Talk:List of fictional cars

Important element
I'd like to quantify what "important element" is supposed to mean. If someone is just using a car in the regular way to get from place to place, it's not an important element of the plot. But, if the car does stunts, kills someone, starts talking, or saves the day in some heroic manner - then it gets into the plot. The car in Christine is clearly vital to the plot. The car that Harry and Sally drove to New York after graduation is not an important element to the story. --Wtshymanski (talk) 21:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

A list from an old issue of List of fictional vehicles
These can be struck off one by one. They may be duplicates of what's already on the list. They may not be automobivles ( as defined in the lead of the current list). They may aready be listed under their parent fiction type. They may have a feasible link into an existing article. Worst case, they may need a reference from a reliable source that would be sufficient to write an article! Or, they may be unimportant trivia and not significant to their fiction, or part of a fiction that has no notability itself.

Automobiles and trucks
*The Betsy - Harold Robbins novel (and movie) The Betsy
 * 6000 SUX - car from film RoboCop Throw-away sight gag, not significant.
 * ARGO - the all terrain vehicle employed by the Enterprise in Star Trek:Nemesis.
 * Argonaut - the hovercar driven by Jason Chaser in Hover Car Racer no wheels/tracks
 * Argonaut II - the other hovercar driven by Jason Chaser in Hover Car Racer
 * Arrowcar - ''Green Arrow's vehicle
 * Banshee - Grand Theft Auto series in the game article
 * Batblade - ''Batman & Robin under Batcycle
 * Batcycle - Batman
 * atgirl Cycle - Batman
 * Batmobile - The primary transportation of the DC Comics superhero 'Batman. ''Note: The Batmobile has taken on many different forms from the 1930s to today and has evolved along with the character in TV, films, and comics. Notable examples include:
 * The original 1930s Batmobile, which automotive experts believe resembles the DeSoto coupe of that era.''
 * The Batmobile used in the campy 1960s TV series, made from the Lincoln Futura show car by George Barris.
 * The sleek, aerodynamic Batmobiles of the 1990s cartoons and the Movie Batman Forever
 * The flying Batmobile used in the futuristic Batman Beyond cartoon series.
 * The hulking, tank-like Batmobile of Batman Begins, also known as The Tumbler.
 * Beemobile - a parody of the Batmobile from The Simpsons episode Lisa's Rival. Actually a beekeeper's Chevy One-time trival joke
 * Belchfire - name of the make of huge, overpowered cars in Grin and Bear it cartoons by George Lichty
 * Black Beauty - crime fighting Chrysler Imperial - The Green Hornet series
 * Boatmobile - The boat shaped cars in Spongebob Squarepants. What other kind of car would Spongebob drive?
 * Bormann 6 - car from the US film Putney Swope
 * Bulgemobile - name of the make of huge, overdecorated cars illustrated by Bruce McCall in National Lampoon
 * The Bull - Car driven by Calamity Jane - Death Race 2000.
 * Boomerang Rapido – designed and driven by Rudolf Blodstrupmoen (English name "Rudolph Gore-Slimey") who has completely dominated auto racing the past three years. It features a 12 cylinder engine, active spoiler and a super retometer distributor (the design of which was stolen from Reodor Felgen). From the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
 * Buick Future - concept ' 50s Buick - The Twilight Zone episode "Third from the Sun".
 * Burano - fictional racing cars (based on Maserati 4CLTs) from the film The Racers
 * Buzzbomb - Car driven by Matilda the Hun Death Race 2000
 * Cannibal - Top Gear
 * C.A.R. - Sophisticated talking spy car from The Replacements. Owned by Agent K, voiced by David McCallum, and resembles a typical sports car of the early-1960s.
 * C.A.R.R. - Stroker & Hoop
 * Canyonero - a parody of typical SUVs, The Simpsons Also available in F-Series, for the ladies.
 * The Catillac - Shape-shifting Cadillac convertible (Red body with a white hood, trunk, and interior, no tires or rims, a trophy for a hood ornament, and a fan where the spare tire should be), which can shift into an air boat, a mobile home, or a submarine in the Catillac Cats cartoons (paired with DIC Entertainment's Heathcliff cartoons) &mdash; despite looking like a junker, this car is really a hotrod capable of beating most other cars in any race
 * Cerrano - Muscle car, crossing between Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger, Driver: Parallel Lines.
 * Challenger- Research trailer in tle lostworld Huh?
