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October 21, 2009

The Most Badass Movie Car Ever!

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Last night as I was skimming through the channels I came upon what is perhaps the most badass movie car ever to grace the big screen. It was made in 1973, had zoomies for exhaust pipes and a big honkin’ Weiand blower that helped this beast pump out 600 horsepower. You see Mad Max was on, not the Road Warrior mind you, but the original movie that started it all. I first saw this post-apocalyptic import when I was about 8 years old and I’ll never forget it. The phrase: “Last of the V8 Interceptors”, is a line that refers to one car only, this being the 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT of one Max Rockatansky. This was the car that Max used to get his revenge on the psychotic biker gang that mowed down his family and the one that he later used to scour the Australian wasteland in search of fuel.

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I then began to think of my all time favorite movie cars and believe it or not, I’ve actually put a lot of thought into labeling the Interceptor as the #1 most badass movie car ever. I figured that if I’m actually going to throw this out there that I’d better have some sort of reasons as to why it hit the el numero uno spot. Now, it’s obvious that some people out there are going to disagree with me, and even though you’d all be wrong, everyone’s entitled to their opinions. So without further adieu here are my rules for naming the most BADASS movie car to ever hit the silver screen.

RULES:
1. It has to look the business. Meaning, if you saw it coming towards you the vehicle in question would make you stop and say, “Damn, that thing is BADASS.”

2. Sound. If it doesn’t rattle the tiles off the wall or make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up then it has no grounds being considered. This thing should sound like WAR at start-up.

3. Presence. This is a big one. The vehicle in question has to have a presence that makes it immediately trounce all others in a parking lot situation. Simply stated, this would be the car you would walk over to first, to check out.

4. Power. If we pop the hood and spy a slant-6 with a one barrel you’re out. A V8 (or maybe a V12) is the only thing that will qualify.

5. It CANNOT be possessed in any way, shape or form. So for those of you that wanted to put up Christine or that weird Lincoln type thing from “The Car”… well, you’re S.O.L.

6. It has to be real. Example: the Tumbler from Batman, this is a real working and driving vehicle, so it definitely qualifies. The Mach 5 from Speed Racer or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, however… Well, if you choose these as badass vehicles you should be locked in their trunks without an air hose…

7. It’s has to have had a major role in the movie, which means it either had to be the hero car or best supporting actor. Small cameos will not do.

8. Hmm… well… there is no 8. So just hit the above 7 and let me know your picks…

Also, check out: http://www.imcdb.org/ – it’s the internet movie cars database… you may actually be amazed at what you find here.

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Posted at 2:57 am in Christine, Mach-5, Mad Max, Mike Musto, Movie Cars, Mr. Angry, The Car, The Tumbler

Comments

V6CHVET
Oct 23, 2009 at 4:19 pm

Movie: The Wraith
Movie: Smoking and the Bandit Black Trans Am
Movie: Cobra Stallone in the Merc
Movie: Dual Little Dart OK OK, but it survived.
Movie: Blues Brothers “Cop Everything”
Movie: Dumb and Dumber DogMobile…….had to say it.
Movie: Dirty Mary Crazy Larry Cuda? “Top Speed…Unlimited”
Movie: Fast and the Furious Charger, Big, Bad, and Blown
Movie: Cars No, not Lightning McQueen, how about the Doc Hudson.
That’s enough for now, I know I’ll get a few comments on these.

oxfordwhiteboy
Oct 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm

Mad Max for sure, The deuce coupe and 55 chev from american graffiti, Eleanor, 68 mustang from bullitt, general lee, two lane blacktop 55 chev, bumblebee, the charger from the fast and the furious movies, and i agree with solerpwr that cop car from Black Sheep is badass, i still remember when i saw that Saleen S7 in the bruce almighty commercial, Not the baddest but I loved the 5.0L convert on daytons in menace II society, and you guys all forgot about herbie the love bug!!!lol

apomoransky
Oct 23, 2009 at 1:57 pm

i guess im not partial to the multi produced vehicles like chargers/cameros/mustangs etc, needs to be something unique, thats why i chose the car from wraith, Dodge’s M4S…

Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor – which stands for “Mid-engine 4-cylinder Sport. 6 prop cars were built, 4 of which were only bodies and destroyed during filming. Another two fully-functional props were built for an estimated $1,500,000. The Dodge M4S was powered by a Mopar 2.2 “Trans” four cylinder engine twin-cam that produced 440 horsepower.

