The cars that make you dream

Even a layman of four wheels would know the big vehicles of the cinema, such as the DeLorean DMC-12 of “Back to the Future” in 1985, or, 8 years later, the Ford Explorer of “Jurassic Park” (Le Parc jurassique ), released in 1993.

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Legendary cars

Some cars have left a lasting mark on the minds of spectators, whether on the big or small screen, to the point of anchoring themselves in the collective memory. On the small screen, some, like the Ford Torino 75 from “Starsky and Hutch”, or the Pontiac Firebird Trans-Am V8 from Kitt in “K 2000” have stood the test of time.

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All it takes is a movie…

If all it takes is one film to make a car cult, imagine what happens to the most-seen car in the cinema in the history of the seventh art? But above all… can you guess what model this car is, the most represented in Hollywood?

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La Ford Crown Victoria

1,019 appearances. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by Carwow Spain (an online marketplace for buying and selling new and used cars), on the Ford Crown Victoria, and what makes it, undeniably, the car with the most screen appearances in automotive (and Hollywood) history.

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The American police car

The reason for this overhyping of the vehicle, known as CVPI, is that from 1997 to 2013 it was routinely used to represent American police cars.

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“Taxi Driver”

You can also see the Ford Crown Victoria (CVPI) as a taxi in the film “Taxi Driver”, released in 1977, with Robert De Niro at the wheel.

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La Ford Mustang

Just behind the Ford Crown Victoria are the Ford Mustang (932 movie appearances), the Chevrolet Impala (816 movie appearances), the Mercedes Benz S Class (758 movie appearances) and, in fifth place, the Chevrolet Caprice ( 758 film appearances).

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La Cadillac Fleetwood

And if we want to extend this list to a top 10, we might add the Cadillac Fleetwood (697 cinema appearances), the BMW Series 5 (650 cinema appearances), the BMW Series 3 (643 cinema appearances), the Lincoln Town (638 movie appearances) and the Jeep Cherokee (579 movie appearances) to close the dance.

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Ford reigns supreme in Hollywood

If we classify by brand, Ford is in the lead, by far, with almost twice as many appearances as the brand in second place, with some 10,363 appearances… Then come Chevrolet (6,508 appearances), Mercedes Benz (5,194 appearances), Fiat (2,942 appearances) and Volkswagen (2,880 appearances).

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Ford or Ferrari?

Among those films that have featured Ford are of course “Le Mans 66” (Ford v Ferrari) in 2019, where the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari is the direct center of the plot, but also “I am a legend or “Transformers” in 2007.

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Ford Gran Torino, in 1972

And for the most legendary? There was “Gran Torino” in 2008, then “Mad Max: Fury Road” in 2015, in addition, of course, to those mentioned before.

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“Little Miss Sunshine”

We can also add the 1977 Chevrolet Camaro from “Transformers”, the 1978 Volkswagen Type 2 from “Little Miss Sunshine” or the 1984 Ecto-1 from “Ghostbusters” to our list.

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K.I.T.T.

The study also ranks the top-grossing film cars sold at auction. On the photo, we can see David Hasselhoff accompanied by his racing car, KITT

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The most expensive movie car

The most expensive of them all is the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider from “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” released in 1963, which sold for $17.1 million in 2016. Not only is it iconic because the movie won the Oscar, but also because there are only 37 models in the world.

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Shelby…but not Tommy

The 1965 Shelby Daytona Cobra coupe featured in “Red Line 7000” in 2009 sold for $7.25 million.

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