# Fake car brands \[in movies and TV\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 29, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071 "2014-01-29T21:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/1 "2014-01-29T21:08:36Z")
I’m looking for a list of fake car makers and models used in film and television. In the days before product placement of Ford and Chrysler cars was common, and especially if there was any bad aspect to it, a fictional maker or model would be created. The only example that comes to mind is the fictional car maker in the novel and film _The Betsy_, and the whimsically fictional cars, guns and other products from the Nero Wolfe novels. Anyone recall any notable film and TV car fakes? ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/2 "2014-01-29T21:23:12Z")
The 6000 SUX from RoboCop. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/3 "2014-01-29T21:23:49Z")
The Wagon Queen Family Truckster from National Lampoon’s Vacation. The Pursuit Special from Mad Max. The Hirondel from The Saint. I don’t think you can count the Homer from the Simpsons since someone actually made one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/4 "2014-01-29T21:25:01Z")
There was a “Durango” in _A Clockwork Orange_. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/5 "2014-01-29T21:31:45Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I don’t think you can count the Homer from the Simpsons since someone actually made one. 😛 No, but you _can_ include the Canyonero. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/6 "2014-01-29T21:32:30Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I don’t think you can count the Homer from the Simpsons since someone actually made one. 😛 They also had a Canyonero SUV. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/7 "2014-01-29T21:40:17Z")
The Simpsons had the [Canyonero](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Canyonero) SUV. You didn’t mention video games, so disregard this if you wish, but the Fallout franchise had the [Chryslus Motors](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Chryslus_Motors) brand (with such models as the Highwayman and the Corvega). All of which, if found in the post-apocalyptic wastelands of 200 years after the global nuclear war that ended civilization, may still have an intact but amazingly fragile nuclear power plant that will explode spectacularly if you shoot or strike the car. As a corollary, these make terrible cover if sheltering from enemy gunfire. Because, you know, NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. :smack: ETA: Aaaaand ninja’d because of my excursion into video game land. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/8 "2014-01-29T22:01:26Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > I don’t think you can count the Homer from the Simpsons since someone actually made one. 😛 Bob’s RV Roundup sold the Ultimate Behemoth, the one Homer bought I don’t think had a brand. Flanders had the Land Behemoth model which appeared in 2 episodes and mentioned in another. Homer bought a no-name RV again in “Mobile Homer”. The Mr. Plow vehicle is made by Kumatsu Motors but doesn’t seem to have model name. Most cars shown in the Simpsons don’t have a brand name. E.g., I don’t think the electric car in “Beyond Blunderdome” had a brand. Several cars are ~based on real cars or actually are real, e.g., Mr. Burns’ Stutz Bearcat. Then there’s the Malibu Stacy car. On _SNL_ in olden times, they had a car ad parody for The Adobe. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/9 "2014-01-29T22:02:19Z")
There’s the Tumbler line of urban assault vehicles from the Batman movies… might well have a Wayne Enterprises brand on it, which would also be fictional. ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/10 "2014-01-29T22:03:50Z")
The Takuro Spirit from Stephen King’s Dark Tower series. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/11 "2014-01-29T22:10:54Z")
The [Hannibal Twin-8](http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_original/18w6v3way68zfjpg.jpg) and the [Leslie Special](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_IQ6Ph3oTQfo/S7LhQUiIiXI/AAAAAAAAAYA/_ig4PMooCeU/s1600/Leslie63.jpg), both from **The Great Race** ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/12 "2014-01-29T23:19:35Z")
Tesla 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/13 "2014-01-29T23:19:46Z")
Knight Industries had a year 2000 model, known as KITT… ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/14 "2014-01-29T23:29:20Z")
How I Met Your Mother has the character Marshall driving from the Twin Cities to New York in a Monstrosity Sport. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/15 "2014-01-29T23:33:13Z")
[The Toyonda Pious.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smug_Alert!) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/16 "2014-01-29T23:44:02Z")
The [Paragaon Panther.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/17 "2014-01-29T23:53:07Z")
[The Dick van Dyke Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_J._Wilson) had Rob buying a 1964 Tarantula – nicknamed “a T-Bug.” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/18 "2014-01-30T00:17:18Z")
If games are okay, then the Grand Theft Auto has tons of these. Some persist throughout games, and you can sometimes tell who they’re ripping off. E.g. [list for GTAIV](http://gta.wikia.com/Vehicles_in_GTA_IV). The makes are shown if you click on each car. One that stands out in my mind, and hasn’t actually appeared in the games, is the Maibatsu Monstrosity (a SUV of course). I wonder what brand it is that gets 40 rods to the hogshead. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/19 "2014-01-30T06:48:54Z")
The Dandy Lion SX from _Pushing Daisies_. > **[Dandy Lion SX](https://pushing-daisies.fandom.com/wiki/Dandy_Lion_SX)** > > The Dandy Lion SX is a fuel-efficient, eco-friendly and dangerously defective "car of the future" that runs on fuel made from dandelion weed. Designed by Dandy Lion Worldwide Industries, which invested millions of dollars into the sleek and stylish... ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/20 "2014-01-30T07:18:30Z")
The British Zeus (pronounced Zee-us), an absurdly large car, shown only in an animated test commercial, in _The Magic Christian_ (1969), starring Peter Sellers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071.md?page=2)