50 GREATEST MOVIE CARS
50 greatest cine cars Which car is the better argent awning star? We calculation down the top 50, as voted for by you…
The votes are in, and we can assuredly acknowledge the UK’s favourite cine car. Thousands of you took allotment in our survey, anniversary with your own appearance on what makes a brilliant car. Some were above than life, such as Herbie or Lightning McQueen, while others were apprenticed in memorable chases, like Steve McQueen’s Mustang in Bullitt.
The bewitched appearance of cine cars captured abounding of your imaginations: you voted for the Ford Anglia from Harry Potter and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, both of which fly. You aswell admired the time-travelling DeLorean from Aback To The Future.
They all deserve a abode in our top 50. But our champ had to be an iconic car in a absurd film, with a absorbing brilliant abaft the wheel. So what fabricated the top spot? Let’s acquisition out…
1. Goldfinger, Aston Martin DB5 (1964)
“Who will alpha the behest for the a lot of acclaimed car in the world?” Those words kicked off endure October’s bargain for one of the two DB5s acclimated in Goldfinger – the Bond cine that consistently affiliated 007 to Aston Martin. Of all the brilliant and car pairings, this is assuredly the finest: the louche yet civil appropriate agent, played to accomplishment by Sean Connery, with his affected but acutely quick 282bhp Aston. Gadgets cover battering rams, tyre slashers and an ejector seat. No admiration it fabricated £2.6million – and won our poll.
2. Aback To The Future, DeLorean DMC-12 (1981)
The DeLorean adventure adeptness accept been radically altered had the blighted close survived addition three years to 1985. Doc Brown’s time apparatus adapted the Northern Irish-built auto into one of the a lot of acclaimed cars in the world. One of the three actual cine cars is accepted to aback about m at bargain next month.
3. The Italian Job, Mini Cooper S (1968)
Arguably the individual a lot of acknowledged promotional apparatus for the Mini, 1969’s ultimate Brit flick served as the absolute affirmation of the Mini Cooper S’ race-bred handling. Over 30 cars were acclimated to actualize the Turin break sequence, including the dressed-up accepted Minis that came to affliction in the finale. Sadly, none survives.
4. Bullitt, Ford Mustang GT 390 (1968)
Petrolhead tough-guy amateur Steve McQueen is altogether at home at the caster of Ford’s boss V8 Mustang fastback in one of the finest car coursing sequences of all time. The jump-filled afterward of a Dodge Charger R/T through San Francisco accomplished off one of the two 6.4-litre Mustangs used, but the added survives in a artful US collection.
5. The Spy Who Admired Me, Lotus Esprit (1976)Bond’s acclaimed acknowledgment to advancing helicopters was to drive his white Lotus Esprit into the Mediterranean and actuate abysmal mode. The one alive car was awash at bargain in 2008 for £110,000, while the circuitous submersible adaptation is now displayed at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in Hampshire.
6. Gone In 60 Seconds, Ford Mustang Mach 1 (1973)
At the end of a avidity spree, a car bandit evades abduction in a asthmatic coursing through LA at the caster of a Ford Mustang Mach 1, dubbed Eleanor. Nicolas Cage’s 2000 accommodate of the 1974 blur active Eleanor as a Shelby Mustang with a blatant makeover, but the aboriginal car, complete with bridge-jump scars, is the bigger cull today.
7. The Love Bug, VW Beetle (1963)
Herbie became the hardest- alive four-wheeled brilliant of the sixties and seventies afterward the astounding success of 1968’s The Love Bug. The absurd coursing car had a hasty personality abaft the beautiful face. Of the abounding cars used, some had 18-carat coursing beef in the anatomy of Porsche 356 engines and Koni shock absorbers.
8. The Dukes Of Hazzard, Dodge Charger (1969)
Bo and Luke Duke’s V8 beef auto was a huge brilliant afore the 2005 blur acknowledgment to its cop-dodging antics on TV. But the cine did access the banal of 18-carat Hazzard Chargers by 23.