2.2 Trans Four OHC 8 valve I4 (2198 cc / 132 cid)
400 Horsepower @ 7000 RPM
300 lbs of torque
0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds (estimated)
1/4 mile: 12.9 seconds @ 104 mph (estimated)
Top Speed: 194.8 (observed speed – Road & Track Magazine)

Car_Enthusiast24
Oct 23, 2009 at 12:27 pm

nothing tops the 1967 shelby gtb 4 cam nothing.

Cammer427
Oct 23, 2009 at 11:16 am

Really, the TLB ’55 Chevy would take any other movie car and shove it up the owners’ ass. The TLB ’55 reeked of all out bad-ass, no-bullshit, modern gunslinger business.

Cammer427
Oct 23, 2009 at 11:13 am

What’s this “Batmobile” bullshit? That’s for geeks who don’t know what a “car” is. We’re not talking about tanks, we’re talking automobiles. The most bad ass movie car ever is the all-business, all go and no show primer gray ’55 Chevy in Two-Lane Blacktop. Nothing can compare to the looks and noises.

Vuurwa
Oct 23, 2009 at 7:32 am

Thanx for the info on the car!!…i`m from this side of the `Big Pond` and the car is of course totally Alien to us here!!always wondered what model /make this car was??…was`nt a Mustang Mach 1(71-73)….excellent movie of course!..so is actor Mell gibson!!!!!…

shreff99
Oct 23, 2009 at 7:04 am

Well I’m gonna toss in a vote from a show, not so much a movie and that vote being for KITT from the show KnightRider…I’m talking about KITT beig the Shelby Mustang from the new KnightRider show…That is one bad-ass Stang and I wanna own it!!!!

piratefocus
Oct 22, 2009 at 11:09 pm

1. Elanor, from the remake gone in 60 sec.
2. Steve McQueen’s mustang bullet, from the movie bullet.
3. the General Lee, from the dukes of hazard.
4. Bumble, from transformers.
5. the Mach 5, from speed racer.. and it is a real car they make them..
6. the black pearl, from POTC..lol
not so much in that order…

now if i could just think of a movie that has the cobra R…

Static24
Oct 22, 2009 at 6:42 pm

I’m going to go more modern and put a vote in for bumblebee.

But I’d also like to throw one in for Blade’s charger too.

mikealp123
Oct 22, 2009 at 6:31 pm

elanor from the new gone in 60 secs it looks like its doing 100 mph sitting still

74Furyous
Oct 22, 2009 at 6:00 pm

How about the only DeLorean that was fueled by a flux capacitor?

88eurotrash
Oct 22, 2009 at 5:32 pm

I don’t Know if the dodge MS4 from the Wraith follows all the rules. If I remember the movie correctly the car is driven by the ghost of the dead boyfriend and since the car can vanish and re-appear that might put it in the ballpark of “Christine”. I agree it is a badass car and one would have to be blind not to check it out in a parking lot. but I don’t think its a follows the rules here.

NobiZero
Oct 22, 2009 at 3:02 pm

Nobody has mentioned Steve McQueen’s Mustang from Bullitt yet? Cardomain, you guys disappoint me.

apomoransky
Oct 22, 2009 at 2:08 pm

arg, you get the idea

apomoransky
Oct 22, 2009 at 2:08 pm

[IMG]http://www.hollywood-diecast.com/wraith%20front.jpg[/IMG]

apomoransky
Oct 22, 2009 at 2:05 pm

[img]http://www.hollywood-diecast.com/wraith%20front.jpg

ericwells7777
Oct 22, 2009 at 1:49 pm

Yo Mike… What about the Dodge MS4 turbo Intercepter from “The Wraith” The movie itself had some pretty cool race scenes and if you guys havent seen it its worth a look on a rainy day… Some poor acting/special effects… but it has some cool parts… I think it was made around 1985-90…Sci-fi/Drama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx2QgPS4ssk

mike
Oct 22, 2009 at 10:24 am

Well if there’s a couple of movie cars that I think are pretty badass, my top choice would have to be the 72 buick riviera in crank. Ok so its competely stock and doesn’t have any fanc buttons or a blower sticking a foot and a half out the hood. But that car looks so badass stock.its always been my favorite car since I watched due south as a kid. The fact that Jason Statham drives it in crank just makes it that much more badass, I watched that movie and wished I didn’t sell mine when I couldn’t restore it. Second car is the white Challenger in the original vanishing point, the roar from that thing when he’s pulling through the gears makes you want a four speed muscle machine. Again no fancy buttons and flare, just pure badass.

outlawed_customs
Oct 22, 2009 at 8:06 am

the Mach 5 would qualify since it was built with a 73 Corvette, but my vote is for Project X in The Hollywood Knights!

