GenX TV & Movie Cars
About This Episode
Whether they fly, dive, race, or drive, the media of our youth spawned some of the most iconic cars ever to hit the screen. In this Backtrack, we’re running down some of the most memorable cars from GenX-era movies and television series!
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Show Notes
- Best Movie Cars of All Time – Popular Mechanics » bit.ly/3IVLEuf
- Best Movie Cars – CarBuyer » bit.ly/3rfTM2N
- Best TV Cars of All Time – Popular Mechanics » bit.ly/35EYiQc
- The Ultimate Top 10 TV Show Cars Ever » bit.ly/3ufWS9c
- Top 10 Animated Cars of All Time » bit.ly/3ufX0pc
- Jetsons, Scooby-Doo top list of all-time favorite cartoon cars » bit.ly/3HiyO9c
From the Podcast
- TV
- Batmobile (Batman ’66)
- Patridge Family Bus
- A-Team Van
- Starsky & Hutch Car
- General Lee
- Miami Vice Cars
- Magnum PI ’72 Ferrari
- Monkeemobile
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Munster Koach
- Rockford Files Pontiac Firebird
- KITT
- Cartoons
- Footmobile
- Mach 5
- Bumblebee
- Speed Buggy
- The Mystery Machine
- 1986 Junkerolla
- Aerocar
- Movies
- Herbie the Love Bug
- Mad Max Car
- Christine
- Back to the Future Delorean
- Bond Submarine Car
- Ecto-1
- Risky Business Porsche 928
- Queen Family Truckster
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 1961 Ferrari 250 GT
- Bluesmobile
- Our Picks
- Mo – Bladerunner Spinner Sedan
- Jon – Smokey and the Bandit 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
- George – Mr. Bean 1977 British Leyland Mini 1000
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About The Author
Sorry guys. I love listening to you guys go back and forth but just don’t get enough time to keep up.
With that in mind, I have a car you didn’t mention that is probably my favorite, and while associated in my mind with a truly iconic show we all remember and love and you guys talked about multiple times in this cast, it’s only associate loosely. I think it was the first season of Miami Vice that there was another show that started as either the lead-in, or follow show. Lead-in, if memory serves at this age, but you know how that goes. Right George?
The show was Stingray with Nick Mancuso. Kind of an Equalizer meets Reacher with a little bit of Rockford and A-Team salt and peppered in for flavor. The fight scenes definitely did not age well, but to me there is no more beautiful car in television than that ’65 black Stingray he drove. Truly a work of art! And for the record, I am NOT a Vette guy. Past ’72 I have zero appreciation for them. There’s a few from those early years, though. Man!
Just thought I should point out, if not a glaring omission, maybe at least an unfortunate one. So says the opinion of this guy, anyways.
Oh, and while I’m here. The truck on Knight Rider that he’d pull up into and drop out of on the fly? You guys mentioned it in passing, but not as a vehicle in its own right. Now, come on! Who didn’t see that and think, “Holy shit! That’s what I need when I’m old enough to drive. I mean, it’s just obvious.” And I’ll take the mechanic, too. Shhh….