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]]

===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 [[V8]] and [[jet]] engine [[drag racing|dragsters]] built and raced by [[Art Arfons]].
* ''Moby Dick'', nickname for the [[Porsche 935]] factory model of 1978
* [[Stanley (vehicle)|Stanley]], first robot car to win the [[DARPA Grand Challenge]]
* [[Grave Digger (truck)|Grave Digger]], name of a series of popular monster trucks.
* [[Bigfoot (truck)|Bigfoot]], the world's first monster truck.
* [[Panoz Q9 Hybrid]], banned from LeMans about the same time the Prius released in Japan.

===Land-speed records ===
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* "[[:fr:Jamais Contente|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: In Search of America|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 (film)]]
* [[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 [[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (film)|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 travel|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 (1998 film)|Taxi]]'', the [[2000]] film ''[[Taxi 2]]'' and the [[2003]] film ''[[Taxi 3]]''.
* [[Ford Crown Victoria]] [[taxicab|taxi]] and her enemy, [[BMW 7 Series]] from the [[2004]] film ''[[Taxi (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 [[Vanishing Point]]
* [[The Wraith]] - a [[supernatural]] but extremely [[high-tech]] black car featured in the [[eponym]]ous film (actually the [[Dodge M4S]] [[show 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 (car)|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 (car)|General Lee]] ([[Dodge Charger (B-body)|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 (television)|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|Scooby Doo]]''
* The Flintstones' car, from ''[[The Flintstones]]''
* The [[Supercar (television)|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)|Thunderbirds]] TV series by [[Gerry Anderson]]'s [[AP Films]].
* Ray's black [[1965]] [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette Stingray]] from the series ''[[Stingray (TV 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 (TV 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 (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 (artist)|Prince]]
* The [[Eliminator]] from the videos by [[ZZ Top]]
* ''Red Barchetta'' by [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
* ''Pink Cadillac'' by [[Bruce Springsteen]]
* ''Hot Rod Lincoln'' by [[Commander Cody]]
* ''Dragula'' by [[Rob Zombie]]

===Comics===
* The "313," [[Donald Duck]]'s [[1934]] "Belchfire Runabout," from the [[Donald Duck]] [[comic book]]s.
* [[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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