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Last updated on August 4th, 2017 at 01:33 pm

Car & Driver’s John Pearley Huffman drives and rates the showbiz goofycars, from Batmobile to Mad Max Interceptor:
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It’s an excellent piece. John’s winning choice offends me as an Australian, however. Behead those who insult Mad Max!

Posted by Tim B. on 07/15/2007 at 11:45 AM
    1. The lost of the beeg V-8 Inteceptus. Be a shame to blow et ap.

      Eh, my money was on the General Lee.

      Them Dukes, them Dukes, gyua, gyua…

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 12:13 PM • permalink

 

    1. The Mad Max Ford Falcon is by far the coolest.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 07 15 at 12:17 PM • permalink

 

    1. No, it isn’t.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 12:22 PM • permalink

 

    1. Yes it is Texas Bob.

      Ford Falcons, going very fast, are an awful lot of fun.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 07 15 at 12:24 PM • permalink

 

    1. I know he was making his judgments based on power, ease of driving, etc., but if you went on looks alone, the Batmobile is a cheesy piece of shlock.  Mad Max’s Falcon easily wins in that category, although I always had a soft spot for the Tomato (the Torino, for those who don’t remember or never knew).

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 07 15 at 12:25 PM • permalink

 

    1. I suppose I never really thought about it, but I always though the Mad Max Interceptor was based on the AMC Javelin

      Posted by Andrew on 2007 07 15 at 12:29 PM • permalink

 

    1. “the Batmobile is a cheesy piece of shlock”

      Isn’t that the point?

      Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 07 15 at 12:34 PM • permalink

 

    1. Straightenin the curves, flatenin the hills, some day the mountain might get em, but the law never will.

      That glorious hunk of Mopar muscle metal blows that Falcon out of the water.  As for coolness, you can’t beat the 01 and the rebel flag. It is instantly recognizable.
      You drive that Flacon around and people will point and say Hey look! Somebody tricked out an old piece of crap Javelin!

      And besides, a car you have to climb into is sooooo much cooler than opening the doors.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 12:37 PM • permalink

 

    1. Flacon = Falcon

      eh, what’s the difference?

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 12:38 PM • permalink

 

    1. #8 When fixed up by an Aussie of Italian descent, you do need to climb into the Falcon.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 07 15 at 12:47 PM • permalink

 

    1. That’s not a car race—this is a car race. [It starts with an ad, but if you return to view the footage again, the ad doesn’t replay. Also note that our MSM betters call an APC a “tank”.]
      Posted by andycanuck on 2007 07 15 at 12:50 PM • permalink

 

    1. Here’s one they left out: The Black Beauty

      Posted by cirby on 2007 07 15 at 12:51 PM • permalink

 

    1. Isn’t that the point?

      Absolutely, Bruce.  Even as a child watching that show, I knew the entire schtick was a cartoon.

      But the cheesey piece of shlock was absolutely ruined everytime Batman™ and The Boy Wonder™, in their rush to go screeching out of the Bat Cave™ in the atomic powered Batmobile™ and do battle with The Forces Of Evil™, found the time to simultaneously fasten their seat belts.

      Up and coming nanny staters is what they were.

      Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 07 15 at 12:52 PM • permalink

 

    1. What? No Eleanor?

      OK, that was the Nick Cage remake… HB Halicki proved that with enough horsepower, even a 1971 ship’s anchor can fly.

      Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 07 15 at 12:53 PM • permalink

 

    1. Ya beat me to the Green Hornet, cirby!!!

      Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 07 15 at 12:55 PM • permalink

 

    1. And yet another of the coolest of cool cars.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 01:02 PM • permalink

 

    1. #16 I’ll give you that one Texas Bob, that’s cool.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 07 15 at 01:04 PM • permalink

 

    1. “found the time to simultaneously fasten their seat belts.”

      Not to mention the lectures about not exceeding the speed limit, etc. Batman works on different levels, and, as camp, I always found the seatbelt thing hilarious—and one could draw certain inferences about Batman’s living arrangements…

      Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 07 15 at 01:05 PM • permalink

 

    1. #18 Yeah, what the heck is a ward anyhow?  NOBODY in America has a ward.  Since the Dynamic Duo aren’t British, they got some splaining to do. Sounded fishy even back when I was 8.

