Thursday, August 26, 2010

You will find large stars that are also vehicles

Classic TV shows and films sometimes feature some automobiles that become about as famous inside their own way as the TV show or movie itself. The automobiles from classic shows and movies are famous also, and can command high selling prices as a result. Movie producers are in on it at times; there’s something called “product placement,” where a auto maker will pay a director or donate brand new vehicles to get their product featured within the movie.

Scene is up for a steal if you are behind the right wheel

Chances are just about any person may think of a couple of famous autos from TV or motion picture that have a special place within their hearts. Some people go so far as to purchase the vehicle from the movie or show they remember. Here’s a small list of some iconic cars.

  • The Chevy Camaro. Camaros are in lots of movies and shows. The recent “Lost” auction had a Camaro among the lots. There was a classic and brand new Camaro in the “Transformers” movie series. Given, it was probably due to General Motors paying a lot for it, however it certainly helped their marketing and sales.
  • The Ford Mustang: the film “Bullitt” featured a 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback driven by Steve McQueen. Consider also the 1973 Mach 1 and also the 1967 Shelby GT500. Both were central to the plots of the original and remake version of “Gone in 60 Seconds.” The 2001 Mustang even had a “Bullitt” factory mod.
  • The Delorean DMC – 12. The “Back to the Future” sequence just wouldn’t are the very same without it. When it came out, though, it wasn’t the smash hit the movie was. It was considered an underpowered mechanical lemon that happened to look cool.
  • The Dodge Charger. The vehicle chasing Steve McQueen in “Bullitt” was a 1968 Charger. The Charger was also famously one of the cars in Quentin Tarantino’s “Deathproof,” and was also the “General Lee” within the series and movie version of “The Dukes of Hazard.”
  • The Pontiac Trans Am. The ridiculously fast Firebird package was “KITT” in the “Knight Rider” sequence and featured intensely in “Smokey and also the Bandit” as Burt Reynolds’ vehicle of choice.

But nobody does it better

No car, before or since, has come anywhere near to the legendary status of the Aston Martin DB5. A DB5 which was in the motion picture “Goldfinger” sold for over $2 million at auction. James Bond flirts almost as much with Aston Martin as he does with Moneypenny. ”Goldfinger” made the car famous. The vehicle also made it into “Goldeneye” and “Casino Royale”. “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” featured a DBS, and “Casino Royale” and “Quantum of Solace” both had Aston Martins. The association with the world’s greatest secret agent might well have given Aston Martin the Midas Touch, and not a soul expects the Aston Martin-Bond connection to die.



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