Classic Beauties: Top 5 of the most popular movie cars
For
all of the car fanatics out there, this is news for you! One particular
man who happens to be famous for his work is at it again. While movie
fanatics may not know who Eddie Paul is, car fanatics will. Paul is the
man who takes care of the cars that grace the movie and TV screens. He
has done cars like Q from James Bond and for movies such as Grease, Cobra, E.T., and even The Fast and Furious.
He
has been given a new job – trying to revive a model from the luxury
carmaker Dusenberg. Paul was known for jumping out of the General Lee on
Dukes of Hazzard while working as the stuntman. If he can pull
off this plan of resurrecting the luxury car, then it will be fantastic
for the Duesenberg Automotive Company.
He will revamp the version
of the Duesenberg convertible model from the 1930’s by using a GM truck
chassis and featuring a 430 HP, 6.2 liter V8 LS3 Corvette engine with
424 foot-pounds of torque. It will also have an updated top that stows
away in the truck when it’s not up. Paul explained it as a “six-man top”
because it originally took six people to put the top up and down. They
will redesign it and make it a push-button top.
Original
Duesenbergs were driven by stars like Gary Cooper and Clark Gable, so
putting Paul in charge of this remodel is like a match made in heaven,
so they say. No one is quite sure which classic touches he will keep,
but it will be released in 2017 after the prototypes are finished.
It’s
no doubt that cars are just as famous as the actors and actresses in
movies. Here are the top five most famous movie cars of all time:
1964 Aston Martin DB5, from the movie Goldfinger
1965 Aston Martin DB5 coupe. Photograph taken at a 2003 Aston Martin Owners Club event. Source
This
is the car that started them all. No matter who plays James Bond, they
all get super-fancy, decked-out cars with the latest spy gadgets. Though
this car has no special spy modifications like those others, some of
its effects include a ram bumper, machine guns, ejector seat, smoke
screen, and oil slicker sprayer. The most interesting feature in the car
is the map on the dashboard which was a forerunner of the in-car
navigation devices we all rely on now.
Yet
again, here is another Bond car that is a classic. The sports cars and
special gadgets Bond used in his movies really sparked an interest in
technology. However, in this movie, the fancy car was driven by a
different spy. One of the most notable moments in the movie is when the
spy’s car turns into a submarine.
When
the director chose this kind of car for his actors to use, he didn’t
realize that he would spark such hype. They changed nothing on the
car’s design, which is the interesting part. What really sold that car
was the fact that it could jump over cliffs and deal with multiple
terrains. After the movie, those cars sold by the thousands.
The Star Wars
director had no idea just how big this movie would get. Aside from the
stellar cast, he chose some major cars to feature in it. One of the big
scenes in the movie is when the yellow car flips and burns in mid-air.
Although it was all special effects, it got the job done.
This
car was designed by Giorgetto Giugario. Although the bodywork on the
car looked futuristic and fast, the inside proved otherwise. The engine
was rather small, but the filmmakers only needed the outside to look
quick. However, during the scene where Marty has to reach 88 miles per
hour, the staff had had to switch the car’s engine for a Porsche’s.
Unfortunately, the car didn’t sell as well as the market thought it
would, but it is still known as an iconic car.
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