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 01:08 PM • permalink

 

    1. I’d like to highlight for everyone that the Delorean time travel car and the Batmobile are reproductions.  The originals are still safely encounced in Hangar, um, well, some number.  I can’t quite remember.  And they’re being safeguarded around the clock by heavily armed minions.  Trustworthy minions like, um, well, I can’t remember that either.

      Posted by wronwright on 2007 07 15 at 01:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. Then there’s the greatest (and largest) of the big Hollywood custom vehicles:

      The Landmaster

      I saw this one back in the 1980s, before it was restored (see the “Fall of 1986” pic in the link).

      Posted by cirby on 2007 07 15 at 01:32 PM • permalink

 

    1. Hmmmm.

      “I see the interceptor!”

      Posted by memomachine on 2007 07 15 at 01:44 PM • permalink

 

    1. As someone who in the past has owned the following vehicles, among others –

      1965 Mustang GT w/289
      1967 Pontiac Lemans w/400/th400 Ram Air
      1967 Pontiac Firebird w/400/TH400 Ram Air
      1969 Ford Mustang w/428 CJ/C-6

      I feel that I can state with authority that the S&H Torino, General Lee, MM Falcon and BTTF Delorean all suck hind tit.

      Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 07 15 at 01:58 PM • permalink

 

    1. Would you believe… a souped-up Trabant?

      Or the stretch-limo version?

      The Concrete Mixer?

      Or the Monster Truck?

      I think the most appropriate use for a Trabbi is as a mobile Crane.

      Posted by Zoe Brain on 2007 07 15 at 03:23 PM • permalink

 

    1. What about James Bond’s jigged-up Aston Martin DB5?  Surely that’s worth a mention.

      Posted by RebeccaH on 2007 07 15 at 03:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. I’m with Texas Bob. Yeehaw, the Gen’ral Lee!

      And Joe Bagadonuts, I owned two 1970 Plymouth Superbirds, and there wasn’t a Ford or Pontiac in town that could take ‘em, top end.

      Posted by paco on 2007 07 15 at 03:44 PM • permalink

 

    1. #25 RebeccaH, See #16

      Posted by Texas Bob on 2007 07 15 at 03:56 PM • permalink

 

    1. Where’s the Monkey-mobile? (Pontiac GTO) The coffin dragster from The Munsters? The yellow and black Plymouth ‘Cuda from The Mod Squad?

      For crying out loud, no mention of the Triumph twin ridden by the Fonz?

      Maybe next time.

      Posted by Spectre765 on 2007 07 15 at 05:05 PM • permalink

 

    1. Paco,

      I never was much of a Mopar man.  I owned a 65 Baracuda and had a chance to buy a 70 Cuda with 340 but passed on it. The styling of the Chrysler products just didn’t appeal to me.

      Barrett-Jackson sold a 70 Hemi Superbird a couple of years back for 194K.  I’ve seen some asking prices approaching 250K lately.

      Posted by joe bagadonuts on 2007 07 15 at 05:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. Hmmmm.

      For crying out loud, no mention of the Triumph twin ridden by the Fonz?

      I didn’t think anybody really rode those things.

      There were just interludes between pushing them along the road.

      Posted by memomachine on 2007 07 15 at 05:30 PM • permalink

 

    1. Where’s Sonny Crockett’s Ferrari?

      I actually like the Daytona Spyder myself, even though it’s bolted onto a Covette chassis. But its episodes were far cooler than most with the Testarossa.

      Posted by Ed Driscoll on 2007 07 15 at 05:52 PM • permalink

 

    1. #29 Joe: Wrecked both of mine. Bummer.

      I can’t really disagree with you on Mopar, at least as far as parts are concerned. I probably went through two water pumps a year.

      Posted by paco on 2007 07 15 at 06:02 PM • permalink

 

    1. What about the beverley hillbilly’s car/truck/farmhouse?  Now that thing rocked!  A 1.618 pixel drawing artwork to the first person to find out the make / model!

