Cool Cars in Movies

1973 Dodge Charger – Burn Notice

CoolCarsRen — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:45:38 +0000

Cars are indispensable tools (or weapons) for spies. Perhaps James Bond was the first or one of the first to show this to be so. Often, in Bond movies, gadgeted cars were used to chase or get away from bad guys. And the scenes were spectacular, complete with explosions and impossible (implausible) getaway. Years after …

2004 Mazda RX-8 from Day Watch

CoolCarsRen — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:59:26 +0000

We’ve seen a lot of scenes with cars in action sequences. Typically, these scenes involve car chases where there are crashes, jumping over an obstacle, gunfire, flips, etc. Law enforcement and other authorities be damned. In many movies, police and other officials are casualties in typical onscreen car crashes. Lots of property damage. Plenty of …

2008 Aston Martin DBS – James Bond Quantum of Solace

CoolCarsRen — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:52:53 +0000

After seeing that a new James Bond movies is about to be released this year, Skyfall, I realized that I have not blogged about a single James Bond car. A discussion about cars and movies without James Bond? That cannot be! So I’m posting the first of many more James Bond entries. Let’s begin with …

1971 Ford Mustang in We Are The Night

CoolCarsRen — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:49:00 +0000

I stumbled upon We Are The Night at a local dvd rental place last week. The German movie was about a group of female modern-day vampires who lived among humans in the city, partying the night away, while at the same time, maintaining a low profile of their kills so as not to receive attention …

1993 Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo from The Fast & The Furious

CoolCarsRen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:34:58 +0000

Dominic Toretto’s car! Pretty much a lot of entries in this blog points to Toretto or anyone from The Fast & The Furious movie series, such as Toretto’s Chevelle, Johnny Tran’s Honda s2000, O’Conner’s Mitsubishi Eclipse, and a handful of others. The 1993 Mazda RX-7 stood out because the big dawg drove it to win …

1929 Ford Model A Roadster: Ralph Malph’s Car from Happy Days

CoolCarsRen — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:48:03 +0000

“Sunday, Monday, Happy Days…” — Happy Days theme song A very big TV hit in the 70′s. A show about high school teenagers growing up in the 50′s. A time when kids were growing drag racing their hot rods. The cars seen in Happy Days were really old school. Ralph Malph, one of the main …

1971 Plymouth Duster 340: Al Bundy’s Dodge in Married with Children

CoolCarsRen — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:18:40 +0000

“Every now and then a guy who drive a Dodge likes to close his eyes and imagine it’s a Ferrari.” — Al Bundy Heh, heh. I’m a big fan of Married with Children. It’s just so silly. Of course, there’s a car involved. Al Bundy, the grown-up shoe salesman who peaked in life way back …

Red Ferrari 308 GTS from National Lampoon’s Vacation

CoolCarsRen — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:01:20 +0000

National Lampoon’s Vacation had been an old school road trip movie. It was directed by Harold Ramis (star of Ghosbusters), written by John Hughes (director of Sixteen Candles, RIP), and starred Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, John Candy, Randy Quaid, and Eugene Levy. Out of all of them, my single best memory from …

2006 Mazda RX-8: Neela’s Car from TF&TF Tokyo Drift

CoolCarsRen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:18:45 +0000

When The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift came out, one of the cooler car in the movie was Neela’s black and blue 2006 Mazda RX-8. It was beautifully painted with a blue front fading to black rear. It was shot mostly at night and it looked like the car was coming out of darkness …

1969 Dodge Charger RT the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard

CoolCarsRen — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:05:17 +0000

The General Lee is one of the most well-known cars on films. Single orange tone with the badge “01″ on the doors and the southern flag on the roof, it’s up there with the Batmobile and Herbie the Love Bug. How can you not like it? It’s a muscle car that saw plenty of action. …