Here's the countdown of TV's four-wheel heroes.
#1 Bullitt, 1968 Ford Mustang 390
#2 Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee, 1969 Dodge Charger
#3 Knight Rider’s K.I.T.T., 1982 Pontiac Trans Am
#4 Gone in 60 seconds, 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 Eleanor
#5 Goldfinger, 1964 Aston Martin DB5
#6 Mad Max, 1973 Ford Falcon XB 1973
#7 Death Proof, 1971 Chevrolet Nova
#8 Vanishing Point, 1970 Dodge Challenger
#9 Smokey and the Bandit, 1977 Pontiac Trans Am
#10 The Blues Brothers, 1974 Dodge Monaco
Tags: 1964 Aston Martin DB5, 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 Eleanor, 1968 Ford Mustang 390, 1969 Dodge Charger, 1970 Dodge Challenger, 1971 Chevrolet Nova, 1973 Ford Falcon XB 1973, 1974 Dodge Monaco, 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, 1982 Pontiac Trans Am, Top 10 tv cars
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Come on the Starsky and Hutch car is way ahead of the Blues Brothers. Just the cool 70′s car alone. The top nine ok, My picks #1 Bullitt,#2 Gone in 60 seconds,#3 Vanishing point #4 Starsky and Hutch,#5 Smokey and the Bandit,#6 Eat my Dust,#7 Dirty Mary,Crazy Larry,#8 Aloha Bobby and Rose,#9 American Graffitti,#10 Death Proof. All muscle cars are cool.
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Ron
Nice video for ‘Death Proof’… too bad the highlighted car is not in it.
The Nova wasn’t really StuntMan Mike’s ‘Hero Car’ of DeathProof – it was a Dodge Charger as seen in the provided clip, along with the Challenger that was bastardized to have window frames added. This list is also missing the 1971 HEMI-Cuda convertible from Nash Bridges. Afterall, 4 of the 10 clips have MoPar’s in them already.
In Vanishing Point have you notice that the film is backwards, people are driving right handed cars?
No Delorean? No 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor Ambulance(aka Ecto-1)? This list is incomplete.
Holy Omissions!! No Batmobile?
Yes there are some nice cars here and some obvious ommissions.However the biggest overlook was the original Gone in 60 Seconds.Eleanor in the 1974 film was a 1973 Ford Mustang Mach 1,the final car chase wasn’t 5 minutes like the Cage fluff,but almost 40 minutes long.You want to see the undisputable #1 rent or better buy this classic.H.B.Halicki not only stars but does all his own driving.
Come on now. Any list of the top 10 TV and Movie cars that omits the 1975 Grand Torino from Starsky and Hutch and the 1983 GMC Van from the A-Team is incomplete at best.
Although the rest of the movie is cheesy. The opening credits for Cannonball Run with the Lamborghini Countach gets a sloid vote from me. Notice there hasen’t been a decent, high performance vehicle made in 40 years that was “affordable”.
the fact that the list is 10 cars long is a problem, there’s been far too many importants cars in movies to make such a short list, especially without having missed key vehicles
some mentioned by others
1- Delorean from Back to the Future (3 series long, all thanks to a car, and it’s omitted? no way!)
2- Ecto-1 – Ghostbusters car was amazingly simple yet incredibly impactful for the movie
3- Batmobile anyone?
4- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Ok, so everyone remembers the roll-call scene in the class, and the theme song, and what else? ohhhh that’s right… the car!
5- the Mini – Italian Job (both original and the remake in 2003)
6- the A-Team van! nothing else needs being said!
6- and for shi*s and giggles (cause it’s always fun to have a laughable pick) Herbie! hahaha
Why is Vanishing point done in mirror image. Cars drive on the left and drivers are on the right side of the car?
Where is the 1967 Impala from Supernatural? That is one gorgeous car. She definitely deserves a place on any list of classic cars on TV.
Decent list of cars and the comments have added some more good ones. How about adding some more up-to-date models from recent movies, like the Audi R8 from the Ironman movies or Mazda RX-8 from X-Men? Aston Martin DB9 from Casino Royale? Or going back in time again, what about the Lotus Esprit-turned submarine from The Spy who Loved Me?
The Vanishing Point clip is backwards to avoid any copyright issues. Blame YouTube and lawmakers for that!