List of fictional cars
This list of fictional cars contains either cars that are the subject of a notable work of fiction, or else cars that are important elements of a work of fiction. For the purpose of this list, a car is a self-propelled artificial vehicle that runs in contact with the ground and that can be steered. This would include passenger cars, trucks and buses. This list includes vehicles that the characters of the story would regard as being the products of technological development, as opposed to supernatural or magical forces.
Cars in fiction may closely resemble real-life counterparts with only minor or unintentional deviations from a real-life namesake; such vehicles may still play an important role in a story. Or, the limitations of real cars may be completely ignored for story purposes; in extreme cases, describing the car is the main point of the story.
Literature
[edit]- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - the sometimes-flying car, star of the book/film/musical of the same name
- Christine - a 1958 Plymouth Fury from Stephen King's novel of the same name[1]
- Gumdrop - an Austin Clifton "Heavy" 12/4, the eponymous star of a series of children's books by Val Biro
- The Haunted Car
- The Hirondel - a car that was used often by Simon Templar, otherwise known as the Saint
- Melmoth - a car driven by Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita
- Mrs. Merdle - a series of Daimler cars owned by Lord Peter Wimsey, named for the character in Little Dorrit "because of her aversion to 'row'"[2]
- Dick Turpin - a car in Good Omens, named for the highwayman Dick Turpin because he "holds up traffic"[3]
Film
[edit]Cars in animated films do not belong in this section.
- Truckster - station wagon in the 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation.
- Cyclops - an extremely large, nuclear-powered bus in the 1976 comedy The Big Bus
- Bluesmobile - The Blues Brothers, 1980
- Landmaster - Damnation Alley, 1977
- EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle - Stripes, 1981
- Hannibal Twin-8 (built by fictional Prof. Fate) - The Great Race, 1965
- Leslie Special (built by fictional Webber Motor Company) - The Great Race, 1965
- Light Cycle - Tron, 1982
- Pursuit Special - Mad Max, 1979
- The Hearse
- Herbie - The Love Bug, 1969
- DeLorean time machine - Back to the Future, 1985
- The Gnome-Mobile
- "Eleanor" - Gone in 60 Seconds, 1974
- The Betsy 1978, based on book by Harold Robbins
- Cars in Death Race 2000 (1975) include The Bull, The Buzzbomb, The Lion, The Alligator and The Turbo
- Cars[clarification needed] in Death Race
- Cars in The Fast and Furious
- The Black Beauty - The Green Hornet
- Ecto-1 - Ghostbusters, 1984
- The Mirthmobile - Wayne's World 1992
- 2015 Tartan Prancer - Vacation
- The Flying Wombat - The Young in Heart
- Alta Pazolli - Love Potion No. 9 1992
Television and radio
[edit]- Baby - a 1967 Chevrolet Impala - Supernatural
- Batmobile
- Battle Shell - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Bessie - the Third Doctor's yellow roadster in Doctor Who
- Brum
- Cowabunga Carl Party Van - TMNT
- Foot pedaled cars in The Flintstones
- DRAG-U-LA - Grandpa Munster
- FAB1 - Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce from Thunderbirds
- Fiat Cinquecento "Hawaii" - Simon Cooper's oft-ridiculed car from The Inbetweeners
- General Lee - The Dukes of Hazzard
- Hruck Bubgear - The Middleman
- KITT and KARR, its evil twin - Knight Rider
- KITT - Knight Rider 2008
- Munster Koach - The Munsters
- Maximum Security Vehicle - Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Spectrum Saloon Car (SSC) - Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle - Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
- Mannix's automobiles
- The PO-01 Pointer - Ultraseven, car type: a Second Gen. Imperial
- Party Wagon - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Rhino - New Captain Scarlet
- Shellraiser - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Turtle Hauler - TMNT: Back to the Sewer
- Turtle Taxi - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Turtle Van - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
- Viper
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. car: custom plastic body "cyolac"
Graphic novels, comics, animation and cartoons
[edit]- Batcycle - Several vehicles in Batman (also in TV and film)
- Batmobile - The primary transportation of the DC Comics superhero Batman. Note: The Batmobile has taken on many different forms from the 1930s to today and has evolved along with the character in TV, films, and comics.
- Benny the Cab - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Lightning McQueen and multiple other characters - Cars
- The Mystery Machine - Scooby-Doo
- Arrowcar - Green Arrow's vehicle
- Mach Five - Speed Racer
- Spider-Mobile - vehicle briefly used by Spider-Man
- Susie - from the Disney animated short film Susie the Little Blue Coupe
- The Testarosetta - Sally Forth
- Thunder Machine
- Gadgetmobile - Inspector Gadget
- Jokermobile - Joker's vehicle
- Larrymobile - Larryboy's vehicle (first debuted in VeggieTales in 1997)
Games
[edit]- A-51 II APC, Armored Personnel Carrier armed with full-auto variant of the 48 Dredge GPMG ( x4 ) in Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Driver: Parallel Lines
- Numerous car brands from the Grand Theft Auto series.
- M12 Force Application Vehicle series, commonly known as the Warthog are a series of jeep-like vehicles in the Halo (series). They can be configured with a .50 Caliber anti-aircraft turret, anti material rocket pods, a troop carrier or a Gauss cannon
- Putt-Putt, a car from the game series by Humongous Entertainment
- Red Bull X2010
- Uncle Jalapeño's car from LittleBigPlanet
- Vision Gran Turismo, a series of cars designed by leading manufacturers for use in the Gran Turismo series
- The Marek and RWD Le Mans prototypes and SMS formula racing cars in the Project CARS series
- Falcogini, a luxury car brand from Payday 2
- Quartz Regalia 723, a luxury sedan from Final Fantasy XV
Music
[edit]- Ford Timelord, musician, 1968 Ford Galaxie, WGU 18G.
See also
[edit]- List of fictional vehicles
- Vaillante, a fictional automobile manufacturer
- Grand Theft Auto video game
References
[edit]- ^ Note: in the photoplay adaptation of that novel, a hardtop coupe was used because in the 1958 model-year, a four-door sedan version of the Plymouth Fury did not yet exist (and would not until 1959); this was an error in the novel.
- ^ PLATT, THELMA (1984). "MRS Merdle and Other Motor Cars". Sidelights on Sayers. 9: 22–30. ISSN 0969-188X. JSTOR 45305431.
- ^ "Dick Turpin | The Good Omens Lexicon". goodomenslexicon.org. Retrieved 2021-08-09.