Mike Musto
Oct 22, 2009 at 4:20 am

Mabb1 – Totally agree.
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There are a few lesser known movies out there that have some simply amazing cars as well as car chases. Obviously “Shaker Run” is one, then there is “To Live and Die in LA” with a mid-80′s Chevy Caprice, “Short Time” with a Dodge Diplomat as well as “Midnight Run” with Robert Deniro and Charle Grodin… they ran from the cops through the desert in a old K5 Blazer… Good Stuff!

mabb1
Oct 22, 2009 at 1:54 am

Here’s a 2 for 1 deal,A movie made here in New Zealand around 1985 ,You can have either the Trans am ,Striped out stunt car or later in the clip the racer Ford Capri,Both driven on open public roads in the days before CGI .
I like the capri
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roFmeudE6Sc

team5150
Oct 21, 2009 at 11:54 pm

My vote has got to go for the ’55 Chevy from 2 lane blacktop. Not only does it qualify for all of the above rules, it was flat black, flip front, ala gasser style, it also had hydraulic throttle linkage hooked to the 2 carbs, and it has movie history tying it to American Graffiti. The ’55 from the original crash scene for 2 lane blacktop at the end, which was never used, is the same ’55 Chevy from Graffiti.

logan629
Oct 21, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Well id have to say the 1973 stingray from “corvette summer ” has to be a wild ride, Come on guys switching a ride to right hand drive just to hang out with chics on the curb side, to sweet, and the car from the “wraith” that was a bad ass ride.

shelby_2blue
Oct 21, 2009 at 8:14 pm

i would vote for the 50 Merc in Cobra..flat black, moon discs, white letter tires, and nitrous! bad-ass!

mopardriver
Oct 21, 2009 at 8:04 pm

vanishing point challenger no fluff or movie magic just pure bad ass and as for the presence cmon its a challenger rt with a pistol grip 4 speed if not that then the project x 57 chevy from hollywood knights

solerpwr07
Oct 21, 2009 at 7:18 pm

The movie Black Sheep has a caprice thatd make you think twice on runnin
http://imcdb.org/images/062/073.jpg

88eurotrash
Oct 21, 2009 at 5:55 pm

I Agree the interceptor there is a bad-ass ride, though the blower was poorly faked for the movie, any car guy knows that you do not activate the blower belt via switch, the spoilers, flares, and scoops make up for that though so it still gets a vote. I gotta agree with fortyfordsedan, the Blade charger was also bad-ass, but why only stop with that one the general lee practically flew, and the fast and furious charger was sick as all hell (in both movies)so 68-70 chargers are the shit.
MiamiMiataGroup Transformers did not come out until 1984 there were no 70s transformers

cknarf
Oct 21, 2009 at 5:19 pm

Ha, I’m goin’ with GTwildfire on this one. the Munsters car.

MrAngry
Oct 21, 2009 at 4:19 pm

I more I look at the more I want one. In fact that may be the only movie/tv car I actually clone…

_Engineer
Oct 21, 2009 at 9:35 am

Yeah, definately the Interceptor.

And in second place: “It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas. What do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?”

MiamiMiataGroup
Oct 21, 2009 at 7:15 am

Damn this thing looks like a transformer from the 70′s LOL

Troy_RUFFCUTT
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:51 am

I agree, but I think this is a good run for the money

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/12/2008/06/340x_Death-Race-Frankenstein.jpg

fortyfordsedan
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:11 am

The Charger from Blade is also a pretty badass car. Its hard to beat the car from Mad Max though. It just has that look

GTwildfire
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:11 am

whoa nevermind… I can see it at Planet Hollywood in AC. I know where I’m going this weekend…

GTwildfire
Oct 21, 2009 at 6:08 am

Grandpa Munster’s Drag-U-La, considering how early this ride existed, is one seriously sick ride and it must’ve helped forge the way for many sick TV rides that followed.
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http://www.munsterkoach.com/Dragula1.htm
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I wonder if it still exists…

Fireball Tim
Oct 21, 2009 at 5:40 am

Oh, I agree on all counts, Mr. Angry.