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When a car ''literally'' becomes a character, see [[Sentient Vehicle]]. For a living creature that serves as both a vehicle and a character, see [[Sapient Steed]].
 
Contrast [[The Alleged Car]] -- but ''compare'' [[What a Piece of Junk!]].
 
See [[Improbably Cool Car]] for cars that are just ''too'' cool for the setting or the characters.
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## The Issuxark Series, which has a rotating roter on it.
## The Ogre AN-21, which is the ''[[Super Prototype]]'' to the Al-Zard thus far.
* Rally Vincent's Shelby /GT500/ from ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]''. The licence plate number has a ''[[The Blues Brothers|Blues Brothers]]'' [[Shout -Out]]: the car number is BRD 529.
* Misato's Renault Alpine A310 in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' certainly qualifies, even when it's so badly driven.
* In ''[[Riding Bean]]'', Bean Bandit has a stylish car, called the Roadbuster, that not only has a high performance engine that can match most race cars, but it can orient its wheels to move sideways or extend brake blades for extremely rapid stops.
* The Sprinter Trueno from ''[[Initial D]]'' is a nice subversion: Takumi, arguably the fastest racer in the series, owns the [[What a Piece of Junk!|second-most uncool car in the series]], the AE86, while beating an armada of EVOs, RX-7s, and R32s Granted, it was heavily modified halfway into the series, resulting it larger horsepower and lightened weight. It proved so popular it pushed the AE86 Corolla coupes [[The Red Stapler|from "old used car" to "sought-after classic" almost singlehandedly]] - in Japan, it did this before the newest examples were even 10 years old! As a matter of fact, you can also see the original Hachi-Roku in the PS2 iterrations of the ''Gran Turismo'' series (the Sprinter Trueno Shuichi Shigeno Edition), as well as in ''[[Need for Speed]]: Underground 2'' and ''Carbon'' (the Toyota Corolla).
** It's really not a bad car, just considered outdated by the majority of racers in the series. Takumi's character model, the original Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya, started out with this car, and still considers it his favorite.
** The award for most uncool car of the series goes to Itsuki's AE85. Itsuki attempts to buy the Corolla Levin variant of Takumi's AE86 and gets ripped off with an authentic POS.
*** Not necessarily [[Truth in Television]]. These now being 20-plus-year old cars and engine swaps being easier than extensive rust repair, condition is more important than original spec.
* In the ''[[Kirby]]'' [[Kirby of the Stars|anime]], King Dedede starts with Escargon driving him around in a military ATV (complete with [[BFG]]), but eventually orders a huge old fashioned limousine loaded with gadgets and weapons (described as a '[[Shout -Out|Demon Beast On Wheels]]') for an episode of [[Wacky Racing]] (in the same episode, Meta Knight races in an old-fashioned Formula 1 car, and Kirby in his ''spaceship''). {{spoiler|They crash spectacularly by the end of the episode, but}} they are seen driving around in the car for the rest of the series.
* In ''[[Wangan Midnight]]'', Akio Asakura drives a heavily-tuned vintage Nissan Fairlady Z (specifically, a model that was sold as the Datsun Z on this side of the Pacific Rim), known widely as the "Devil Z" for [[Blessed With Suck|a very good reason]].
** ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2'' and its sequels let you drive a Toyota HiAce. Which is a ''van''. That, like any other car, can be tuned to upwards of ''800'' horsepower.
* [[Lupin III]]'s Fiat 500. Turbocharger, practically indestructible(It suffers a grenade hit and the only thing destroyed is the glass)...
** While the Fiat has it's charm, it pales in comparison to his other car: [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Mercedes-Benz_SSKBenz SSK|The Mercedes-Benz SSK]]. That sound you just heard was the collective noise of car enthusiasts jaws dropping in unbridled envy.
* Roger Smith's Griffon in ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'' definitely qualifies. It has surveillance equipment, machine guns, a big beefy engine, and it can ''change color''.
* Iina from ''[[Kokoro Library]]'' drives what appears to be a Volkswagen Schwimmwagen amphibious car used in the second world war by the German army. Hers is white with cute cat print seat covers. The huge rear propeller isn't only for show though, since it functions perfectly fine as a boat.
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** Although it's not technically a car, {{spoiler|the train}} from the end of the third movie probably counts.
* The Ecto-1 from ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' and its [[The Real Ghostbusters|related]] [[Extreme Ghostbusters (Animation)|material]]. It may be a bit of a subversion, as the model of car used was shown to be old and junky (and generally used as a hearse, i.e., to transport dead bodies for burial), yet it is still considered a cool car due to its visually striking appearance.
** On the other hand, the Ghostbuggy is the preferred mode of transport for the other guys, ''[[Filmations Ghostbusters (Animation)|Filmations Ghostbusters]]''--is an uncool, beat-up old jalopy. At least until it decides to transform into an airplane, speedboat, snowmobile... "[[Doctor Who (TV)|Did I mention it]] ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|also]]'' [[Doctor Who (TV)|travels in time?]]"
* "The Last of the V-8 Interceptors" in the first two ''[[Mad Max]]'' films.
