# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Boberoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boberoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boberoo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/21 "2014-01-30T07:18:56Z")
Hardcastle and McCormick [Coyote x](http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hardcastle-and-McCormick-Coyote-700x393.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![zwede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ac91a4/32.png) [@zwede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwede)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/22 "2014-01-30T14:27:45Z")
Always wanted the Jupiter 8 from planet 892-IV: > **[Jupiter 8](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jupiter_8)** > > The Jupiter 8 was a two-seat sports car marketed to the inhabitants of the planet 892-IV. The Jupiter 8 was named after Jupiter, one of 892-IV's Roman gods. Described as "Royal Comfort" and "unexcelled in its field," it had a conventional internal... ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/23 "2014-01-30T14:44:30Z")
In Rex Stout’s _Nero Wolfe_ series (and Robert Goldsborough’s sequels), Archie drives Wolfe’s _Heron_ sedan. He drives more than one model through the years. Stout liked making up brands for his books – Heron sedan, Marley pistols, the names of the locks. Goldborough kept up the tradition, inventing “Cherokee” sodas, instead of using, say, Coke or Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/24 "2014-01-30T15:16:34Z")
The [Thorndyke Special](http://beforeitsnews.com/motor-junkies/2013/01/the-thorndyke-special-a-64-apollo-3500-gt-prepped-for-the-disney-movie-the-love-bug-by-max-balchowsky-2455678.html) from Herbie: The Love Bug. I’d always assumed it was a rebodied Jaguar E-Type but apparently it was an [Apollo GT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(1962_automobile)). GM produced a bunch of “fake” cars for _Demolition Man_, and Rover Group did the same for the 1995 version of _Judge Dredd_ like the [City Cab 1](http://onlycarsandcars.blogspot.com/2010/04/land-rover-city-cab-101-judge-dredd.html). Not sure if those fit the OP’s criteria since they come from real companies. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/25 "2014-01-30T15:28:54Z")
In the Mr. Plow episode of The Simpsons, Homer test drives a car apparently called the “Harper Invacar” from Crazy Vaclav’s Place of Automobiles. “Put it in H!” ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/26 "2014-01-30T15:41:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > GM produced a bunch of “fake” cars for _Demolition Man_, and Rover Group did the same for the 1995 version of _Judge Dredd_ like the [City Cab 1](http://onlycarsandcars.blogspot.com/2010/04/land-rover-city-cab-101-judge-dredd.html). Not sure if those fit the OP’s criteria since they come from real companies. As I remember, the cars used in Demolition Man were real GM concept cars, so the model and brand names (if any were specified in the movie) might have been fake, but the cars were sort of real. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/27 "2014-01-30T15:49:22Z")
A few were, such as the Ultralite, which was used as the SAPD police cruiser, but most were built specifically for the film. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/28 "2014-01-30T16:19:26Z")
The early 90s movie “Class Action” was about a car called the Meridian. The comic strip “For Better or For Worse” had a character who sold a car called the Crevasse. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/29 "2014-01-30T16:36:20Z")
Since this is about brands in movies and TV, let’s move it to Cafe Society. Title edited to better indicate subject. ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/30 "2014-01-30T16:47:06Z")
How about the Turbo Interceptor from 1986’s The Wraith. According to IMDB it was in reality the Dodge M4S. A joint effort of the Dodge Division of Chrysler Motors and PPG Industries, one of the pace cars for the PPG-CART Indy Car World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/31 "2014-01-30T16:49:03Z")
Hey, that’s a pretty cool looking thing. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/32 "2014-01-30T17:39:40Z")
King of Queens had a Douchenberger, made in Luxembourg. It’s the most popular car over there! I think it was actually a Mini. ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/33 "2014-01-30T18:12:26Z")
The most infamous TV car: A 1928 Porter . . . 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/34 "2014-01-30T18:30:02Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > 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). Video games, there’s a wealth of fictitious makes/models between the _Grand Theft Auto_ series, the _Saints Row_ series and the _Mafia_ games. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/35 "2014-01-30T18:53:08Z")
There was the Assan Motor Company in the movie _Gung Ho_. ---
**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 30, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/36 "2014-01-30T21:27:56Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The most infamous TV car: A 1928 Porter . . . 😉 Porter was a real brand. Hardly any made however and none by 1928. The car used in _MMtC_ was a modified Model T. ---
**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 30, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/37 "2014-01-30T21:38:17Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > The most infamous TV car: A 1928 Porter . . . 😉 Yeah, yo momma… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/38 "2014-01-30T21:54:12Z")
Centauri’s [Star Car](http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_171074-Made-for-Movie-Star-Car.html). ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/39 "2014-01-31T18:41:14Z")
> [@conway](#): > > The 6000 SUX from RoboCop. Designed by Chip Foose while he was still in high school. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071/40 "2014-02-01T03:16:07Z")
> [@Boberoo](#): > > Hardcastle and McCormick [Coyote x](http://hooniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Hardcastle-and-McCormick-Coyote-700x393.jpg) That’s actually not a fake car. It’s a car manufactured by [Manta](http://www.mantacars.com/). You can still get one if you look around and have the money, because while they were looked down on when they were new as junky kit cars they have quite a following now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fake-car-brands-in-movies-and-tv/680071.md?page=3)