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Famous automobiles

Below is a list of famous automobiles:

Real

A Ford GT40, winner of LeMans race 1967 and 1968.

Historical

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
"La Jamais Contente" - The first car that reached 100 km/h.
The Blue Flame - World land speed record holding rocket car.
The Bluebird - Used for world land speed attempts by Sir Malcolm Campbell
Thrust2 - Former holder of the world land speed record.
ThrustSSC - The world's first supersonic land vehicle.
Bigfoot - The first monster truck.

Racing

Ford GT40, winner of LeMans race 1967 and 1968.
Swamp Rat, name of a series of dragsters built and raced by Don Garlits.
Moby Dick, nickname for Porsche 935 (racing model of 1978).
Stanley, first robot car to win the DARPA Grand Challenge
Grave Digger, name of a series of popular monster trucks.

From fiction

Literature

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the book by Ian Fleming
Christine from the Stephen King novel of the same name
Rocinante, the modified camper driven by John Steinbeck in Travels with Charley
The Betsy from the Harold Robbins novel of the same name

Movies

Bond Cars as driven by 007
Christine (a 1958 Plymouth Fury) from the movie of the same name (based upon the novel by Stephen King)
The Mirthmobile from Wayne's World
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the film of the same name (based on the Ian Fleming novel)
Genevieve (film) from the 1953 film of the same name. http://www.donbrockway.com/Genevieve%27s%20History.htm
Herbie from The Love Bug and four sequels
De Lorean time machine from the Back to the Future series
The Ectomobile from Ghostbusters
Pursuit Special, the Interceptor from Mad Max
The Bluesmobile (a 1974 Dodge Monaco police car) from The Blues Brothers
Il Tempo Gigante from Pinchcliffe Grand Prix. [1]
Peugeot 406 Taxi from the 1998 film Taxi, the 2000 film Taxi 2 and the 2003 film Taxi 3.
Ford Crown Victoria taxi and her enemy, BMW 7 Series from the 2004 film Taxi
The Corvette from Corvette Summer

The original 1966 Batmobile was built by George Barris from a Lincoln Futura concept car.

Television

1928 Porter from My Mother the Car
Al's Dodge, from Married... with Children
The Batmobile from Batman
Ford Torino in Starsky and Hutch
Bessie from Doctor Who
The Black Beauty from The Green Hornet
Car 54 from Car 54, Where Are You?
The Compact Pussycat driven by Penelope Pitstop in Wacky Races
The Mean Machine driven by Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races
The General Lee (Dodge Charger) from The Dukes of Hazzard
The Mach Five from the anime Mach Go Go Go (also known as Speed Racer).
The Peugeot 403 cabriolet from Columbo
Gladys Crabtree from My Mother the Car
The Grey Ghost from Baretta
The Homer, Homer's ugly car from The Simpsons
KITT, the talking car (Pontiac Trans Am) from Knight Rider
Del Boy's yellow Reliant Regal Supervan in Only Fools and Horses. Later buys a 1978 Ford Capri Ghia, which Rodney nicknames 'The PratMobile'.
The Monkeemobile, from The Monkees
The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo
The Flintstones' car, from The Flintstones
The Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson's AP Films.
The FAB 1, Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward's pink six-wheeled Rolls-Royce in the Thunderbirds TV series by Gerry Anderson's AP Films.
Ray's black 1965 Corvette Stingray from the series Stingray
The GMC van from the series The A-Team
The Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and Viper GTS coupe from the series Viper.
The Green & Black Mini Minor featured in Mr. Bean TV Series.
The Blue Bubble Car featured in the Mr. Bean TV Series.
The Thunderhawk, a 1985 Chevrolet IROC-Z Camaro featured in the M.A.S.K. cartoon series

Song

Rocket 88 by Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm - purportedly the first rock and roll song
409 by the Beach Boys
Little Deuce Coupe by the Beach Boys
Little GTO by Ronnie and the Daytonas
Little Red Corvette by Prince
The Eliminator from the videos by ZZ Top
Red Barchetta by Rush

Comics

The "313," Donald Duck's 1934 "Belchfire Runabout," from the Donald Duck comic books.
Grandma Duck's Detroit Electric, also from the Donald Duck comics.
The Batmobile, Batman's specialized vehicle.
Shelby Cobra GT500, Rally Vincent's car from the manga Gunsmith Cats

See also

• List of fictional vehicles
• Lists of automobiles

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