
Eurocopter
French Navy
Tiger
Mikoyan MiG-
GoldenEye Russian Air Force
29
Russian chemical producer
Pilatus PC-6 s
Tomorrow Aero L- [34] Central Asian terrorists
Never Dies 39 Albatros
Switchblades - PHASST (Programmable US Military High Altitude Single Soldier Transport)[35]
Die Another
Day Bond flies back to London whilst on the
Boeing 747-400 British Airways run after escaping to Hong Kong.
Antonov An- North Korea
124 on the
outside, Ilyushi n Il-76 when they're in the plane
Quantum of
Douglas DC-3 Unnamed Bolivian civilian
Solace
Novel Aircraft Owner Notes
007 takes Stratocruiser on his journeys to America. Live and Let Boeing 377 In Goldfinger the final Die, Goldfinge N/A, Auric Goldfinger
Stratocruiser battle r
is set onboard this plane.
This is the plane that takes Red Grant
Ilyushin Il-12 N\A from Crimea to Mosco From Russia w with Love
Vickers This is the plane that N\A Viscount takes Bond to Istanbul
Transports Goldfinger's
Bristol Freighter N\A Rolls-Royce to France
Goldfinger Goldfinger uses this Beechcraft plane for air Goldfinger
Model 18 surveillance of Fort
Knox
Bond takes this plane For Your Eyes de Havilland N\A to Canada instead of
Only Comet old Stratocruiser
Thunderball Grumman Bond and Leiter The two use this plane
Amphibian in search of a missing bomber
This is the helicopter Aerospatiale SPECTRE that takes Bond to Piz Alouette III On Her Gloria Majesty's This is the plane that Secret Service Dassault intercepts Helicopter
Swiss Air Force
bound to attack Piz Mirage Gloria
Bell Rocket Belt
Featured in Thunderball. A rocket pack based on the Bell Jet belt.
Bell helicopters had previously been seen in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die, The Spy Who Loved Me, and Moonraker.
Skyfleet S570
A "prototype" plane featured in Casino Royale, actually a Boeing 747-200 originally used by British Airways as "G-BDXJ", but retired after flying for AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines. It was refitted with two mockup engines on each inner pylon and external fuel tanks on the outer pylons, somewhat anachronistically resembling a B-52 Stratofortress.[36] [edit]Marine vehicles
Film Vehicle Owner Notes
From Red Grant (later Russia With Speedboat James Bond and
Love Tatiana Romanova)
Thunderball Disco Volante Emilio Largo
You Only Ning Po Cargo Osato Live Twice Ship Chemicals/SPECTRE
Unidentified British Royal Navy/MI6 Submarine
HMS Tenby Royal Navy
(F65)
Mountbatten
class (SR.N4) Seaspeed Hovercraft Diamonds Are Forever
Bathosub Ernst Stavro Blofeld
SS Canberra P&O Cruises
Stolen by Bond from Dr. Kananga's
Glastron GT-150 Dr. Kananga "crocodile farm" drug factory
Stolen by Bond after Glastron CV-19 Deke Rodgers the GT-150 is disabled Jet speedboat by gunfire
Live and Let Die One of these boats is disabled after crashing into a tree, Glastron V-156 Dr. Kananga another being simply Sportster henchmen outrun by Bond and Kananga henchman Adam
Glastron V-184 Dr. Kananga This boat gets stuck in Crestflite henchmen a wedding tent This boat is destroyed when it spears Sheriff Glastron V-162 Dr. Kananga J.W. Pepper's car Futura henchmen while attempting to jump over an embankment
This boat ended up in Glastron V-145 Dr. Kananga Deke Rodger's Fireflite henchmen swimming pool
Stolen by Kananga henchman Adam and Glastron-Carlson Louisiana wildlife park destroyed when CV21 Jet ranger Billy-Bob driven into the back speedboat of a derelict ship and explodes.