 * Cheetah - Grand Theft Auto series In the game article
 * Cheetah - New Captain Scarlet
 * Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the sometimes-flying car, star of the book/film/musical of the same name
 * Christine - a maniacal 1958 Plymouth Fury - Stephen King's Christine
 * Clampett Family Truck, a 1921 Oldsmobile touring car with the back seat chopped off and replaced by a truck bed, seen on The Beverly Hillbillies. It is meant to seat two, but three can sit in the front seat, and a couch was placed on the bed so that Granny and Elly May can both ride along with Jed and Jethro. The truck was used to haul the family's belongings from Bugtussle, Missouri to Beverly Hills, California and was given to Jed by his cousin Pearl. Just an old truck
 * Club mini cooper - Grand Theft Auto series
 * Clover - Grand Theft Auto
 * Cyclops - the nuclear powered bus from The Big Bus.
 * Deling City bus - from Final Fantasy VIII, most notable for running 1 every 30 seconds
 * Peterbilt 281 oil tanker in Duel. Hunts down Dennis Weaver in his Plymouth Valiant in the 1971 Spielberg TV movie
 * Durango 95 - sports car, from the film A Clockwork Orange
 * Dragster of Doom - Beetlejuice animated series. Created from spare parts like Frankenstein, but with a Jekyll & Hyde personality. Known as Doomie, for short. Created by Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice.
 * DRAG-U-LA - racer built by Grandpa Munster
 * Ecto-1 - Ghostbusters
 * Fab 1 - Thunderbirds
 * Fastass Sumbichi - Mototcycle ridden by Gilbert Shelton's underground comix hero Wonder Warthog
 * Fireball - known to be the "best car ever" from Smosh.
 * Flash - Grand Theft Auto series in the game article
 * The Flintstones' car from The Flintstones Not self-propelled ...through the courtesy of Fred's two feet
 * Futura - 50s Ford Lincoln concept car, adapted to Batmobile in the ' 60s TV series
 * Gadgetmobile - Inspector Gadget
 * The General Lee - The Dukes of Hazzard
 * Ghost - featured in the Halo series, this is the reconnaissance and quick attack Covenant vehicle.
 * Gumdrop - an Austin Clifton "Heavy" 12/4, the eponymous star of a series of children's books by Val Biro
 * Hannibal 8 -- 1908 race car with sinister contraptions, built and driven by Professor Fate (Jack Lemmon) and his sidekick Max Meen (Peter Falk) in The Great Race, 1965
 * NMC Hawk, a gullwing door sports car developed by the National Motors Corporation in the television mini series Wheels
 * Helen Wheels - a Land Rover from the Paul McCartney song of the same name Not songs
 * Herbie - 1963 VW Bug w/ personality - Disney's Herbie movie series
 * Herkimer Battle Jitney - "the best nonlethal military vehicle ever made" from the movie, Mystery Men It was built by "KPK Truck Body Manufacturing and Dynamic Truck Equipment" in Los Angeles, California for "Picture Cars". Minor element of a flop movie
 * Heron sedan car - Nero Wolfe Just a car, not a signature item for this detective
 * Hirondel - the unpretentious make of car driven by Simon Templar, Leslie Charteris's character The Saint, in his earliest adventures c.1930. As for "Heron"
 * The Homer - car designed by Homer Simpson, The Simpsons One episode only.
 * Impanté Insurrection Turbo XRZ5 X-2 - based on the Merkur XR4Ti or Mazda RX-7 What story?
 * Invisible Boatmobile - the car used by Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. Not a recurring element
 * IT - codename for a superfast gyroscopic unicycle designed by Mr. Garrison to combat airlines, South Park Not recurring
 * The Jet Car, a heavily modified pickup truck powered by a jet engine and capable of exceeding Mach 1, in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
 * Jet Air Car Joe 90
 * The Jupiter 8 - a Roman car seen in print on an episode of the original Star Trek series (Bread and Circuses) One shot, not a recurring element of the series
 * Goliath - Knight Rider - an armored truck
 * KARR - Knight Rider - B&W customized Pontiac Trans Am [Knight Automated Roving Robot]'
 * Kiketsu - a four-door sedan used by Spirou to flee from Catung in the Spirou magazine Des haricots partout.
 * KITT - Knight Rider - black customized Pontiac Trans Am [Knight Industries Two Thousand]
 * KITT - Knight Rider - black customized Ford Mustang GT Cobra [Knight Industries Three Thousand]
 * The Koopa Clown Car - Super Mario series Not a major element of the video game
 * Kuruma - Grand Theft Auto series In the game article
 * La Tourra - from Futurama Not a recurring element (what episode was this?)