** That car is a 1973 Ford XB Falcon, just for anybody wondering.
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* [[The Dresden Files|Harry Dresden]]'s Blue Beetle [[The Alleged Car|barely qualifies as a car]] (except maybe for other [[Walking Techbane|wizards]]), but Thomas' Hummer is cool.
** And [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Rolls-Royce_Silver_WraithRoyce Silver Wraith|Lara's loaner]] is the stuff of legends.
** Grevaine's ride ain't half bad--it's a classic Cadillac with a suped-up sound system used to power the living dead.
* In ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant (Literature)|Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' the title character starts off driving a classic Bentley, but when it gets wrecked is forced to temporarily replace it with a hideous [[The Alleged Car|yellow hatchback]].
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* The old Krofft series ''Wonderbug'' combined the titular [[Cool Car]] with a [[Secret Identity]] as an old junker of a dune buggy called "Schlep Car". The buggy's secret identity was so junky that even the letters on its license plate were crooked, while its superpowered form was sentient, had an actual face (made by its headlights and bumper), and could ''fly''.
** Why Wonderbug would ever switch back to that old wreck was beyond me, even as a child of the '70s/'80s. There was an episode I vaguely remember, where Schlepcar got stuck on railroad tracks because ''he didn't have the power to drive over them''. Um, how about hitting the magic horn, Barry?
* In ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' the Third Doctor spent much of his time on Earth driving around in 'Bessie', an antiquated canary-yellow roadster which on first glance would look the furthest thing from 'cool' you could think of. It's quickly revealed, however, that the Doctor's constant tinkering and playing around have made it a super-powered car that anyone would kill to drive.
** He later traded up for a weirdly incongruous [[The Jetsons]]-style [[Flying Car|flight-capable]] bubble car, which rapidly acquired the [[Fan Nickname]] of 'The Whomobile'.
** Plus, an antique car fit rather well with his...let's say "classic" opera cape stylings.
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** In one episode, they even add a submarine transformation.
* The Gadgetmobile from ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''.
* Cruella de Vil's car in ''[[One Hundred and One101 Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''. It steers like a brick and the chassis flies off like it's paper near the end, but it still pulls off the oh-so-sinister [[Rich Bitch]] look.
** Her car also made a cameo appearance at the very beginning of ''[[The Rescuers (Disney)|The Rescuers]]'', where it is now driven by Madame Medusa.
* The Patty Wagon in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' is pretty cool. It can drive even though it's just a stack of unattached pieces, some of which probably aren't even mechanical, and every part of it is fast food-themed. It runs on frying oil, its wheels are pickle slices, it has actual sesame seeds, etc.
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* Almost any Italian Car easily falls into this trope, though it's not surprising to see them also fall into [[The Alleged Car]] territory.
** As [[Word of God|Enzo Ferrari himself allegedly said]], before all Ferraris, Lamborghinis or Lancias [[Trope Maker|THE]] Italian Car Itself can only be an Alfa Romeo. (Enzo Ferrari [[Chuck Norris Facts|had begun his racing career at]] Alfa Romeo.)
** Speaking of Ferraris, most of them were cool because they ''had'' [[Cursed With Awesome|to be cool]]. [http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ferrari/1969-1974-ferrari-dino-246-gt-ar79301.html The] [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_%28automobile%29:Dino chr(28)automobilechr(29)|Dino]] [http://auto.howstuffworks.com/ferrari-dino-246-gt.htm 246GT] was [[Up to Eleven|freezing cool]].
* Ford GT, the [[Spiritual Successor]] to the legendary GT-40, the greatest car that Ford has ever made.
** Slides close to [[The Alleged Car]] territory, if [[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]] is to be believed. His GT spent more time in the shop, almost always due to electrical faults, than on the road, but he once said that when it was working, it was quite good.
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* Jay Leno owns an ''awesome'' collection of these. He also owns a lot of cool motorcycles too. In fact....Jay has a rather [[Cool Garage]] in general. ''Jay Leno's Garage'' shows this to the extreme. In case of doubt, fire up ''[[Gran Turismo]] 4'' and look at his Tank Car.
* Liberace was fond of these, and often had them decorated in his signature gaudy style (including, yes, a rhinestone-covered car).
* The [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Intercept_Vehicle:Tornado Intercept Vehicle|Tornado Intercept Vehicle]], built by IMAX filmmaker Sean Casey so that he could drive '''''into''''' a tornado, film it, and survive while doing so.
* Reed Timmer's SRV Dominator. To the average outsider (and to Sean Casey, apparently) it comes off as a cheap knock-off of the TIV. But your average engineer can spot the differences. Timmer studied the TIV to determine the main areas in need of improvement and concluded that the TIV's main disadvantage was mobility - it is extremely heavy and travels in a huge convoy. Reed built a lighter, more maneuverable vehicle and travels in a much smaller convoy, resulting in his higher rate of success in intercepting tornados. His planned improvements (air cannons for parachute probes, side scanning radar) follow down this design path to the point where he has nearly condensed an entire storm-chasing convoy into one vehicle.
