50 Most Memorable Movie Cars
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In honor of the upcoming Speed Racer, Matt Atchity over at Rotten Tomatoes has put together an impressive list of the most memorable cars to ever appear onscreen -- and if 50 wasn't impressive enough, he has put together an exhaustive list of honorable mentions.
There's no arguing with his picks -- for me, Dumb and Dumber's dog van ranks high, as does Garth Algar's MirthMobile. (You don't know how badly I coveted one as a teenager.) I think the Bond Astin Martin should rank above General Lee and Speed Racer though -- but I'm always one for a classic.
My number one pick -- yes, even above the DeLorean -- is the above. Mad Max's Modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe, ranked #26 on Atchity's list. That car is all kinds of sexy. I'm not really sure what that says about me, but there you go. There's a replica in my home town and it kills me that it is not mine.
Check out Matt's list, but come back and tell us your own picks. And if you have a car like Mad Max's, I'm all yours. I'm just saying.
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5-10-2008 @ 12:29AM
Mr.R said...
Christine not in the top 10 = fail
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5-10-2008 @ 9:29AM
Yan said...
Totally agree -- fantastic list, but terrible order. Great pick for #1 Elizabeth.
5-10-2008 @ 10:49AM
cough said...
Herbie AND the mach 5 higher than the Ecco-1?
That list is wrong, with passion.
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5-10-2008 @ 11:42AM
Gilbert Davis said...
I just looked at the list until I found the White Challenger from Vanishing Point. List complete.
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5-10-2008 @ 2:47PM
Argent said...
the '90 NASCAR lumina from 'days of thunder' made me wince. if you're gonna include a racecar, it should probably be the gulf porsche 917 from 'le mans' -- an iconic iteration of an icon of auto racing.
heck, even the F1 ferrari from 'grand prix' would have been a better choice.
didn't really agree much with the rankings, but it's a fairly good collection, overall.
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5-10-2008 @ 3:57PM
Mr.R said...
In that case the Mustang from A mand and a Woman is missing too, the movie is not so big today but it made history in the 60´s and the racing scenes were amazing for that day.
Cars and movies go a long way.
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5-11-2008 @ 2:36AM
AJ Wiley said...
Ecto-1! My dream car!
(Ecto-1A is such a poseur.)
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6-28-2008 @ 3:31PM
Eto1 said...
Already seen the rotten tomatoes list and yes it is impressive, but i said the same thing you did. The last of the v8 interceptors
should have been first on the list. I felt the pain when he cracked it up.
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