 * Lamborgotti Fasterossa XT550, with ABS Sport-tec package - Italian car purchased by Mr. Burns, which Homer Simpson is sent to Italy to pick up One shot, just a car
 * Landmaster - giant all-terrain-vehicle - Damnation Alley, 1977
 * Leslie Special - touring race car built by Webber Motor Company in 1908, and driven by daredevil Leslie Galant III(Tony Curtis) and Maggie DuBois(Natalie Wood) in The Great Race, 1965
 * The Lion -Car driven by Nero the Hero - Death Race 2000
 * 2054 Lexus Maglev - working sports hardtop - Minority Report 2002
 * Light Cycle - Tron''
 * Lotus Esprit submersible - for 007, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977 Bond vehicles list
 * Mach Five - the racing car driven by Speed Racer
 * Magic School Bus a magical vehicle
 * Maibatsu Monstrosity - Sendup of SUV ads in Grand Theft Auto III
 * Maibatsu Thunder - Sendup of sports-car ads in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
 * Maibatsu Whoom - Sendup of car ads in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories Decoration in videoo game
 * Maximum Security Vehicle [M S V] [Captain Scarlet].
 * Melmoth - Humbert Humbert's car in Lolita
 * Mark III from Danger Mouse. The spies lamborghini style rear engined flying car with 4 wheel drive, submarine mode, a ram, megaphone, videophone and various other gadgets and weapons.
 * Mundano - Grand Theft Auto (Based on the Ford Mondeo) in game article
 * Monarch Mobile - The Venture Bros.
 * Mongoose- Halo 3- More of a Quad bike than an Automobile
 * The Middlemobile - The Middleman and ''The Middlemobile II
 * Moonbeam - van Grand Theft Auto series in the game article
 * The Monster -Car Driven by Frankenstein - Death Race 2000
 * The Munster Koach - Munsters family car
 * Nike One 2022 - from the Gran Turismo 4 video game
 * Paragon Panther - make of the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
 * Perennial - station vagon Grand Theft Auto series
 * Phantom black sedan - customized 1971 Lincoln Continental Mark III designed by famed customizer George Barris from the 1977 movie The Car
 * Piranha - concept sports car - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ' 60s series
 * Porter - a "1928 Porter" was the vehicle in My Mother the Car; a firm of this name once existed, but failed before that year
 * Project SATAN - The most evil vehicle ever conceived. Made from Charles Manson's VW's Left turn signal, Adolf Hitler's staff car's steering wheel, and KITT's (from Knight Rider) windshield wipers (Apparently, while KITT himself was not evil, the windscreen wipers were but it never played a signifcant part in the show). It was created and stored in a warehouse called "Anti-Chrysler". From the Futurama episode The Honking.
 * Razor - Top Gear
 * Rescue Rover - Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
 * Rhapsody - a hatchback based on the AMC Pacer, Driver: Parallel Lines.
 * Rhino New Captain Scarlet.
 * Rolls-Royce FAB 1 - a pink, James Bond-like amphibious limousine driven by Aloysius "Nosey" Parker and ridden by Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the Thunderbirds television series
 * Rolls Royce ShadowShark - driven by various characters in Kim Newman's fiction, including 1930s pulp magazine character Dr Shade, 1970s superspy Richard Jeperson, and yuppie Dark Lord Derek Leech
 * Roth SL Coupe(a.k.a.; The Sloth) -- Modified former hunk of junk, now a supercar driven by Kim Possible. during Season #4. Minor item of obscure animation series
 * Schlep car - the dilapitated green dune buggy that became Wonderbug, a sparkling red buggy when fitted with a magic horn.
 * Sentinel - Grand Theft Auto series
 * Sentinel XS - Grand Theft Auto series
 * Sentinel 400 - limo design by futurist Syd Mead
 * Shadow - The Covenant's ground-based personnel/arms carrier in the Halo series.
 * Shinra truck - Final Fantasy VII, a 3 wheeled pickup (single wheel at the rear), presumably with a Mako engine
 * Shell Cycle - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Sidewinder - Top Gear
 * Stallion - Grand Theft Auto series (Has also cameo in the video game Bully and in the video game The Warriors)
 * The Silver Hornet - a Citroën 2CV, driven by Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther with extensive cosmetic modifications prone to falling apart Just Clouseau's car?
 * The S.L.O.W - (Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger) - from the movie The Cat in the Hat Not a significant plot element?