Stromberg Shipping Speedboat Lines
SS Liparus Oil Stromberg Shipping Tanker Lines
Lotus Esprit S1 – "Wet Nellie" Q-Branch/James Bond The Spy submarine Who Loved Me
Wetbike Q-Branch/James Bond
Soviet, British, and HMS Ranger, Submarines American "Potemkin", and USS Governments Wayne
HMS Fearless Royal Navy
Gondola- Q-Branch/James Bond hovercraft[37]
Used by Bond to Glastron locate Hugo Drax's CV23HT Q-Branch/James Bond Amazon river source Moonraker "Hydrofoil" Boat for the deadly nerve gas
Used by Drax Glastron SSV- Drax Enterprises henchmen during the 189 speedboats Amazon river chase
MI6 Intelligence HMS St. Georges Surveillance Ship
SS Colombina Milos Columbo
For Your Eyes Only Timothy Havelock, Triano later Melina Havelock
Used by Sir Timothy Timothy Havelock, Neptune for underwater later Melina Havelock research
Octopussy Alligator Boat Q-Branch/James Bond
Iceberg MI6
A View To A Used to retrieve Kill Mayday on Glastron Carlson
Max Zorin the Seine after the C-537 assassination of Achille Aubergine SS Wavekrest Milton Krest
Licence to Kill Sentinel Mini
Milton Krest Sub
La Fayette class GoldenEye French Navy
frigate
Sea Shadow Elliot Carver
HMS Devonshire Royal Navy Tomorrow Never Dies
HMS Bedford Royal Navy
HMS Chester Royal Navy
Q's Retirement Recreational MI6 Boat The World is Not Enough Unidentified Russian Victor Russian Navy IIIclass submarine
The Top 10 Cars Of The Fast & The Furious
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Posted on 04.29.2011 10:00 by Kirby Filed under: | Dodge Charger | Celebrity Cars | Honda Civic | Mitsubishi Eclipse | Volkswagen Jetta | Mazda RX7 | Toyota Supra | Acura Integra | Nissan Skyline | Top Ten | Car Movies
Now that the clock has finally run out and just hours away from the first showing of Fast Five - the fifth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise - we felt like it’s the right time to give proper respect to the characters that have made this movie franchise as fun as it has been since the first movie came out in 2001.
And if you think that we’re talking about resident leading men, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, guess again. This list has very little to do with them, or their other co-stars for that matter, but more so about what they were driving during the first four movies. Yes, dear friends. This is a list to honor the Top 10 cars of the Fast and Furious franchise!
Do take note that we compiled this list based on our opinions so if you have any sort of reaction on the cars we chose and the number we gave them, you have the floor in the comments section to let us hear about it.
Hit the jump to check out our list.
10. 1994 Acura Integra
This isn’t so much about the car than it is about the one driving it. Sure, a tricked out Integra is a pretty special piece of ride, but if you’ve got a hottie like Mia Torretto (Jordana Brewster) busting its chops, then consider the car as part of the overall package. Jump back to the scene where Mia and Brian O’Connor (Paul Walker) go after Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) in their latest hijack attempt, and tell us that you wouldn’t want to sit shotgun next to the smoking hot Brewster. 9. 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Brian O’Connor’s very first street race car in the entire franchise met an unceremonious end in the first movie, but the green-and-blue Eclipse became one of the most iconic cars in the franchise, not so much because it gave Dominic Toretto a run for his money - he later quipped the now-famous line "it don’t matter if you win by an inch or a mile; winning’s winning". Anytime you get Vin Diesel to spew a nugget of wisdom like that, you have to give props to the car that made his bald head sweat. 8. 1997 Mazda RX-7
Han’s 1997 RX-7 actually was shown at the 2005 Tokyo Auto Show as a Veilside-tuned Japanese sportster. Turns out, Universal liked it so much that they decided to buy the car as is and worked on changing the car’s body color from the red/burgundy and black finish to a more audience-capturing bright orange and black finish. As for the Veilside Fortune body kit that it originally came with? Universal decided to keep it to make the car stand out in the movie. Good call, Universal. 7. 1995 Volkswagen Jetta
