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Top Cars in Film

Here are my picks for the top 15 cars in modern film:

15. Grease's Grease Lightning with custom paint job, overhead lifters, some four barrel quads, fuel injection cutoff and chrome plated rods - oh yeah!

14. Smokey and the Bandit's 1977 Pontiac Trans Am which featured a T-top, CB radio, and a runaway bride in the passenger seat.

13. The Matrix's 1965 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors, more weapons than one could ever imagine and a new wave bug zapper you just might need in the future.

12. Gone In Sixty Seconds' 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 which currently requires a new paint job, a driver side review mirror and some fiberglass for body work but it can jump a 30 foot long accident scene on a northern California bridge.

11. The Transporters 1995 BMW 735i complete with rotating license plate, full spare tire, and room for at least 1 small Asian woman in the trunk.

10. Christine's 1958 Plymouth Fury with a rewinding odometer, self healing bending sheet metal but will run you down if your not careful.

9. Wayne's World's 1976 AMC Pacer appointed with subtle flame decal, licorice dispenser, and 1 jammed tape with Bohemian Rhapsody on continuous playback.

8a [tie]. The Italian Job's 2003 Mini Cooper S minus 200 pounds from the stock version, small enough to navigate congested streets, parks and subway tunnels while large enough to hold a butt load of gold bullion.

8b [tie]. The Bourne Identity's 1989 Austin Mini featuring black right front fender, splashy tires, pulls a little to the right however can slide down a flight of stairs or be used on the side walk or driven the wrong way on a highway with ease.

7. xXx's 1967 Pontiac GTO which included a blow-off roof, air-intake flamethrower, grappling hook and a dude with way too many tattoos and a very bad attitude.

6. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery's 1967 Jaguar E-Type with customer UK flag paint job, in-dash picture phone, SWINGER license plate and one hell of shaggedelic good ride.

5. Batman's Batmobile, made from unknown car parts, includes a pair of forward-facing Browning machine guns, side-mounted grappling hook launchers and an armor plated body, which can envelop itself in a heavy armor cocoon.

4. Goldfinger's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 which not only was used by the best James in the best Bond film, it also comes with bulletproof glass, machine guns and a handy power passenger seat.

3. Ghostbusters' 1959 Cadillac Ambulance complete with red painted tail fins, flashing lights with annoying sirens and 4 unlicensed particle accelerators.

2. Ferris Bueller's Day Off's 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California noted for it's four-speed 3.0-liter V-12 and "backseat" luggage space one high school student cutting class.

1. Back to the Future's 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 featuring gull-wing doors, 16-port twin exhaust boxes, the world famous flux capacitor and some fancy fiery tire tracks at 88 miles per hour.

So there you have and remember, if you going to travel through time, you might as well do it in style.

Labels: Cars, Movies

posted by TheWino @ 8:46 AM