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What Are Your Favorite Movie, TV, and Anime Cars That Aren’t The Usual Suspects?

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Make no mistake, we absolutely love Back to the Future‘s DeLorean time machine, KITT from Knight Rider, The Munsters‘ Koach and Dragula, and all the Batmobiles minus the Joel Schumacher ones. But for this round of cool-cars from the screens both small and silver, we want to hear about your favorites that aren’t the all-time greats. Not the usual suspects, as beloved as they may be. Give us your deep pulls. You know, stuff like this:

Hollywood Cars Collage

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From the top, that’s the AMC Hornet James Bond corkscrew-jumps in To Live and Let Die, the Porsche 911 from Death Race (2008), Jim Rockford’s Firebird (performer of TV’s finest J-turns), and the hot-rod Fiat 500 from Lupin III–the directorial debut of Hayao Miyazaki. He’s done a few things.

So watcha got? Whether your picks are over the top (like the Damnation Alley Landmaster included in the top shot), super obscure (like the Italdesign Aztec from Frankenstein Unbound, also in the top shot) or just regular cars that are well-cast, we want to hear about ’em. And throw in some stinkers too, why not. There’s no rules.

See you in the comments!

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Grant Moss
Grant Moss
1 year ago

Mrs. Peel’s Lotus Elan

Andy Individual
Andy Individual
1 year ago
Reply to  Grant Moss

You win. Though the Elan is freakin’ ugly, but the combo seems interesting (rubs chin). At least both had the moves.

Jack Trade
Jack Trade
1 year ago

Though Tara King and her Europa had a certain charm as well.

Grant Moss
Grant Moss
1 year ago

This is a bit off-topic, but Columbo is very underrated car show. Because that bad guys are always rich, pretty much every episode has classics from Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, and others.

Jack Trade
Jack Trade
1 year ago
Reply to  Grant Moss

Patrick McGoogan’s Citroen SM was my all-time favorite.

Double Wide Harvey Park
Double Wide Harvey Park
1 year ago
Reply to  Grant Moss

Columbo’s Peugeot is a very rare cabriolet model, too.

MAX FRESH OFF
MAX FRESH OFF
1 year ago

Mindy’s blue 1972 Jeep CJ from Mork and Mindy!

Freelivin2713
Freelivin2713
1 year ago

Urkel’s Isetta…”Did I do that?!”
https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_29963-BMW-Isetta-300.html

Green_NGold
Green_NGold
1 year ago
Reply to  Freelivin2713

Saw one at a car show today!

Drunken Master Paul
Drunken Master Paul
1 year ago

DMCL is what made me fall in love with Chargers well before those Duke boys.

Freelivin2713
Freelivin2713
1 year ago

Metropolitan from UHF!
https://www.imcdb.org/v048533.html

Mr Sarcastic
Mr Sarcastic
1 year ago

Gotta love Harry Potter magick school bus. As a loner I think Christine and I could get along fine. I think crazy chicks and crazy cars are great. Especially if they help you set up an alibi. Not too mention self repairing who cares about a dui? Tun like a scorched rat cant be me no damage no repair work. And if i get the house as well SARA from Eureka and the tunnel driller.

B P
B P
1 year ago

The Magic School Bus! I recently introduced my kids to both the books and TV show, and they’ve held up quite well.

The light cycles in Tron.

Nlpnt
Nlpnt
1 year ago
Reply to  B P

A few years ago someone did a series of paintings of the MSB kids as (very hipsterish) adults and a graying (retired?) Ms. Frizzle but they left out the bus! Seriously, a semiretired Magic Food Truck would’ve been great to see.

Tim Connors
Tim Connors
1 year ago
Reply to  Nlpnt

I work with a science teacher who has some very Ms. Frizzle outfits & creative approaches to teaching too. Always kinda hope she’d go full art car on her Kia Soul to make a matching Magic Mini-school B.us.

thejewosh
thejewosh
1 year ago

Turbo Teen!

Gubbin
Gubbin
1 year ago
Reply to  thejewosh

From the psychedelicious pen of Jim Woodring!

