The most iconic cars in Hollywood History

The Most Toonic Cars in HOLLYWOOD History DELOREAN DMC-12 (1981) "Back to the Future" (1985); starring Michael J. Fox How Many Original Cost Last Sale VOLKSWAGEN MODEL 117 TYPE 1 (1963) The Love Bug" (1969) plus 4 sequels and a made-for TV movie $12,000 $541,200 in the movie; only 8,583 to One used in the 53 $15,000 movie sold at ever built auction in 2011 OFP 057 FUN FACTS: Expensive flop - production stopped after one year (1981-1982) Several gold-plated cars were made for the American Express Christmas catalog $66,000 7 approx. in the movie $1,595 Car Number 2, * Built in Northern Ireland by a company headed by flashy former General Motors top executive John Z. DeLorean. featured prominently in "Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo" (1977) sold at auction in 2012 FUN FACTS: * The Beetle design came from Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. It debuted in pre-World War II Germany, although initial production was limited PONTIAC TRANS AM (1982) "KITT" * The first Beetles arrived in America in the 1950s * The 2005 sequel "Herbie Fully Loaded" features cameos by several NASCAR drivers, including Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart "Knight Rider" (1982); starring David Hasselhoff BATMOBILE – TUMBLER "Batman: The Dark Knight" Original MSRP: $150,000 $9,658 One was up for sale in 2007 in (not including KITT upgrades) Dublin, Calif., but no word if it Four complete, drivable cars were built ever sold FUN FACTS: Two regular "driving" cars * KITT, the name of the car, stands for Knight One "flap" car with working hydraulics for close-up shots Industries Two Thousand • One "jet" car with a fully functional propane * K.I.T.T. could accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in an astounding 0.2 seconds with powerboosters, while braking from 70 to 0 mph only took 14 feet -fueled exhaust Two "fake" Tumblers were built * In the show's universe, the car cost an estimated $11,400,000 to make, and the imaginary specs the car had in 1982 clearly show that One was a complete and detailed interior set to allow the actors and camera crew to fit "inside" the car * Pontiac's Trans AM was a special package that One 1/5 scale Tumbler was built for certain could be added to the base Firebird model jump scenes $250,000 The cars used carbon fiber body panels, and cost approx $250,000 each to build ASTON MARTIN DB5 – "BONDMOBILE" N/A Bond movies – "Goldfinger" (1964) $107,834; "Thunderball" (1965) $107,834; “"Goldeneye" (1995); "Casino Royale" (2006); "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997); “Skyfall" (2012) FUN FACTS: * It's 8 inches wider than a typical semi truck Weighs almost as much as a Hummer H2 * Accelerates from a standstill to 60 miles per hour in five seconds and it can jump 30 feet * 5.7-liter Chevy V-8 engine. * The rear tires are 37-inch-diameter, off-the- shelf, 4x4 mud tires called Super Swampers made Interco JBO07 * There is no side or rear visibility - side and rear mounted video cameras and monitors aid the driver * A fifth car was built as an "arrival" car with a full interior and working roof to allow for shots that required actors to get into or out of the car. This was driven by a small electric motor, since it was only required to do limited low-speed travel £4,000 $4.6 Million Six 1/12 scale models were built over the course of in the Bond movies; 1,059 built in total each when they first came out in 1963 A highly modified 1964 Aston Martin four months, leading up to a full- sized model carved from styrofoam DB5 used in James Bond films sold in 2010 * A team of about 30 people worked for two months to carve a 1:1 scale model of the Tumbler (including tires & glass) to use for making the final panel molds and the steel chassis FUN FACTS: Italian designed and was originally released from 1963 to 1966 6-cylinder, 282-horsepower engine 16) Zero to 60 miles per hour in 7.1 seconds FERRARI 250 GT CALIFORNIA SPYDER (REPLICA) * Top speed of 148 mph The movie cars featured mounted guns, ability to create an oil slick and revolving license plates for the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) AMC PACER - "MIRTH