Car news

Ranking: 38       Year of release: 1978. The car: 1974 Chevrolet Stepside pick-up. Why it’s special: Car-chase hedonism at its best. And while the film’s main character tools around in an assuming...

Ranking: 37       Year of release: 1987 The car: Everyone’s favourite secret agent is back with his usual Aston Martin transport. This one’s (mostly) a V8 Vantage Volante, although there are...

Ranking: 32       Year of release: 1981. The car: Citroen Traction Avant. Why it’s special: There’s nothing like using a gorgeous Citroen in a French film. Best bit: The Traction Avant blowing up,...

Ranking: 24       Year of release: 1998. The car: Citroen XM. Why it’s special: Simply because it features several brilliant car chases, including the most incredible chase sequence ever committed to...

Ranking: 26        Year of release: 1969 The car: Lamborghini Miura Why it’s special: Great scenery, brilliant driving roads, amazing car, Matt Munro soundtrack – what could possibly go wrong? Best...

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: 15       Year of release: 1967. The car: Alfa Spider MkI. Why it’s special: The movie evokes a pitch-perfect sense of place and time, and the Alfa resonates perfectly with that. A stylish but...

Ranking: 10       Year of release: 1971 The car: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Why it’s special: Because the film was entirely about the white Dodge and its driver, on an epic road journey. Best bit: All...

Ranking: 39       Year of release: 1981 The car: Black Lambo Countach driven by the beautiful Jill Rivers and Marcie Thatcher. Why it’s special: The film is based on the real Cannonball Run (of sorts)...

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: 29        Year of release: 1998 The car: BMW 535i (E34) Why it’s special: Come on! The rear-drive Five is a central part in one of the greatest car chases of our times. Plenty of slip-sliding...

Ranking: 6        Year of release: 2000 The car: Ford Mustang GT500 Why it’s special: Because Hollywood came up with an excuse to make a film about 50 of the hottest cars around. Best bit: If it’s not...

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: 13       Year of release: 1976. The car: Ford Falcon XB Coupe. Why it’s special: Mad Max manages to make the cop car look so cool that – for once – you want to be the good guy and not the bad...

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: 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: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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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...