Which is the Best Real but Fictitious Car Ever?

Now this is a highly controversial list to compile. With such an amazing array of awesome vehicles to hit our screens over the last few years there is an endless debate over whether they were made famous by their level of performance or by the performer who drove them. Amazing vehicles like the Batmobile have shaped television and cinema watching lives over the years and changed the shape of car design along the way. There is no way a child who watched Batman drive the Batmobile and grew up into a car designer could not have been influenced by that vehicle. Incidentally, the Batmobile is not on the list. So what is...

Bluesmobile – 1974 Dodge Monaco

The car driven by the Blues Brothers in the film, The Bluesmobile was part of one of the greatest films ever made, escorting the Blues Brothers on their 'mission from God' across north America. Now what makes this car special is that not only was it cool, it could actually fly, flip over end over end with a touch of the brakes and fall apart like a clown car. Watch the film...you'll see.

KITT - 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

Knight Rider's star attraction David 'The Hoff' Hassellhoff was regularly and thoroughly upstaged by this black suited super intelligent Pontiac. KITT was an AI with a super brain and enjoyed a massive range of offensive and defensive techniques which stands it out as one of the best cars ever.

Time Machine – 1981 DeLorean DMC 12

With the power of the 80's sound track, the flux capacitor in its heart and to begin with some plutonium rods, the DeLorean was capable of travelling forwards and backwards through time. Any car that can travel through time and sport those gull wing doors deserves to be on this list. Would you rather wait for a taxi in Belfast or zip back to a time when Belfast taxi fares would involve a carrot for the horse?

Herbie – 1963 Volkswagen Beetle

Herbie was a car with soul. Without needing any super computer, or flux capacitor or 'power of God', Herbie was a car with a full range of emotions. He would get angry and excited and depressed and vent his voiceless (apart from his horn) frustration on many physical, most often slap stick ways which carried him through many on screen adventures and even some romance. Once you've seen one of his classic films you will find it hard to look at a VW Beetle again without wanting one.

About The Author Sam Qam often takes a taxi in Belfast and doesn't mind Belfast taxi fares, but would rather take his Batmobile out for a spin.