Canopysaurus
Canopysaurus
1 year ago

1. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Piranha
2. The Saint: Volvo P1800
3. The Italian Job (original): Mini Coopers
4. Get Smart: Sunbeam Tiger (Alpine)
5. Get Smart: Karmann Ghia
6. Mad Max: Holden HJ Sandman
7. Thomas Crown Affair: Meyers Manx
8. Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Brad’s Buick LeSabre

Last edited 1 year ago by Canopysaurus
Sc00t3r
Sc00t3r
1 year ago

“I pity the fool” that doesn’t upvote the A-Team GMC Vandura

https://starcars.fandom.com/wiki/The_A-Team_Van

Hugh Crawford
Hugh Crawford
1 year ago

The Cyclops in The Big Bus
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CvmPAiaBnNU

Suds Sepanski
Suds Sepanski
1 year ago
Reply to  Hugh Crawford

Holy sh*t! And here all these years later I thought I had hallucinated this movie when I was 11 years old.

MikuhlBrian
MikuhlBrian
1 year ago

Chris Parker’s mom’s Buick Electra station wagon in “Adventures in Babysitting”.

MegaVan
MegaVan
1 year ago

The Island.

Cadillac Cien.

Hugh Crawford
Hugh Crawford
1 year ago

Crowley‘s Bentley in Good Omens.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tv6X5ZhRCwo
I’d definitely drive that!

Usernametaken
Usernametaken
1 year ago

The Orgazmobile aka Choda Boy’s Buick Century

Root
Root
1 year ago

Gadget Mobile from Inspector Gadget. The perfect one-car garage, with the people-mover van mode for DD, and 80’s wedge sportscar mode for high-speed pursuit! Plus couldn’t it like fly and go underwater and stuff?

YetAnotherVariant
YetAnotherVariant
1 year ago

Crash Davis’ very well driven convertible 68 Shelby GT 350. Just the way that it looks like a 20 year old daily driver…

https://www.goldeagle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/mustang-gt350-from-bull-durham.jpg

As someone who has a very well driven 16 year old 2007 Shelby GT (with 187K miles) it was a inspiration that you could just drive your dream car…and keep driving it.

Robert Pridgen
Robert Pridgen
1 year ago

It’s a toss up between Jerry Seinfeld’s Saab 900 convertible and Homer Simpson’s “Mr. Plow” rig.

Voeltzwagen
Voeltzwagen
1 year ago

The Mustang in Cherry 2000 was pretty rad.

Toecutter
Toecutter
1 year ago
Reply to  Voeltzwagen

With a turbine engine!

Long_Time_Reader_First_Time_Poster
Long_Time_Reader_First_Time_Poster
1 year ago

The Alpine A310 from NGE, the Monaco from Blues Brothers, the Satellite from Tommy Boy, and, I’m mildly embarrassed to admit, the Serow from Bakuon because dual sports truly are the best sports.

Phyrkrakr
Phyrkrakr
1 year ago

The Lincoln Continental that Elliott Gould drives in The Long Goodbye was such a fantastic beast. Totally didn’t fit in with the rest of the 70s vibe of that flick, which is why it was perfect for Marlowe.

Manuel Verissimo
Manuel Verissimo
1 year ago

The Fairlady Z in Wangan Midnight. I blame this anime for me buying a 280Z.

I mean just look at this thing!

https://images.cdn.circlesix.co/image/1/640/0/uploads/posts/2016/06/8684615dbbb4c67adf3fd63871e42479.jpg

Last edited 1 year ago by Manuel Verissimo
Toecutter
Toecutter
1 year ago

The Devil Z!

Manuel Verissimo
Manuel Verissimo
1 year ago
Reply to  Toecutter

Akuma no zetto!

Not Sure
Not Sure
1 year ago

The Ford Festiva from ‘Idiocracy’.

If I were to ever do a Gambler build it would be the template.
Complete with a big (hollowed out to be a cooler) styrofoam boulder on the back.

Last edited 1 year ago by Not Sure
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