Everyone’s Favorite Movie Muscle Cars, Listed Chronologically

Bond’s DB5 and Dom Toretto’s Charger are not the only movie muscle cars worth remembering. A black Trans Am and a customized Mustang fastback both left just as big a mark on car culture, one by boosting real-world sales and the other by spawning an entire tribute-car industry. Here is the rest of the list.

Part of creating a great movie is creating a setting, complete with buildings, trees, and- of course- the cars to fit the characters. Here’s a list of the classic muscle car cameos in our favorite films, sometimes so well-fit to a scene that we don’t even recognize them in the moment.

Goldfinger – 1963 Aston Martin DB5

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Seen also in GoldenEye and Thunderball, the DB5 is easily the most iconic Bond vehicle. It’s not just a factory version, either- the car was modified for the movies, with gun barrels hidden behind the indicators and a bullet proof rear-window.

Mad Max – 1973 Ford XB Falcon

Mad Max is a movie loaded with action and memorable cars, but we can all agree that the most iconic is Max’s own ride. Dubbed the ‘Pursuit Special’, it’s tricked out with guns and style. The XB Falcon itself was only released in Australia as a muscle car for rougher terrain.

The Fast & The Furious – 1970 Dodge Charger R/T

Though released in 2001, The Fast & The Furious featured one of the most classic and beloved cars in history. Dominic Toretto, played by Vin Diesel, obviously knows his cars, and this customized classic muscle car is at home in a film full of car chases and crashes.

These are all casting decisions we can really get behind. What movie cars have left you breathless and pining for a new addition to your garage?

The three cars above are only the beginning of Hollywood’s love affair with American muscle, and leaving the list there would be doing the genre a disservice. Some of the most recognizable movie cars in history never even made it onto that first cut, including a black Trans Am that turned an entire generation of moviegoers into Pontiac shoppers and a green fastback that still gets its own line item at classic car auctions decades later. One of them was built specifically to survive stunts that would total a normal car in seconds. Which of these earns a spot alongside Bond’s DB5 and Dom’s Charger?

Smokey and the Bandit – 1977 Pontiac Trans Am

Burt Reynolds’ black-and-gold Trans Am did more for Pontiac showroom traffic than any ad campaign of the era could have managed, reportedly helping push Trans Am sales sharply upward the year the film released. The 1977 car used in filming ran a 6.6-liter, 400 cubic inch V8, and multiple Trans Ams were built and destroyed during production to keep up with the film’s jump and chase sequences.

Gone in 60 Seconds – 1967 Ford Mustang “Eleanor”

The 2000 remake’s customized Mustang fastback, nicknamed Eleanor, was not a stock 1967 GT500 but a purpose-built resto-mod fitted with a 351 Windsor V8 and unique bodywork designed specifically for the film. The car proved so popular after release that Eleanor clones have become their own cottage industry among builders, with tribute cars regularly commanding premium prices at auction decades after the movie’s release.

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