Movie Cars We Missed
Well, the blogosphere has spoken, and what it has to say is this: How could you forget Eleanor? The star of the original “Gone in 60 Seconds” was far and away the car mentioned most by commenters as the car most deserving of a spot on our Top 10 Movie Cars list. To be honest, the 1973 Mustang Mach 1 was on our short list (and a personal fave), but it fell just short. Of the other cars posters say we overlooked, the remaining top seven (in order of support) were:
- ‘70 Dodge Challenger, “Vanishing Point”
- ’77 Trans Am, “Smokey and the Bandit”
- ’32 Ford Coupe, “American Graffiti”
- BMW 735, “Transporter”
- ’76 AMC Pacer, “Wayne’s World”
- Audi A8 L W-12, “Transporter 2”
- Audi S8, “Ronin”
Other cars that received online support can be found below:
- ’55 Chevy, “American Graffiti”
- Ford Crown Victoria, “Men in Black”
- Aston Martin DB2/4, “The Birds”
- Cab, “Collateral”
- Lamborghini, “Cannonball Run”
- 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III, “The Car”
- 1975 black Mack model RS700 Longnose, “Convoy”
- Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, “Corvette Summer”
- 1956 Jaguar XK 140, “Cruel Intentions”
- General Lee, 1969 Dodge Charger, “Dukes of Hazzard”
- 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88, “Evil Dead,” “Evil Dead II,” “Army of Darkness”
- 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 427, “Gumball Rally”
- Audi RSQ “I, Robot”
- Ford GT40, “A Man and a Woman”
- 1967 Pontiac GTO, “XXX”