 * Slow Mobile - a slow moving hover scooter from an episode of Futurama One time
 * Spectrum Patrol Car [S P C] Captain Scarlet.
 * Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle [S P V] Captain Scarlet.
 * Spider-Mobile - Spider-Man Not a recurring element?
 * Super Sport Wagon (in Antarctic Blue, with optional Rally Fun Pack) - National Lampoon's Vacation
 * The Spy Mobile - From the movie Spy Kids. Able to fly and submerge.
 * Takuro Spirit - Popular car in an alternate Earth from Stephen King's Dark Tower series
 * Testica 2000 - Al Bundy purchases one when his Dodge breaks down in Married... with Children. One time
 * The Black Mystery Sedan - Runabout 3 Neo Age
 * The Tank - Run down, but still tough-as-nails customized full-size van driven by grunge band Mystik Spiral in Daria.
 * Il Tempo Gigante - designed and driven by Reodor Felgen (English name "Theodore Rimspoke") in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix") Obscure to .en users
 * Thunderbolt Greaseslapper - Tom Slick's racer from George of the Jungle cartoon series
 * Thundercougarfalconbird - From Futurama A car that is marketed to men who really do care what other people think about their masculinity. Not a recurring element
 * Turtle Van - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Just a van with turtles in it?
 * Trovare - expensive but unreliable sports car from 'Europa', from the 1988 US movie It Takes Two No article for the film, doesn't sound like a key element.
 * Turbocycle - main form of transportation in the game Snatcher
 * Turbotraction 1 and Turbotraction 2 - a series of turbine convertible cars in the Franco-Belgian comic strip Spirou et Fantasio Obscure elements, not well known to .en Wikipedia users?
 * Turismo - Grand Theft Auto series
 * All Vaillante cars in the French comic book series Michel Vaillant. A manufacturer, not a car
 * VersaTran - manufactured by Zero-One in The Animatrix chapter The Second Renaissance - Part 1
 * Wagon Queen Family Truckster (in Metallic Pea) - National Lampoon's Vacation
 * Wario Car - driven by Wario, first seen in Wario Land 4
 * Warthog - featured in the Halo Series, it has room for a driver, a passenger, and a gunner on the back. The rear mounted turret comes as a machine gun, tri-barreled rocket launcher, or gauss cannon. There is also a Troop Transport version in Halo 3
 * Wasabi - a badly designed Japanese car driven by Newton Pulsifer in Good Omens
 * Weasel - Top Gear
 * Weasel Wagon - The term used to designate any fantastical car commandeered by Cosmic Weasel Series too obscure to have its own article
 * The Wraith - a supernatural but extremely high-tech black car featured in the eponymous film, actually the Dodge M4S show car.
 * Vista-a wizard car company Owns ORION Huh?  What is this?
 * Yellow Interceptor (the Pursuit Special) - Mad Max 's Australian ' 74 Ford Falcon V8-351ci
 * Yamura - the series of race cars in the 1966 movie Grand Prix Not an individual car
 * Zartex - patrol cars in Reflections games Stuntman, DRIV3R and Driver: Parallel Lines. Based on the Dodge Diplomat.

Recreational Vehicles

 * Batcopter - Batman Not an automobile
 * Cyclops, "Silent Running"- 4 wheel atv front steering, made for the movie
 * Klassy Krib, a "fully-loaded" RV - The Simpsons One time
 * Flying Machine - Warcraft series Not an automobile. On a Warcraft list
 * Robby's Jeep - Forbidden Planet, 1956 Just appearing isn't enough; was it an important element?
 * EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle - the "heavily armed RV" from Stripes (actually a mid-1970s GMC Motor Home).
 * Rust Bucket - Ben 10
 * Tornado - Sonic the Hedgehog series Huh?

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Cars (2006)
Is there a particular reason none (that I saw anyhow) of the characters from the popular Pixar film, Cars, are included anywhere in this article? JimScott (talk) 17:27, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Cars is listed under "animation" and not feature films for some reason, with only Lightning McQueen listed as a fictional vehicle. I've added a link to list of Cars characters in the "animation" entry but am a little unsure about which category (animation or feature-length movie) is more appropriate as this film (and its sequel) is clearly both. The character list itself is a little more awkward to categorise between real and fictional vehicles... Richard Petty's Superbird is a real vehicle and Lightning McQueen is a fictional vehicle but many others are composites of multiple real vehicle designs (or, for the Fabulous Hudson Hornet, a group of three real cars presented as a single character). 66.102.83.61 (talk) 19:00, 7 August 2012 (UTC)