MOBILE" "Wayne's World" (1992); starring Mike Meyers and Dana Carvey) 2.5 $25,000 $230,000 replica used - a real 1963 California destruction scene) Spyder - $300,000 (.5 = a rolling fiberglass shell used in the restored stunt car that was crashed in VRGINA the movie sold SHKING at auction in August 2013 FUN FACTS: * Modena Design and Development in El Cajon manufactured the Modena Spyder California, a Ferrari 250 GT Spyder-based sports car * Both cars ended up with broken front suspension bolts due to the big jump scene needing nine takes $15,000 The asking price for the "Wayne's World" Pacer is $15,000 * Two fully-functioning cars were interchangeably used as Hero and stunt cars; one rolling fiberglass shell was used in the destruction scene $3,500 * The cars were built in 4 weeks AMC Pacers originally had a sticker price of about $3,500. One in excellent condition today will usually sell for about $5,600 FORD LTD COUNTRY SQUIRE FUN FACTS: * Robin's-egg blue Pacer with a "flame job" on the "Griswold's Wagon Queen Family Truckster Station Wagon"; "National Lampoon's Vacation" (1983) front fenders The Pacer was introduced by American Motors Corp. in 1975 * Marketing for the car touted the substantial interior room provided by its extra-wide body. AMC stopped selling the Pacer in 1980 DODGE CHARGER (1969) "GENERAL LEE "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979-85) $10,253 N/A (One Truckster did survive the filming and is currently on display at the Historic Auto Attractions Museum in Roscoe, II.) FUN FACTS: * The Truckster is based on a Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon that has been heavily modified. * Deliberately designed in bad taste as a ridiculous station wagon: 240 240 were used in original production; 18 survived (Warner Brothers gave 17 away to private owners in 1993) * absurdly over-the-top styling * overdone wood paneling * eight headlights (four on each side in a rectangular cluster) taken from another Crown Victoria/Country Squire but inverted $4,461 * a grille area largely covered by bodywork having only two small openings close to the bumper $121,000 Lee 1 was sold at auction for $121,000 in 2012. It was the car that famously jump over a Hazzard County police cruiser in the first episode and was immortalized in the opening credits. * a separate oil cooler grille * large chrome hubcaps with a huge crown logo, and a badly-placed gas tank access door (in the front passenger fender). FUN FACTS: Original production of the Dodge Charger started in 1965 and went through 1978 Bright orange with an "01" on the side and a confederate flag on the hood FORD MUSTANG GT 390 (1968) * Lee 1 flew 16 feet in the air over a distance of 82 feet in the opening credits. "Bullitt" (1968) starring Steve McQueen Lee 1 was saved from destruction and restored over a period of 16 months The car rental service hired people whose only job was to find and buy 1969 Dodge Chargers for the show The Dodge Charger was revived in 1983 as a subcompact hatchback, not as a muscle car. However, it was dropped after a few years. Mid- 2000s Dodge brought it back in a style much closer to its roots and it remains in production * By 1981 retail sales of licensed products associated with the show exceeded $100 million - $125 million 2 of which is directly attributed to General Lee $2,800 to $4,000 (fully loaded) FUN FACTS: Its most famous sequence was a 10-minute car chase jam-packed with shots of the car negotiating San Francisco's treacherous hills at high speed, even becoming airborne several times The main Mustang was damaged beyond repair and was sent to a junkyard where it was eventually crushed. The second car, purchased by a 24-year old in 1972 (who remains anonymous) is hidden and the owner has no plans of showing or selling the car. * The studio requested database-sequential VINS from the Ford production office * The second car was loud and was used to make the 'live' recordings that were later dubbed into the soundtrack The main car was heavily modified with chassis re-enforcement and uprated suspension for the dramatic jumps and crashes that punctuate the legendary Bullitt chase sequence. 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