List of fictional vehicles

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The following is a list of fictional vehicles:

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[edit] Automobiles and trucks

  • 6000 SUX - car from film RoboCop
  • Abarth 2000 – driven by Heinrich Von Schnellfahren in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • ARGO - the all terrain vehicle employed by the Enterprise in Star Trek:Nemesis.
  • Batmobile - The primary transportation of the DC Comics superhero Batman. Note: The Batmobile has taken on many different forms from the 1930s to today and has evolved along with the character in TV, films, and comics. Notable examples include:
    • The original 1930s Batmobile, which automotive experts believe resembles the DeSoto coupe of that era.
    • The Batmobile used in the campy 1960s TV series, made from the Lincoln Futura show car by George Barris.
    • The sleek, aerodynamic Batmobiles of the 1990s cartoons and the Movie Batman Forever
    • The flying Batmobile used in the futuristic Batman Beyond cartoon series.
    • The hulking, tank-like Batmobile of the newest Batman film, Batman Begins
  • Beemobile - a parody of the batmobile from the TV show The Simpsons
  • Belchfire - name of the make of huge, overpowered cars in Grin and Bear it cartoons by George Lichty
  • Bertone Carabo - driven by Rufino Gasolinis, the Devil from Torino, in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • The Betsy - Harold Robbins novel (and movie) The Betsy
  • Black Beauty - crime fighting Chrysler Imperial - The Green Hornet series
  • Bormann 6 - car from the US film Putney Swope
  • Bulgemobile - name of the make of huge, overdecorated cars illustrated by Bruce McCall in National Lampoon
  • Boomerang Rapido – designed and driven by Rudolf Blodstrupmoen (English name "Rudolph Gore-Slimey") who has completely dominated auto racing the past three years. It features a 12 cylinder engine, active spoiler and a super retometer distributor (the design of which was stolen from Reodor Felgen). From the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • Buick Future - concept ' 50s Buick - The Twilight Zone episode Third from the Sun
  • C.A.R. - Sophisticated talking spy car from The Replacements. Owned by Agent K, voiced by David McCallum, and resembles a typical sports car of the early-1960's.
  • C.A.R.R. - Stroker & Hoop
  • Canyonero - a parody of typical SUVs, The Simpsons Also available in F-Series, for the ladies.
  • The Catillac - Shape-shifting Cadillac convertible (Red body with a white hood, trunk, and interior, no tires or rims, a trophy for a hood ornament, and a fan where the spare tire should be), which can shift into an air boat, a mobile home, or a submarine in the Catillac Cats cartoons (paired with DIC Entertainment's Heathcliff cartoons) — despite looking like a junker, this car is really a hotrod capable of beating most other cars in any race
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the sometimes-flying car, star of the book/film/musical of the same name
  • Christine - a maniacal ' 57 Plymouth Fury - Stephen King's Christine
  • Clampett Family Truck, a 1921 Oldsmobile touring car with the back seat chopped off and replaced by a truck bed, seen on The Beverly Hillbillies. It is meant to seat two, but three can sit in the front seat, and a couch was placed on the bed so that Granny and Elly May can both ride along with Jed and Jethro. The truck was used to haul the family's belongings from Bugtussle, Tennessee to Beverly Hills, California and was given to Jed by his cousin Pearl.
  • Colonial LandRam - personnel carrier - Battlestar Galactica, 1978
  • Cyclops - the nuclear powered bus from The Big Bus.
  • Deling City bus - from Final Fantasy VIII, most notable for running 1 every 30 seconds
  • Duel (film) Peterbilt oil tanker. Hunts down Dennis Weaver in Plymouth Valiant in Spielberg TV movie
  • Durango 95 - sports car, from the film A Clockwork Orange
  • Dragster of Doom - Beetlejuice animated series. Created from spare parts like Frankenstein, but with a Jekyll & Hyde personality. Known as Doomie, for short. Created by Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice.
  • Fastass Sumbichi - Mototcycle ridden by Gilbert Shelton's underground comix hero Wonder Warthog
  • The Flintstones' car from The Flintstones
  • Futura - ' 50s Ford Lincoln concept car, adapted to Batmobile in the ' 60s TV series
  • NMC Hawk, a gullwing door sports car developed by the National Motors Corporation in the television mini series Wheels
  • Ghost - featured in the Halo series, this is the reconnaissance and quick attack Covenant vehicle.
  • Hannibal 8 -- 1908 race car with sinister contraptions, built and driven by Professor Fate(Jack Lemmon) and his sidekick Max Meen(Peter Falk) in The Great Race, 1965
  • Helen Wheels - a Land Rover from the Paul McCartney song of the same name
  • Herbie - 1963 VW Bug w/ personality - Disney's Herbie movie series
  • Herkimer Battlejitney - "the best nonlethal military vehicle ever made" from the movie, Mystery Men
  • Heron sedan car - Nero Wolfe
  • Hirondel - the unpretentious make of car driven by Simon Templar, Leslie Charteris's character The Saint, in his earliest adventures c.1930.
  • The Homer - car designed by Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
  • Invisible Boatmobile - the car used by Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.
  • IT - codename for a superfast gyroscopic unicycle designed by Mr. Garrison to combat airlines, South Park
