# What was the hottest TV/film car?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2000, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-hottest-tv-film-car/30300 "2000-08-22T13:30:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-hottest-tv-film-car/30300/41 "2000-08-23T17:35:04Z")

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Ferrari Daytona in Miami Vice.  
“General Lee” in Dukes of Hazard.  
And, of course, the Gremlin in Wayne’s World.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-hottest-tv-film-car/30300/42 "2000-08-23T17:36:46Z")

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\*Originally posted by jab1 \*  
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> \*Originally posted by DRY \*  
> Anyone else remember the cartoon _The Wacky Races_? I wanted Dick Dastardly’s car. That, or Professor Pat Pending’s Converti-Car; it could change into ANYTHING. \*\*

Fuck me, I’d completely forgotten about the **Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper!!!**

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**Author:** ![jcarbon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d78d45/32.png) [@jcarbon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcarbon)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-hottest-tv-film-car/30300/43 "2000-08-23T18:51:30Z")

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What about Fred and Wilma’s car. Great leg room.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-hottest-tv-film-car/30300/44 "2000-08-24T19:04:39Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \*  
> Fuck me, I’d completely forgotten about the **Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper!!!**

I don’t know if Tom Slick’s car was the best cartoon vehicle, but it sure had the best name!

The best of all the Batmobiles appeared in _The Animated Series._ (And I mean the FOX series, not the newer shows on the WB.) Long and sleek and its devices were more believable than the ones in the movies. (Yeah, the Batmobile can climb a vertical wall like the Mach 5. _Surrrrrre!_ Yeah, a guy who wants to sneak around at night to capture criminals is gonna outfit his car with neon lights _THAT CAN BE SEEN TEN BLOCKS AWAY!!!_ Oh, yeah, THAT’S believable!)

I feel better now.

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