A Garage Full of Stars: Top 10 Movie and TV Cars
1. Fillmore the VW Van in Cars
For me the high point of the Pixar movie Cars was Fillmore the old Volkswagon Van. Fillmore is everyhing you’d expect from a VW van. What’s more, George Carlin did his voice. If I didn’t fear the wrath of Diz Nee, I’d make him the spokescar for GranolaBox.
2. Batmobile
Whether it’s the cartoonish version, or the ultra cool versions from any of the Batman movies, the Batmobile rocks. Hundreds of buttons to push, and the jet blaster kicks ass.
3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Yes…. I know it’s one of the dorkiest movies ever, but the CCBB is a dream car, and the classiest amphibious, flying car there is.
4. Herbie the Love Bug
Herbie is the Rocky Balboa of cars. Puny little Herbie takes on the big boys and wins every time. Given the span of time between the original Love Bug movies and Herbie Reloaded, Herbie has probably had just about as many comebacks as the Rockster. His co-star Lindsay Lohan should be so lucky.
5. Deathmobile from National Lampoon’s Animal House
5. Deathmobile from National Lampoon’s Animal House
The Deathmobile is what became of Kent Dorfman’s brother’s car, trashed beyond recognition during the Delta House road trip after the boys fled the Dexter Lake Club. It began as a lovely cake with “Eat Me” written, then transformed into the last hurrah for the fraternity on “double secret” probation.
6. Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo
More crimes were solved by the meddling kids in the Mystery Machine than in the special investigations unit of Scotland Yard. Besides, Fred drove it, and he was dreamy.
7. Benny the Cab in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Benny is New York swagger and attitude. He’s tough, courageous, and a loyal friend to the end, helping Roger Rabbit escape evil Judge Doon.
8. The Truck in Smokey and the Bandit
Yes, Burt Reynolds had the fabulous Trans Am, but the truck was the big hero.
9. The General Lee
I was never a huge fan of the Dukes of Hazzard, but the General Lee was the vehicular symbol of the South. Named for the noblest of American military men and sporting the confederate flag (which wasn’t considered so politically incorrect in the 80’s) the General Lee just exuded “Don’t Tread on Me.” You didn’t open doors to get in the General Lee. Oh no… you climb through the window.
I was getting gas once in Western New York and saw a General Lee replica pull in. Would the driver climb out the window. Yes. Would he be enough of a freak to honk the Dixie horn as he pulled out? I waited to see. He did.
10. Uncle Rico’s Van in Napoleon Dynamite
Could anyone other than Uncle Rico drive the ultimate in tacky conversion vans. I don’t think so.
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Filed under: Top 10's on May 6th, 2007
Clearly a person “of an age.” Any such list that does not include the Corvette from “Route 66″ is meaningless.
Clearly I have to put Route 66 on my Blockbuster queue!
Not bad, but you forgot some other notable vehicles:
1. KITT from Knight Rider. I mean, come on…the only thing that would make that car better was if it talked to you in a sexy female voice (like most modern GPS systems do….see we learned)
2. Starsky and Hutch - I think this before my time but with the movie remake, it comes to mind.
3. A-Team Van - this I was a fan of! If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.”
4. 007’s Aston Martin - this again was before my time but I am still a fan none the less. Tell me you don’t want a car with an ejector seat? I’ve give people random people a ride just for the joy of seeing the sky rocket out of car!
Plus it had bullet proof glass (a must have for the ghetto fabulous), revolving license plates (damn cops), smoke-screen and oil slick generators, machine guns and tire shredders (all things needed when driving on today’s roads).
Where was I?….oh yeah…cars:
5. The Time Traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future - come on…your a HISTORY TEACHER! How could you not want to have this car? Sure the car was probably created with Drug Money….but the guy got away with it ( I mean acquitted….like OJ…..did the car run as good as OJ? did)
Yeah, I had a long deliberation between Kitt and
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. What finally steered me away from Kitt was that annoying, officious British-style voice. Kitt was great, because it was eye candy for the guys, and the women could get their panties in a twist over Hasselhoff.