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Ranking: 8       Year of release: 1971 The car: Porsche 917k Why it’s special: It’s the only real decent motorsport movie that’s been made – and Steve McQueen just gets cooler… Best bit: The stunning...

Ranking: 3        Year of release: 1969 The car: Mini Cooper S Why it’s special: It’s the best loved screen moment for the original Issigonis Mini. And films don’t come with better – or more literal –...

Ranking: 23        Year of release: 2002. The car: Mini Cooper. Why it’s special: Cue the British national anthem – Bourne uses an original British Mini to escape the French police. We couldn’t be...

Ranking: 35.       Year of release: 2009. The car: GMC Vandura Van. Why it’s special: If you didn’t watch the original TV series for the unnecessary explosions, you watched it for B.A. Baracus (aka...

Ranking: 28       Year of release: 1962 - 1969 The car: A virgin white Volvo P1800. Why it’s special: Bit of a swizz this one. There was a Saint film, but it featured other Volvos. The one voted for...

Ranking: 36       Year of release: 1987 The car: One of the most clapped-out Jag MkIIs you’ve ever seen. Why it’s special: It’s one of many cinematic appearances for the Jag MkII – one of the landmark...

Ranking:12        Year of release: 1969. The car: VW Beetle. Why it’s special: Probably unique in that the car actually was the star – the producers looking to make a film version of Gordon Buford’s...

Ranking: 5        Year of release: 1977 The car: Lotus Esprit Why it’s special: Jaws, a white Lotus Espirt, Barbara Bach and some cheesy one-liners from Roger Moore made a great Bond film Best bit:...

Ranking: 9        Year of release: 1998 The car: You’ll never have seen an Audi S8 being ragged quite this hard, we promise. Why it’s special: Simply because it features several brilliant car chases,...

Ranking: 18        Year of release: 1964. The car: Dodge Charger. Why it’s special: General Lee and the Duke cousins brought back to life on the big screen in the best modern-day car chase. Best bit:...

Ranking: 19       Year of release: 1977. The car: Pontiac Trans Am. Why it’s special: It’s one long car chase that doesn’t trouble itself too much with plot – and its bootlegging theme complemented by...

Ranking: 22        Year of release: 1976. The car: Ferrari 275 GTB (audio), 6.9-litre Mercedes 450 SEL (actual car). Why it’s special: It’s nine minutes of flat-out driving across Paris. In traffic.

Ranking: 40       Year of release: 1971 The car: Plymouth Valiant. Why it’s special: It’s a psychological car chase. Best bit: When the Plymouth starts to overheat and the truck comes slowly into...

Ranking: 14        Year of release: 1982-86 The car: Kitt had several iterations, but the most memorable was the Pontiac Firebird driven by the big-bouffed David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff. This was the...

Ranking: 7        Year of release: 1986 The car: 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder Why it’s special: It brought class into the 1980s, powered Bueller’s entire day off, and caused tears when it met...

Ranking: 21       Year of release: 2008 The car: A menacing black Lamborghini Murcielago LP640. Just the sort of car Batman should drive. Why it’s special: What else would Batman drive? The gullwinged...

Ranking: 16        Year of release: 1989 and 1992. The car: The Batmobile. What else? Why it’s special: The best Batmobile ever - this no camp-Sixties car, or over-compensating codpiece from the...

Ranking: 4       Year of release: 1985 The car: DeLorean DMC-12 Why it’s special: It was the perfect cinematic storm – story, screenplay and cast all perfect – yet the real star of the show was the...

Ranking: 31       Year of release: 1983 The car: A bright red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury – with supernatural powers. Why it’s special: Just look at it. This is a time when Chrysler group cars were...

Ranking: 33       Year of release: 2004. The car: Several Ford Gran Torinos – in homage to the original Seventies TV series. Why it’s special: The way it lampoons the 1970s. Look out for the clunky...

Ranking: 1st       Year of release: 1964 The car: Aston Martin DB5 with the usual eyebrow-raising modifications from Q’s gadget division. Why it’s special: What’s not to like about an Aston DB5 with...

Ranking: 17       Year of release: 1968 The car: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Why it’s special: Because it was written by Ian Fleming – whose stories revelled in cool cars – it always looked promising, but...

Ranking: 20       Year of release: 1981. The car: Citroen 2CV. Why it’s special: It’s great fun to see 007 reduced to escaping in such a lame old sh*tbox after his Esprit explodes. The 2CV...

Ranking: 2        Year of release: 1968 The car: Ford Mustang 390 GT Why it’s special: The greatest car chase ever. Period! Best bit: When Lalo Schifrin’s theme tune starts up you know something...

Ranking: 30        Year of release: 1964 The car: Formula 1 Ferrari 312 Why it’s special: Blending real racing footage with actors, the star of the fabulous ’60s cavalcade has to be the Ferrari of...

Does the new Ferrari California drive like a real Ferrari should? Road test editor Chris Chilton tested the California V8 last week and thought it a brilliantly judged new addition to the Ferrari...

VW has released prices for the new Mk6 Golf, but while the new car was rushed into production to cut costs, none of these savings seem to have been passed onto the consumer – the base 1.4 S now starts...

The Mini has finally gone electric. As scooped by CAR Online, the Mini E is a pure electric car and just 500 will be built for corporate and private customers in the US, although a handful could make...

There are only a few hours left to vote in our greatest cars in film poll. We'll close voting this afternoon, at 4.00pm (BST) on Thursday 23 October 2008. So if you haven't already voted, take part in...

Electric car start-up Tesla is restructuring its US operation and laying off around 100 staff, as the credit crunch continues to make life difficult for car companies big and small. It’s now on its...

Mercedes is to shake up its entire family of coupes, CAR hears. The changes kick off with the new E-class coupe and will include a proper new C-class coupe (instead of today’s short-cut CLC), as well...

These are our first pictures inside the Lamborghini Estoque's cabin – and they show what drivers might expect in the cabin of a Lambo saloon in three years’ time if this Paris motor show concept gets...

General Motors and Chrysler are in talks to merge and create the world’s biggest car company. Reports in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal say the talks have been underway since the start of...

Mazda is replacing its 3 family of hatchbacks and saloons and we'll see this US-market sedan at next month's Los Angeles motor show. It's a four-door for the notchback-obsessed Americans, but we'll...

Have you seen night vision systems at work in cars? Watch CAR's new film as we test Mercedes' Night View Assist in our latest Does It Work? video series to see if carrot-munching machines really can...

Citroen has shown off its next-generation stop-start system on a C3 Picasso. The company launched its first-gen system four years ago on the C2 and C3, for which it claims fuel savings of up to 27...