movie cars
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The trailer for the third installment in the "Bad Boys" franchise has dropped, and it features a 2020 Porsche 911 along with returning stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
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Orange 2020 Toyota Supra to be in "Fast 9" alongside Toretto's mid-engine, longtail, widebody Charger
An orange Supra and a mid-engine Dodge Charger will make an appearance in “Fast and Furious 9,” which hits theaters in 2020.
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1965 Aston Martin DB5 James Bond car sells for over $6M
A promo car identical to the Aston Martin DB5s featured in “Goldfinger” and “Thunderball” has set a new record price for DB5s at a 2019 Monterey Car Week auction.
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Original Bullitt Mustang heading to auction, could command millions
The 1968 Ford Mustang GT from the movie "Bullitt" will cross the auction block early next year, and it could be worth $4 million.
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A different kind of build: The world of “Jurassic Park” Jeep Wrangler re-creations
Film buffs painstakingly re-create “Jurassic Park” legends from Jeep Wrangler YJs to remarkable detail.
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Aston Martin Valhalla is the newest Bond car
Aston Martin's new hypercar will star alongside a classic DB5 and V8 Vantage in “Bond 25” due next spring.
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The Lamborghini Polo Storico classic car department has discovered and certified the Miura used in the 1969 film “The Italian Job.”
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All 4 Bumblebee Camaros from Transformers films fetch $500,000 in group sale
In the mid-2000s, Chevrolet was preparing to bring the Camaro nameplate back from the dead with a fifth generation of the muscle car icon. Ahead of the production reveal, the Camaro earned a starring role in the first of Michael Bay's Transformers movies as the vehicle mode of the Autobot...
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Pontiac Trans Am from final Steve McQueen movie resurfaces
Editor’s note: Late in 2017, the stunt car used in the movie Bullitt was discovered in Mexico. Earlier this year, the ownership of the Bullitt hero car was revealed. Now, the presence of another McQueen movie vehicle — from his final film — has come back into the limelight. Steve...
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Audi e-tron GT super sedan will star in "Avengers 4"
Ahead of the arrival of a production model, Audi plans to show off its latest pride and joy, the e-tron GT concept, on the big screen. Autoblog reported Tuesday that the electric super sedan will have a starring role in the fourth installment of the Avengers series. For now, we'll refer to the film...
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"Baby Driver" Subaru WRX, "Fast & Furious" star cars head to auction
Three separate auctions should command the attention of movie buffs and car enthusiasts alike. Live Auctioneers will handle the auctions for three movie cars: the 2006 Subaru WRX from "Baby Driver," 1972 Chevrolet F-Bomb Camaro from "Fast & Furious," and the off-road 1967 Camaro from "Furious...
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What’s next for the original ‘Bullitt’ Mustang?
Amid all the glitz and glam at the annual SEMA Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center sat the original Ford Mustang used in the Bullitt film. The appearance, along with that of owner Sean Kiernan, was part of an international tour that won’t be coming to an end anytime soon...
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Following the passing of Burt Reynolds on September 6, a collection of the late actor's vehicles were put up for sale last week at Barrett-Jackson's auction in Las Vegas. Reynolds had been selling off cars from his collection in the years leading to his passing, with some of the proceeds going to fund the Burt Reynolds Institute that supports acting students and film production. At the Barrett-Jackson auction running Sept. 27-29, the final three cars in Reynolds' collection were put under the hammer, fetching $330,000 in the process. Of course, two of them were 1978 Pontiac Firebird Trans...
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Relive your childhood by celebrating 50th anniversary of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
In 1968, "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" premiered to the world. Roald Dahl's film adaption of Ian Fleming's classic book took the world by storm. To celebrate the golden anniversary of this iconic film, the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, England, is rolling out a massive celebration of the film and...
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Land Rover creates future Range Rover Sport for Hulu show
Hulu has a new show out called "The First," and Land Rover provides some star power with a futuristic vision of one of its vehicles. A Range Rover Sport built for the 2030s plays a part-time role in this new series. The First takes place in the not-too-distant future and centers on a team of...
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Aston Martin to build 25 James Bond-spec DB5s
Even to this day, 1964's “Goldfinger” is considered by most to be the best James Bond movie ever made, particularly if those fans are also car nuts. Yes, what endeared the movie into the hearts of many car enthusiasts was Bond’s tricked-out Aston Martin DB5. While in the novels he...
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Now you can buy Dom's 1970 Dodge Charger and 1987 Buick GNX from "Fast & Furious"
A pair of Dominic Toretto's prized rides from "Fast & Furious" (that's the fourth one) are arriving at a California auction, which means a couple of buyers can live out their "Fast and Furious" fantasies. One is a 1987 Buick GNX and the other is Dom's signature 1970 Dodge Charger, complete with...
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Watch Tom Cruise flog a classic BMW M5 in "Mission: Impossible - Fallout"
Sometimes, a film's cars become nearly as iconic as the stars themselves. See "Bullitt" or "The Fast and the Furious." It can be just as important that a character's car matches his or her persona. In "Mission: Impossible - Fallout," BMW earned the leading automotive role. In the film, Ethan Hunt...
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No, it's not a real 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder. This one has the potential to be more fun than the real deal, because this beautiful red machine is one of three 1985 Modena GTs built for the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." Modena GT did an amazing job replicating the real deal Ferrari, and car number three here is being offered for sale at the upcoming Mecum auction taking place during next month's Monterey Car Week. How could a fake Ferrari be more fun than the real version? Well for one, if you can afford the tens of millions it now costs to buy an actual Ferrari 250 GT...
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The story of the other long-lost "Bullitt" Mustang
Earlier this year, Ford brought the original 1968 Mustang from Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" film to debut alongside the 2019 Mustang Bullitt. But, fans of the film know two Highland Green Mustangs were used during filming: one "hero" car for McQueen and a stunt car. What became of the stunt car? It's...
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Long-lost James Bond Aston Martin DB5 may have been found
James Bond and Aston Martin are a match made in Q Branch heaven. The titular character has driven his fair share of exotic machinery over the years, but the double 0 agent always seems to wind up back behind the wheel of an Aston Martin, the most iconic of which is surely the DB5. One of the coupes...
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Original "Bullitt" 1968 Ford Mustang heading to Goodwood Festival of Speed
After making a surprise appearance at the 2018 Detroit auto show, the original 1968 Ford Mustang from the 1968 film "Bullitt" will cross the pond and make its European debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in southern England. The 1968 Mustang was the hero car driven by Steve McQueen in the film...
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“Back to the Future” creator brings DeLorean time machine to Jay Leno's Garage
Everyone knows the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine from the “Back to the Future” movies, but we'd wager that most, including hardcore fans, won't know the story behind the car and how the creators originally planned for the time machine to be a...refrigerator. You'll learn all that and...
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The "Terminator 2" Harley-Davidson Fat Boy could be yours
Are you a fan of the dystopian-future motion picture "Terminator 2: Judgement Day"? Of course you are! It's a great film that highlights the role of Skynet in the coming robot-driven apocalypse. One of the highlight vehicles featured in the film is a 1991 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy. It was ridden by...
Jeff Glucker