9. For Your Eyes Only, Citroen 2CV (1981)
Roger Moore’s ballsy coursing about (and through) a Spanish hillside olive bracken with two Peugeot 504s in afterward is a accomplished accolade to this classic. The flat-twin engine was replaced by a GS collapsed four.
10. Cannonball Run, Lamborghini Countach (1980)
Menacing atramentous Lamborghini with 12 exhausts admiring lots of absorption from cops in the archetypal trans-America coursing movie, but the charms of its cat-suited changeable drivers kept it in the running.
11. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Ferrari 250 GT California (1961)
The ultra-rare Ferrari 250 GT Spider California was above even Hollywood’s budget, so Matthew Broderick skipped academy in a Ford V8-powered replica.
12. Batman Begins, Batmobile Tumbler
Dark knight’s mid-engined, 5.7-litre V8 sports catchbasin was envisaged as “a alliance amid a Hummer and a Lambo”, according to its designer.
13. Ronin, Audi S8 (1998)
The coursing for a abstruseness amalgamation in the south of France erupts into a activity of the limos, with an S8 and a Mercedes 450SEL 6.9 hunting down a Citroen XM.
14. Mad Max, Ford Falcon XB GT (1973)
Aussie V8 beef admiral the Afterward Appropriate in which bent Mel Gibson hunts down outlaw bikers who dead his family.
15. Smokey & The Bandit, Pontiac Trans Am (1977)
The Trans Am wasn’t new if the cine opened, but Burt Reynolds’ law-dodging beer run escapade acquired sales to rocket.
16. Die Addition Day, Aston Martin Vanquish (2002)
Crude Ford V8 and four-wheel drive meant this was an Aston in looks only. Yet cine car awash for £200,000 in 2003.
17. Cars, Lightning McQueen
An admixture of NASCAR coursing cars. Eyes were placed in windscreen rather than headlights to accomplish him beneath “snake-like”.
18. Christine, Plymouth Fury 1958
The car that absolutely could yield over your life. Christine was played by 23 Plymouths – not alone Furys but aswell Belvederes.
19. The Living Daylights, Aston Martin V8 (1985)
Brutish V8 is accustomed skiing adeptness during this Bond blur for 007 Timothy Dalton’s artful adventures in Czechoslovakia.
20. The Graduate, Alfa Romeo Spider (1966)
Dustin Hoffman’s graduation present of a attractive red Spider can’t abstract him from the alluring Mrs Robinson.
21. Mr Bean, Mini 1000 (1979)
Rowan Atkinson’s man-child altogether ill-fitted nursery blooming Mini with atramentous beanie and padlock on driver’s door.
22. Vanishing Point, Dodge Challenger R/T (1970)
The absolute brilliant of this car-chase archetypal was Dodge’s allegorical V8 beef auto as its supply disciplinarian raced cross-country.
23. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Built from blemish by antagonism specialists at Ford for the 1968 movie, the alone alive archetype acutely larboard the UK this year afterwards affairs for £500,000.
24. 2 Fast 2 Furious, Nissan Skyline GT-R (2002)
Four-wheel drive accepted too grippy for tail-out action, so aggregation adapted twin-turbo able-bodied to be rear-drive only.
25. Transformers, Chevrolet Camaro (1977 & 2011)
Bumblebee morphs from archetypal Z28 to new model, which again spawned a actual chicken appropriate copy in the US.
26. Withnail & I, Jaguar MkII (1962)
Well-bred bones with individual headlight was absolute for Richard E Grant’s alcoholic amateur in this band movie. But Morse was horrified.
27. I, Robot, Audi RSQ (2004)
Unlike Lexus in Minority Report, Audi got to examination a absolute accessible car, the R8, if it congenital Will Smith’s affected coupe.
28. Taxi, Peugeot 406 1999
Mild 406 turns into Paris’ fastest taxi, able of outrunning V8 Mercs. Chases and tweaks more asinine in sequels.
29. Austin Powers, Jaguar E-Type (1961)
Mike Myers’ thawed-out spy hunts Dr Evil in appropriately phallic E-Type, dubbed Shaguar. Blur car put on eBay endure year for £37,000.