      The coolest was the interceptor, because of the film – that scene with Mel crawling out of a wrecked interceptor, then limping, cannot be beaten!

      Posted by peter m on 2007 07 15 at 07:31 PM • permalink

 

    1. Since the Dynamic Duo aren’t British, they got some splaining to do.

      Try here, Texas Bob.

      Or you can take your pick of discussions here.

      TO THE BATCLOSET, ROBIN!

      Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 07 15 at 07:50 PM • permalink

 

    1. He didn’t even mention Jim Rockford’s Pontiac Firebird? A shame. (Beware: large images of people with 1974 hair and clothing styles. I’m inured to the stuff, but those born in later eras may get a bit of a shock.)

      Posted by Andrea Harris, Administrator on 2007 07 15 at 08:28 PM • permalink

 

    1. #33 1921 Oldsmobile. I win!

      Posted by dean martin on 2007 07 15 at 08:32 PM • permalink

 

    1. All of them have some pose value but none of them would get near that Dodge Challenger that Kowalski took for a run from Denver to San Francisco in Vanishing Point.That totally understated supercharged 440 cubic inch R/T hardtop was the real deal.

      Posted by Lew on 2007 07 15 at 08:35 PM • permalink

 

    1. Or the ‘55 in Two Lane Blacktop.

      Posted by dean martin on 2007 07 15 at 08:46 PM • permalink

 

    1. Good one, memomachine!

      Posted by Spectre765 on 2007 07 15 at 08:52 PM • permalink

 

    1. #34 – Or just look at them.

      Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 07 15 at 09:09 PM • permalink

 

    1. #14
      Spiny, you rule!
      Doubt if any other posters here know what you’re talking about.  Greatest indie movie ever!
      MikeD

      Posted by Mike on 2007 07 15 at 09:10 PM • permalink

 

    1. Of the production vehicles, the Torino looks great with the long swept bonnet … the Bat Mobile appears to have been inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird, the first stealth plane.

      Posted by egg_ on 2007 07 15 at 09:35 PM • permalink

 

    1. In the 1970’s, I had a white 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 400 cu engine, mag tires, Kragar wheels.  I’d probably beat anyone here (in your hybrid cars).

      Posted by wronwright on 2007 07 15 at 09:42 PM • permalink

 

    1. Other interesting cars that didn’t make it:

      Steed’s 3 liter Bentley from The Avengers.

      The Saint’s P.1800 Volvo.

      Smokey and the Bandit’s scream’n chick’n Trans Am.

      Frank Bullit’s Ford Mustang 390GT.

      Etc.

      Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 07 15 at 09:46 PM • permalink

 

    1. Of those reviewed, I gotta go with Mel’s Interceptor.  The Dukes only outran the hapless Boss Hogg…Mel had to take on the freakin’ Humongous, fercrissakes.

      My submission: The Green Hornet’s Black Beauty

      Posted by Jeffersonian on 2007 07 15 at 09:57 PM • permalink

 

    1. Ash FYI

      Youtube: Lexus supercar – the new LF-A 5.0 litre V10, 500bhp
      Testing at the Nurburgring.

      Posted by egg_ on 2007 07 15 at 10:23 PM • permalink

 

    1. I was always partial to Bodie and Doyles’ Ford Capri.

      Posted by jpaulg on 2007 07 15 at 11:11 PM • permalink

 

    1. #44 Bruce Rheinstein

      How about Maxwell Smart’s Sunbeam Tiger?

      Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 07 15 at 11:33 PM • permalink

 

    1. Bah!
      An SUV with a more subtle accessory fit. For those days when other measures seem less appropriate.

      Cheers

      Posted by J.M. Heinrichs on 2007 07 15 at 11:34 PM • permalink

 

    1. Well now, somebody doesn’t like hotlinking…

      Posted by Spiny Norman on 2007 07 15 at 11:56 PM • permalink

 

    1. #44, Bruce Rheinstein:

      Bullitt (the chase)

      From the days when a high speed chase scene had actual high speeds, rather than camera trickery.