  • The Jet Car, a heavily modified pickup truck powered by a jet engine and capable of exceeding Mach 1, in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
  • The Jupiter 8 - a Roman car seen in print on an episode of the original Star Trek series (Bread and Circuses)
  • KARR - Knight Rider - B&W customized Pontiac Trans Am
  • KITT - Knight Rider - black customized Pontiac Trans Am
  • La Tourra - from Futurama
  • Lamborgotti Fasterossa XT550, with ABS Sport-tec package - Italian car purchased by Mr. Burns, which Homer Simpson is sent to Italy to pick up
  • Landmaster - giant all-terrain-vehicle - Damnation Alley, 1977
  • Leslie Special - touring race car built by Webber Motor Company in 1908, and driven by daredevil Leslie Galant III(Tony Curtis) and Maggie DuBois(Natalie Wood) in The Great Race, 1965
  • 2054 Lexus Maglev - working sports hardtop - Minority Report 2002
  • Lotus Esprit submersable - for 007, The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
  • Mach Five - the racing car driven by Speed Racer
  • Maibatsu Thunder - Sendup of SUV ads in Grand Theft Auto
  • Melmoth - Humbert Humbert's car in Lolita
  • Nike One 2022 - from the Gran Turismo 4 video game
  • Paragon Panther - make of the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of which the one with the license plate GEN11 happened to be magical
  • Piranha - concept sports car - The Man From U.N.C.L.E. ' 60s series
  • Porter - a "1928 Porter" was the vehicle in My Mother the Car; a firm of this name once existed, but failed before that year
  • Rolls-Royce FAB 1 - a pink, James Bond-like amphibious limousine driven by Aloysius "Nosey" Parker and ridden by Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the Thunderbirds television series
  • Rolls Royce ShadowShark - driven by various characters in Kim Newman's fiction, including 1930s pulp magazine character Dr Shade, 1970s superspy Richard Jeperson, and yuppie Dark Lord Derek Leech
  • Schlep car - the dilapitated green dune buggy that became Wonder Bug, a sparkling red buggy when fitted with a magic horn.
  • Sentinel 400 - limo design by futurist Syd Mead
  • Shinra truck - Final Fantasy VII, a 3 wheeled pickup (single wheel at the rear), presumably with a Mako engine
  • The Silver Hornet - a Citroën 2CV, driven by Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther with extensive cosmetic modifications prone to falling apart
  • The S.L.O.W - (Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger) - from the movie The Cat in the Hat
  • Super Sport Wagon (in Antarctic Blue, with optional Rally Fun Pack) - National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Takuro Spirit - Popular car in an alternate Earth from Stephen King's Dark Tower series
  • Il Tempo Gigante - designed and driven by Reodor Felgen (English name "Theodore Rimspoke") in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix")
  • Thundercougarfalconbird - From Futurama A car that is marketed to men who really do care what other people think about their masculinity.
  • Trovare - expensive but unreliable sports car from 'Europa', from the 1988 US movie It Takes Two
  • Turbocycle - main form of transportation in the game Snatcher
  • Turbotraction 1 and Turbotraction 2 - a series of turbine convertible cars in the Franco-Belgian comic strip Spirou et Fantasio
  • All Vaillante cars in the French comic book series Michel Vaillant.
  • VersaTran - manufactured by Zero-One in The Animatrix chapter The Second Renaissance - Part 1
  • Wagon Queen Family Truckster (in Metallic Pea) - National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Wario Car - driven by Wario, first seen in Wario Land 4
  • Warthog - featured in the Halo series, it has room for a driver, a passenger, and a gunner on the back. The rear mounted turret comes as a machine gun, tri-barreled rocket launcher, or gauss cannon
  • Wasabi - a badly designed Japanese car driven by Newton Pulsifer in Good Omens
  • Weasel Wagon - The term used to designate any fantastical car commandeered by Cosmic Weasel
  • The Wraith - a supernatural but extremely high-tech black car featured in the eponymous film, actually the Dodge M4S show car.
  • Vista-a wizard car company Owns ORION
  • Yellow Interceptor - Mad Max 's Australian ' 74 Ford Falcon V8-351ci
  • Yamura - the series of race cars in the 1966 movie Grand Prix

[edit] Recreational Vehicles

  • Cyclops, "Silent Running"- 4 wheel atv front steering, made for the movie
  • Klassy Krib, a "fully-loaded" RV - The Simpsons
  • Robby's Jeep - Forbidden Planet, 1956
  • EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle - the "heavily armed RV" from Stripes(actually a mid-1970's GMC Motor Home).

[edit] Flying cars/personal spacecraft

[edit] Hovercraft/Anti-gravity vehicles

[edit] Railroads and trains

[edit] The Railway Series

There are a large number of railway and other 'vehicle' characters in The Railway Series children's books by Rev.W.Awdry. Rather than list them all here individually, they are collated in a set of related articles:

[edit] Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is the TV spin-off from The Railway Series. As such, it shares a large number of characters with the original books, but also introduces a vast array of new characters. These, too, are collated in a set of related articles:

[edit] See also

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
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