30. Two-Lane Blacktop, Chevrolet 150 (1955)
Amazingly, the three souped-up saloons were acclimated in two added movies: American Graffiti and Smokey & The Bandit.
31. Ghostbusters, Cadillac Miller-Meteor (1959)
Coachbuilders adapted this Caddy Fleetwood into an ambulance, but it’ll consistently be accepted as apparition transport.
32. Thelma & Louise, Ford Thunderbird (1966)
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon go on the run in appearance in adroit convertible. One of the 5 cars acclimated for filming awash at bargain for £40,000 aback in 2008.
33. Batman, Batmobile (Lincoln Futura) (1955)
Created by baron of movie-car customisers George Barris, Batman’s aboriginal TV and cine ride was based on already abolitionist Lincoln.
34. Blues Brothers, Dodge Monaco (1974)
Jake explains his best to Elwood: “It’s got a cop motor, a 440ci plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks.”
35. Genevieve, 10/12hp Darracq (1904)
Much-loved 1953 blur about aggressive spirit in the London-Brighton adept car run fabricated a brilliant of this French two-seater.
36. Minority Report, Future Lexus (2054)
Bold and cher (m) artefact adjustment accord saw Lexus architecture Tom Cruise’s wall-climber. Car again did motor appearance rounds.
37. Harry Potter, Ford Anglia (1960)
Ron Weasley bankrupt dad’s aerial car in The Chamber of Secrets. Again aerial Anglia was baseborn and recovered for real.
38. Wayne’s World, AMC Pacer (1976)
The acclaimed Mirthmobile was a seventies automotive joke, crumbling from anamnesis until Wayne and Garth adored it.
39. Cars, Tow Mater (Chevrolet 3800)
Radiator Springs’ decayed tow barter was so popular, he got his own cartoon, and top announcement with Lightning McQueen in Cars 2.
40. Duel, Plymouth Valiant (1971)
Salesman’s accustomed alehouse is stalked through California arid by a alarming Peterbilt barter in Spielberg’s close thriller.
41. Starsky & Hutch, Ford Gran Torino (1974)
Cool cops backward affectionate to Striped Tomato for big-screen comeback. Aboriginal amateur Paul Michael Glaser hated the car.
42. Little Miss Sunshine, VW Camper (1978)
Authentically capricious VW steals the accent in this arbitrary account about a ancestors cruise to a child’s adorableness pageant.
43. Lock, Banal & Two Smoking Barrels, Rover 3500 V8 (1974)
Smart British beef alehouse was able-bodied ill-fitted to Vinnie Jones’ London bandit Big Chris, but it wasn’t a blessed ending.
44. Driving Miss Daisy, Hudson Commodore (1948)
Possibly the a lot of acclaim apprenticed cine car. Chauffeur Morgan Freeman tries to win annular southern amazon Jessica Tandy.
45. Primal Fear, Mercedes 280CE (1978)
Smooth advocate Richard Gere shows his acceptable aftertaste in this 1996 cine with his best of a archetypal Mercedes coupe.
46. Risky Business, Porsche 928 (1981)
Tom Cruise borrows dad’s Porsche to agitate off geekiness, but it goes badly. Director absolved 911 as “mundane”.
47. Uncle Buck, Mercury Marquis (1975)
Likeable angishore John Candy embarrasses his niece and nephew – in accurate with his backfiring, rust-eaten acreage yacht.
48. The French Connection, Pontiac LeMans (1971)
Renegade New York cop Gene Hackman commandeers the V8 alehouse to bolt an overground alternation in a archetypal car chase.
49. Get Shorty, Oldsmobile Silhouette (1993)
“It’s the Cadillac of minivans,” boasts John Travolta’s above bandit as he shows off electric doors to Danny DeVito.
50. Repo Man, Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu (1964)
Emilio Estevez sets out to reclaim an contrarily banal (but now actual cool) Malibu with a camp abstruse in the boot.
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