![]() A list of iconic move cars wouldn’t be complete without that mad, brilliant DeLorean. Three were created for the original film and countless replicas have been built by fans and enthusiasts, to the point where they may seemingly outnumber ‘real’ DeLoreans. He’s taken his hand to vehicles like the Lamborghini Countach, Pontiac Aztek, Jaguar E-Type, and many more, but the most recent episode features him taking on the DeLorean DMC-12. While others on this list were built to enact the fictionalised scenes for the camera the Back To The Future car obviously didn’t function as an actual time machine, though the lights, gadgets and gizmos have an authentically analogue and functional appeal when they appear on screen. Design icon Chip Foose has recently partnered with Hagerty to start a YouTube series where he takes automotive icons and spices them up a notch. Some had apparently wanted the car to be based on a Mustang but Back To The Future creator Robert Zemeckis was adamant Doc Brown’s character would drive something more eccentric and insisted on the DeLorean. In a weird twist of fate the DeLorean is arguably better known as a time machine than it is as a car, this ill-fated gullwinged coupe otherwise doomed to obscurity and notoriety given the scandals connected to its eponymous creator. After being saved from an Australian scrapyard the original car was displayed at the Cars of the Stars museum in the Lake District, before the entire collection was sold and relocated to Miami. In reality this prop was non-functional but plays an important part in the chase scenes, the pulley driven by an electric motor. In the movie the car is supposed to have over 600hp, thanks in part to the supercharger sticking out of the bonnet. The distinctive front-end was part-influenced by the famous Droopsnoot Vauxhall Firenza, famously raced in the UK by Gerry Marshall and also by long-nosed NASCAR racers like the Plymouth Superbird. ![]() Filmed on a shoestring, Max’s Pursuit Special was accordingly an improvised collection of parts characterised by a suitably dystopian patina. ![]() Mel Gibson was but an up-and-coming young actor when he appeared in the first Mad Max film in 1979, and he arguably shares top billing with the heavily customised Ford XB GT Falcon. What car does Mad Max drive? A 1973 Ford XB GT Falcon Pursuit Special, of course.
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