The car responsible for turning the phrase "pink slip" into a part of everyday lexicon is Jesse’s 1995Volkswagen Jetta. As one of the few European cars to make it to the movie, the Jetta became a big part of the first movie’s storyline after Jesse raced it against bad guy Johnny Tran and his Honda S2000. After losing the race and his Jetta, Jesse runs away with his car and sets of a chain reaction of events that eventually led to the movie’s climactic end. 6. 2006 Nissan 350Z Tokyo Drift
The 2006 Nissan 350Z Tokyo Drift may have been the antagonist’s car - the all black finish pretty much says it all - but on its own, this Japanese sports car already exudes a certain level of bad-assery that made all those cars in Tokyo tremble in fear. On top of the intimidating finish, the 350Z Tokyo Drift also came with a 3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve V6 engine with an APS twin-turbo system that produces somewhere around 450 horsepower. The only thing more menacing than this piece of hot metal was the man sitting behind its wheel, the Yakuza-backed Drift King. 5.1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R
Brian O’Connor’s main ride for the sequel was a 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R R34, a car that wasn’t actually sold in the US. For the purposes of the high-octane nature of the movie, this Skyline GT-R was given a C- West body kit and finished with a platinum pearl scheme courtesy of House of Kolor. Rounding out the changes were a set of 19" HRE 446 polished wheels inside Toyo Proxes T1-S tires. O’Connor’s fascination for Skylines underscores the model’s reputation in the street racing world as one of the most sought after models on the market. 4. 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Roman Pearce (played by Tyrese) first made headway in the second installment of the franchise, "2 Fast 2 Furious". Together with Brian O’Connor, the two long time buddies aid in the successful capture of a local drug exporter. In the movie, Pearce drove a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Convertible dressed in some resplendent metallic silver and purple ’webbed’ design that Tyrese actually picked out for the car. On top of that, the Eclipse Spyder was also given a Shine Street wide body kit, rear wing, and a set of Lowenhart BR-5 alloy wheels. 3. 1995 Honda Civic
It’s no coincidence that the three most memorable cars in the entire Fast and Furious franchise can be found in the first movie. The 1995 Honda Civics were not the fastest cars in the movie. Heck, they weren’t even used for racing purposes, but for the gang’s, shall we say, "night job". Remember all those scenes where Toretto and the gang were trying to hijack those trucks full of entertainment systems and were weaving their cars in and under a semi? Those were the Civics, baby. 2. 1995 Toyota Supra Turbo
On its own accord, a Toyota Supra has no business spitting out a Ferrari in a friendly drag race along the beach. But in the world of the Fast and Furious, tricked out Japanese renegades ruled over snobby Prancing Horses. That is, unless, you line up the former against an all-American muscle. Brian O’Conner’s orange wave of power was the ideal foil to the car on the top of this list. In one of the climactic scenes of the first movie, a despondent Toretto is met by O’Connor on a small slab of road for one final drag race. It was Spillner’s Japanese kamikaze versus Toretto’s American mauler. In the end, the latter met its doom - not the car’s fault - while the Supra Turbo lived to drive another day, ironically, in the hands of the man who laid waste to his car. 1. 1970 Dodge Charger R/T
You can’t have a list of the Top 10 cars of the Fast and Furious franchise without having this menacing muscle in the top spot. As his father’s once-prized steed, Dominic Toretto took great lengths in taking care of this blown 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, even admitting to Brian O’Connor that this is the one car that even he was scared to drive. The Charger with the supercharged Chrysler 426 HEMI V8 engine extending out on the bonnet with a blower became the iconic vehicle of the movie franchise, having been a part of not just one, but two - the other one being the fourth movie - Fast and Furious movies.