Talk:Pursuit Special

Discussion
The content of this article appears to have been lifted wholesale from http://www.madmaxmovies.com/cars/interceptor/history1.html. Tafinucane 01:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Pretty sure the car pictured isn't even the car, it's a fake. It's missing the nose cone, the supercharger is a different shape, the air scoop for the engine is a different shape. Couldn't someone come up with a real pic? I can find pics on the internet from when it was auctioned, or else a snip from the actual movie would be better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xpusostomos (talk • contribs) 08:02, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Yes this is true, Lol. I believe it is a violation unless the source is credited and if it contained the complete original text. I added your link to the source page where the complete article is contained, and since these are only very small sections of the original I say leave until someone rewrites it. -Thunderlippps — Preceding undated comment added 19:56, March 14, 2006


 * Are you sure about the ultimate fate of the MM2 car? A friend of mine who lives in Texas now owns it (either the original or an insanely accurate fake) - I've sat in it - heard that huge supercharger running.  It has the signatures of several of the actors and stuntmen inside and appears utterly authentic - except that it has been fitted with an aftermarket air conditioner.  Here is a photo I took of it at the White Rock Lake car show in April this year (2006)... . SteveBaker 19:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

It WAS possible to have a toggle-able supercharger at the time this movie was made. Such devices, activated and deactivated by means of clutch plate connecting to the drive, from the engine, have been in existance since the dawn of superchargers. no big deal at all. It is this very system that appears to be employed in the movie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.74.44.155 (talk • contribs) 21:58, January 3, 2007

Hell, in 1954 Casino Royale was published with James Bond driving a Bentley Continental with an Amherst Villiers blower activated by magnetic clutch.KhProd1 (talk) 07:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

The MM2 car in Texas is in fact a replica and if he is truly a friend of yours then he (Jake) would have told you this. The movie car did NOT have a switchable blower. They just simply removed an accesory belt when they did not need it turning. replicas like mine have since used an old A/C comp to turn off our fake blowers for that 'movie' effect but it adds no extra power at all. I have yet to see a switchable 6-71 supercharger that makes real power. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Madmaxcar (talk • contribs) 04:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

The article says the original car was a 73 XB GT, but the grille and headlights on the car in the pic are those of an XC Fairmont (1976-78)?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.101.192.219 (talk) 05:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes the orginal car was an XB GT.... In case it wasnt clear the whole nose cone of the car was a modification. The headlights were not from an XC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.56.133 (talk) 11:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)


 * If those headlights are not XC Fairmont, then they're doing a bloody good imitation of being XC Fairmont. Why would you go to the trouble of fitting custom rectangular headlights that look exactly like stock rectangular headlights? (Yes the original mad max car has rectangular headlights. Not even sure if the car pictured is the original though) Where is the evidence that the original car was a GT? Not that it makes the slightest bit of difference since it was so highly modified it's only the shell of a stock car, but still you're claiming it, so where is the evidence? The headlights are prima facie evidence that it isn't a GT. Xpusostomos (talk) 07:57, 10 June 2022 (UTC)