      (9 minute vid clip, first 3 mins or so involves low speed follow/suspense build up/time filler. The rest of the clip is worth the wait though)

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 07 16 at 12:06 AM • permalink

 

    1. Or, for those family road trip occasions:

      EM-50

      Posted by cirby on 2007 07 16 at 12:09 AM • permalink

 

    1. #46 Egg, that’s beautiful. Thanks.

      Posted by Ash_ on 2007 07 16 at 12:14 AM • permalink

 

    1. This one will do me just fine, thanks:
      Supercar

      Or this one, even:

      Lady Penelope’s Roller

      And what happened to KITT?

      ‘Course, Bronson’s Hog would blow ‘em all into the weeds …

      Posted by BIWOZ on 2007 07 16 at 01:01 AM • permalink

 

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      Posted by peter m on 2007 07 16 at 01:29 AM • permalink

 

    1. Why thank you, Pete! (Somebody call the police, I think it’s a forgery.)          And who can forget the Family Truckster?

      Posted by dean martin on 2007 07 16 at 01:47 AM • permalink

 

    1. KITT happened to be doing just fine until some idiot managed to let David freakin’ Hasselhoff run off with him.  If you think it’s bad trying to track down one of those things, just wait until you have to pay the therapy bills for a neurotic self-aware car.

      Posted by Vexorg on 2007 07 16 at 04:10 AM • permalink

 

    1. its hard to take any car with a 3 speed automatic seriously no matter what the paint job. What is it with the US and auto transmissions?

      Posted by Astonished on 2007 07 16 at 05:36 AM • permalink

 

    1. #58, Astonished:

      What’s the matter? Can’t keep up with the current news? We Americans are all fat, lazy and stupid.

      A clutch is too much bother. 4 speed trans are too complicated. We cant deal with shifting because our arms barely reach around our stomachs to reach the steering wheels.

      It has to be true. All the best euros say so.

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 07 16 at 05:41 AM • permalink

 

    1. Considering that the falcon was such a fake job, no wonder it didn’t win (plus the damn yank’s low opinion of anything not driven on the cacky side).

      Anyone that puts a fake blower on such a car deserves to be not taken seriously.  In fact you would have to be a bit of a wanker…….

      Posted by entropy on 2007 07 16 at 06:31 AM • permalink

 

    1. Huh, my comment must have gone horribly wrong.

      Oh well, I don’t feel like totally rebuilding it, but I will note that the DeLorean would have won if it had a working flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion.

      Posted by Veeshir on 2007 07 16 at 10:43 AM • permalink

 

    1. #60, entropy:

      Your post has me concerned. You say that the vehicle in the Australian documentary series “Mad Max” was faked out to look like a supercharged car?

      If that is true, what else was faked in that series? What about Australia could possibly be true? If you’ll fake a car, you’ll fake anything.

      Posted by Grimmy on 2007 07 16 at 11:37 AM • permalink

 

    1. #48. How about Maxwell Smart’s Sunbeam Tiger?

      Now that was a cool car!

      And, of course, Steve Urkle drove a BMW…

      Posted by Bruce Rheinstein on 2007 07 16 at 12:08 PM • permalink

 

    1. Lows: Right-hand drive, the blower is fake, and if you need parts, they’re on the other side of the planet

      Looks like he struggled to find lows, if the first thing supposedly wrong is it’s Right hand drive.  Gee anyone would be thinking we drive on the Wrong side of the road. 🙂

      Posted by Anthony_ on 2007 07 17 at 02:34 AM • permalink

 

    1. How could those lumps of rust compare with the XB Coupe?

      Fake supercharger?  In MM it was real, because you see Max engage it several times.  Perhaps the fakeness was the reason that the reviewer said there was no low end power….

      Which is a load of crap anyway.  The 351 Cleveland (as opposed to the Windsor) was an absolute BEAST, with high-torque power all through the range.

      You know what?  If I had a blow-up doll of Jennnifer Hawkins, you can bet that it wouldn’t be as good as the real Jennifer Hawkins.

      So this so-called review article is totally bogus.

      [Harrumph]
      Posted by Apparatchik on 2007 07 17 at 09:44 PM • permalink

 

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