1961 Jaguar E-Type
Mystery machine.
I know Mach 5 and Lovebug have been mentioned.
Supernatural Impala.
Adam West batmobile.
Bumblebee or Optimus Prime
Flintstones mobile.
If people just need to recognize it, and know what it's from, then you start to get other cars added in...
Trivia that won't do anyone any good: Not long after Megaforce was released the U.S. military quietly began to develop a version of these light weight sand rails as "light assault" vehicles. The project was ultimately cancelled when they discovered the armor plating needed to protect the troops within made the cars too heavy and slow.
I think a lot of people are forgetting that this thread is about the "Most Iconic Cars in History" not the "Most Iconic Movie Cars in History"
I think a lot of people are forgetting that this thread is about the "Most Iconic Cars in History" not the "Most Iconic Movie Cars in History"
Seriously?! Do you REALLY believe that THIS is the most iconic car in history?!
To each his own I feel like the styling of this car was ahead of its time for '61...it's used in a few quite a few movies too!
For sure, it's equally valid to ask that question, rather than the one I proposed, and it would be more inclusive.
My question would require the respondent to say "oh, that's a DeLorean".
Your question, if I understand it right, would allow the answer
"oh, that's the car from Back To The Future"
in other words requiring them to name the film or TV show, but not the car itself.
Being even more loose with the definition of 'knowing where the car is from' allow answers like
"oh, that's the car from that movie with the Family Ties guy"
or
"oh, that's the car from that movie with the mad scientist guy with the crazy hair"
in other words not requiring the respondent to know the name of the car or the name of the film or TV show, though the respondent does indeed recognize the vehicle.
Still, my guess is that more people would recognize and name "jeep" and "VW" here in the USA than any other cars, with "batmobile" being the most-nameable TV or film vehicle.
Personally I didn't know the names of the majority of the cars people have posted here. Some of the cars and films and TV shows are completely unknown to me.
People might be saying here "Dr Jones, give it a rest and just throw out some cars like the rest of us are doing!" but my thing with polls, surveys, and test questions is to pin down precisely what is being asked. Usually what follows is needing to re-word the question(s).
What drives me crazy are things like the "blue dress" thing (where people are giving different answers because the question is ambiguous) and debates where people talk in circles because the two sides have failed to pin down exactly what issue they are debating (and therefore the two sides are actually talking about two unrelated issues).
But setting the OP's question aside, my current favourite TV/film vehicle is
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