Famous Cars

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Below is a list of famous [[automobile|automobiles]]:
[[image:wiener.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px| Oscar Mayer Weinermobile]]
==Real==
===Historical===
* The Oscar Mayer [[Wienermobile]]
* The [[Popemobile]]
* The [[Moon Buggy]]

===Racing===
* [[Ford GT40]], winner of [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race 1966 to 1969
* Swamp Rat, name of a series of [[drag racing|dragsters]] built and raced by [[Don Garlits]].
* [[Green Monster (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of [[piston]] and jet engine [[drag racing|dragsters]] built and raced by [[Art Arfons]].
* ''Moby Dick'', nickname for the [[Porsche 935]] factory model of 1978
* [[Stanley|Stanley]], first robot car to win the [[DARPA Grand Challenge]]
* [[Grave Digger (truck)|Grave Digger]], name of a series of popular monster trucks.
* [[Bigfoot|Bigfoot]], the world's first monster truck.
* [[Panoz Q9 Hybrid]], banned from LeMans about the same time the Prius released in Japan.
* The Black 3 - Dale Earnhardt's Chevy Monte Carlo SS NASCAR stockcar.

===Land-speed records ===
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* "[[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]]
* [[Green Monster (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of jet engine land speed record cars built and raced by [[Art Arfons]].
* [[Thrust2]] - Former holder of the world land speed record.
* [[ThrustSSC]] - The world's first supersonic land vehicle.

==From fiction==
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===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===
[[Image:ecto.jpg|thumb|Ectomobile from Ghostbusters]]
* [[List of James Bond vehicles|Bond Cars]] as driven by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_bond James Bond 007]
* [[2054 Lexus Manglev]] - working red sports model - ''Minority Report''
* [[Lightning McQueen]] from the Disney-Pixar's 2006 film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_%28film%29 Cars]
* [[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 (car)|Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]] from the film of the same name (based on the Ian Fleming novel)
* [[Genevieve]] 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 ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters[Ghostbusters]]''
* [[Pursuit Special]], the Interceptor from ''Mad Max''
* The [[Bluesmobile]] (a 1974 Dodge Monaco police car) from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues_Brothers[The Blues Brothers]]''
* [[Il Tempo Gigante]] from ''[[Pinchcliffe Grand Prix]]''. [http://www.caprino.no/e/pages/car.html]
* [[Peugeot 406]] [[taxicab|Taxi]] from the 1998 film ''Taxi'', the 2000 film ''Taxi 2'' and the 2003 film ''Taxi 3'', and the enemies' cars, [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class]] in Taxi 1, [[Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution]] in Taxi 2
* [[Ford Crown Victoria]] [[taxicab|taxi]] and her enemy, [[BMW 7 Series]] from the 2004 film ''Taxi''
* The Corvette from ''[[Corvette Summer]]''
* The Camaro from [http://www.betteroffdeadcamaro.com Better Off Dead]
* The Ford Mustang GT Fastback from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullitt[Bullitt]]
* The Shelby Mustang GT500 from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_in_Sixty_Seconds_%282000_film%29[Gone in Sixty Seconds]]
* The [[Pontiac Trans Am]] From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_and_the_bandit[Smokey and the Bandit]]
* The 1970 Dodge Hemi Challenger from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067927/trivia Vanishing Point]
* [[The Wraith]] - a supernatural but extremely high-tech black car featured in the eponymous film (actually the [[Dodge M4S]] [[show car]]).
* [[Cat in the Hat Mobile]]- The main conveyance of the Dr.Seuss feline classic.
* The Silver Hornet ([[Citroen 2CV]]) from Revenge of the Pink Panther [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Pink_Panther]]
* The [[Ford LTD Crown Victoria]] in Men in Black I, and the [[Mercedes-Benz E-Class]] in its sequel, Men in Black II

===Television===
* [[The Homer]], from ''The Simpson's''
* 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|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 [[Wacky Races|Mean Machine]] driven by [[Dick Dastardly]] in ''[[Wacky Races]]''
* The [[General Lee|General Lee]] ([[Dodge Charger (B-body)|Dodge Charger]]) from ''The Dukes of Hazzard''
* The [[Mach Five]] from the anime ''Go Mifune'' (also known as Speed Racer).
* The [[Peugeot 403]] cabriolet from ''Columbo''
* Gladys Crabtree from ''My Mother the Car''
* The [[Grey Ghost]] from ''[[Baretta|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|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 [[Rolls-Royce FAB 1|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 [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette Stingray]] from the series ''Stingray''
* The [[GMC (General Motors division)|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
* Drag-U-La from ''The Munsters''

===Song===
* ''[[Rocket 88]]'' by Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm - purportedly the first rock and roll song
* ''[[409 (automobile)|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 [http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2376 Rush]
* ''[[Pink Cadillac]]'' by Bruce Springsteen
* ''[[Mercury Blues]]'' by Alan Jackson
* ''[[Hot Rod Lincoln]]'' by Commander Cody
* ''[[Dragula]]'' by Rob Zombie
* ''[[Mercedes-Benz]]'' by Janis Joplin
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===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==
*[[Archive of fictional things]]
*[[Lists of automobiles]]

[[Category:Lists of automobiles|Famous]]

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