Shouldn't this article be merged into the Mad Max or Road Warrior article? The "Pursuit Special" never existed outside of the films. So why does it deserve it's own article? It would be different if the car had been produced in the real world. But it's fictional. A product of the Mad Max universe. It should be merged. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.62.161.120 (talk) 18:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Shhhhhh... don't upset the Pursuit Special. There are no endangered species, only animals the Pursuit Special allows to live... this has rather large implications for us as human beings. Madmaxmarchhare (talk) 15:56, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Not an Interceptor?
The article states that it was only called an interceptor in Mad Max 2. But Max's first car at the beginning of the movie has Interceptor written on it. Isn't that the real source? 81.182.237.202 (talk) 22:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC) Um.. the car with INTERCEPTOR written on the boot is a different car..... That was the yellow sedan..... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.23.181 (talk) 07:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Why is this vehicle even referred to as a 'Pursuit Special?' It is never referred to as such in any of the movies. The dispatcher in Mad Max says 'a Pursuit Special has been stolen...' referring to the Monaco that Night Rider has taken. Indeed, saying 'A Pursuit Special' implies that there are more of this class of car than one or two units. Max's car is, however, referred to as an Interceptor, the last thereof, by the Mechanic in Mad Max 2. If this is an 'erroneous' classification it could only be because the car was created, not to be a Pursuit car OR an Interceptor, but specifically to draw Max back into the MFP. I always thought of it as more Interceptor than anything, but then, what differentiates a Pursuit car from an Interceptor, given what little information can be gleaned from the movies? Size? Horsepower? Location of deployment? Driver? Coldengine (talk) 02:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Well, I must respectfully retract that last statement. I recently saw Mad Max at the Alamo Drafthouse the other day and, with the original dubbing and the theatre's sound, the MFP dispatcher can quite clearly be heard over Max's radio as he rolls up to Toecutter's ambush. She asks for the location of a black Pursuit Special that has been taken by a patrol officer. 'Unauthorized use of Patrol vehicles is prohibited and may result in a Code 3.' So there it is. Coldengine (talk) 20:37, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

First, what is the basis for claiming it is erroneously known as an Interceptor? Who calls it that? Everyone I've ever heard talks about the yellow cars as interceptors because they say "interceptor" on them. Second, the quote about "the last of the V8s is in the first film. Third, the fact that the mechanic says it's the last of the V8s is based on the setting of the movie and also, it has no bearing on whether or not the black car max uses later is known as interceptor. Finally, the "Pursuit Special" is not a real car, and as such is a fictional part of the Mad Max universe that does not have to obey or acknowledge any part of real history. In fact, this article shouldn't even really exist on its own, it should be a small part of one of the movie articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.234.212.23 (talk) 08:00, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Sometimes in movies things are not explicit and it is necessary to make some logical inferences. All the MFP cars were interceptors as the fictional Main Force Patrol would be equivalent to real "highway patrol" police divisions (i.e. they deal with traffic on highways mostly and don't deal with "regular" street crime, for instance, in Australia, the highway patrol is a separate branch from general duties policing). Some of the interceptors were modified for more performance and chosen because they were sports cars (in the case of the Mad Max films, both 2 door coupes) and these more hotted up sporty and better handling models were the Pursuit Specials. IMHO that's the general way the producers intended the viewers to perceive things. Ironmungy (talk) 16:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I noticed in the original movie that some of the 4 door yellow sedan MFP cars are labelled "Interceptor" and one was even labelled "Pursuit", but generally that seems right for the pursuit specials. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.56.31.175 (talk) 13:00, 3 July 2015 (UTC)


 * The mechanic in MM2 says to Max "Gotta hand it to you, treasure. The last of the V8 Interceptors" before waving the booby-trap bomb around. Mr Larrington (talk) 02:53, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

Driver of stolen Pursuit Special
The article uses both "Night rider" and "Knight rider". I'm assuming it's "Night rider" as I can't see him calling himself a knight but just wanted to check before editing.Falcon5nz (talk) 10:37, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I think it makes sense for him to the "Night Rider" and not "Knight Rider". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.122.131.21 (talk) 17:35, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Fury Road - Color of the Pursuit Special after rebuild
In the Story section it is stated that the Pursuit Special is repainted silver when the war boys rebuild it, but it actually looks like it has been taken back to bare metal as this still shot seems to reveal? And also this one shows the sanding marks even better. You can see what look like sanding marks in the bare metal. Thought I'd get some consensus before editing. 5.56.31.175 (talk) 16:42, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Update - According to MadMaxWikia the Fury Road interceptor was indeed bare metal and has a name after the war boys rebuild it, "Razor Cola". Therefore I will go ahead and edit the article appropriately. 5.56.31.175 (talk) 09:18, 11 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty sure MadMaxWikia isn't a reliable source. Pburka (talk) 04:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)

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