Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
List of famous automobiles
Below is a list of famous automobiles:
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Real
Historical
- "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
- Thrust2 - Former holder of the world land speed record.
- ThrustSSC - The world's first supersonic land vehicle.
- Bigfoot - The first monster truck.
Racing
- Ford GT40, winner of LeMans race 1966.
- Swamp Rat, name of a series of dragsters built and raced by Don Garlits.
- Moby Dick, nickname for Porsche 935 (racing model of 1978).
From fiction
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
Movies
- Bond Cars as driven by 007
- 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 from the 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 three sequels
- De Lorean time machine from the Back to the Future series
- The Ectomobile from Ghostbusters
- The Interceptor from Mad Max
- The Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson's AP Films.
Television
- The Batmobile from Batman
- The Black Beauty from The Green Hornet
- Car 54 from Car 54, Where Are You?
- The Compact Pussycat driven by Penelope Pitstop
- The General Lee (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
- The Homer, Homer's ugly car from The Simpsons
- K.I.T.T. , the talking car (Pontiac Firebird) from Knight Rider
- Del Boy's Robin Reliant in Only Fools and Horses. Later buys a Vauxhall, which Rodney nicknames 'The PratMobile'.
- The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo
Song
- 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
Comics
- 1934 Belchfire Runabout, from the Donald Duck universe
See also
Last updated: 08-15-2005 06:48:08
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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