* [[Stephen Fry]] drives around in a London black cab (don't ask how he doesn't get people hailing him all the time). Perhaps realizing just how cool the idea of Stephen Fry as a cabbie is he even took one on his recent American travelogue.
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** This particular stunt is used succssfully by the protagonist robber in one of the Parker novels by Richard Stark (i.e. Donald Westlake).
** The Porsche is the 2.0-litre engined 911 (1964-1969) and the engine can provide in stock form from 110-130 hp in milder versions to 180-190 hp in the European non-catalyzed 911S. And a 7000 rpm redline. Good luck.
* Speaking of Ferdinand Porsche's brainchilds, the humble VW Beetle aka Type 1, [[The Love Bug|Herbie's]] [[Real Life]] counterpart, might have been the sub-zero on the scale of coolness. Most upgradable, tunable and modifiable car in human history, it went from a 1938 puny, below 1-liter engine ''[[Weak but Skilled|which was still specifically designed to run for all day at 100 kph]]'', not freeze because it was air-cooled and not overheat while pushing a [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubelwagen |four-man small Jeep]] in the North African Campaign at 80 kph... to modern drag-racing monsters running 1000hp from 2.3 liters and rally-racing Beetles which out-accelerate Vipers. And most mechanical parts like gearbox or brakes are so overbuilt and over-engineered they do not need further upgrades to support engine power. And it stayed in series production [[Badass Grandpa|for 65 years]]. This Troper owns a 1966 one and is very proud of it.
* The [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:File:Ford_NucleonFord Nucleon.jpg |Ford Nucleon]] [[Awesome but Impractical]] turned [[Up to Eleven]], and dosed with a lovely [[I Love Nuclear Power|green glow.]]
* The [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroen_DS:Citroen DS|Citroen DS]] was a car so revolutionary that Citroen was worried that its future models wouldn't live up to its coolness (they were right). It had, in 1955, power steering, aerodynamic cornering headlamps, front-wheel drive, crumple zones, collapsable steering columns, disc brakes, and a hydropneumatic, self-leveling suspension that gave it an unbelievably smooth ride (and wound up saving Charles de Gaulle's life from an assassination attempt in 1962 -- the car had suffered two flat tires from bullets but was still able to escape at high speed thanks to this unique suspension system) -- all features that would take decades to show up on other cars. Plus, its aerodynamic outer body design was so slinky and smooth that it would inspire [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] out of almost ''anyone'' (it is, after all, [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French|a French car]]). It would later be ranked as the third most influential car of the 20th century (behind only the Ford Model T and the Mini), and it is still, in some aspects, a car way ahead of its time.
* The [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_900:Saab 900|Classic Saab 900]] was the Nordic counterpart of the Swiss Army Knife. Might have looked [[Boring but Practical]] in the age of [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Testarossa |flashy Ferraris]] and [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Delta:Lancia Delta#First_generationFirst generation|turbocharged Lancias]], but its quirky design, turbocharged engines, well-thought suspension, superior ergonomics, very efficient HVAC and long life even in the Scandinavian climate provided an everyday supercar for whomever was brave enough to live with it. Not incidentally it become [[James Bond]]'s personal car in [[The Eighties]].
* The Lunar Rover/Moon Buggy. Makes one kinda miss NASA's old [[Scavenger World]] aesthetic.
* Two words: Bugatti Veyron. Three words: [http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/mansory-bugatti-veyron-vincero Mansory Bugatti Veyron]. Four words: [http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/bugatti-veyron-bleu-centenaire-1/ Bugatti Veyron Bleu Centenaire]. Four words and a number: [http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/04/bugatti-veyron-16-4-super-sport-sets-land-speed-record-at-267-81/ Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport]
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*** And just to make things clear, the Super Sport is currently the fastest Production car in the world, it was apparently purposely designed to reclaim its title as fastest production car in the world from the [[Top Gear|Big-Fast-Shelby-American-Car-Thingy]] which was the title holder of the time at 256mph. The Bugatti team were expecting it to go at least 258mph, but as the onboard-speedometer showed (which read in Kilometers) it ran at 414kph (which was the target speed) ''[[Serial Escalation|and kept climbing]]''. 2 Runs later and after getting an Average speed it could went at 431.81kph which -translated into miles- is roughly 267mph beating the old record by a ''mile'' ([[Don't Explain the Joke|or to be precise, 11]]).. And to think it still has all the luxuries of a normal Veyron makes it even more amazing.
*** The coolest number associated with the Veyron is 120. That's how many '''''feet''''' it needs to accelerate from zero to 60 mph.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1:McLaren F1|The Mclaren F1 ]], it may not hold the title of fastest production car anymore, but who cares? its still one of the prettiest, and coolest cars ever to exist (plus the driver seat is in the middle, with a passenger seat on either side, that's one more person you can carry in it when compared to other sports/super cars)
** Actually, it still holds the title of fastest naturally aspirated car, as the Bugatti Veyron, Konigsegg CCR and SCC Ultimate Aero TT exploit forced induction (turbochargers and superchargers) to reach their top speeds.
** How cool is the F1? The engine bay is lined with ''gold''. This is not some vanity feature, though. The F1's carbon fibre body panels and monocoque required signifigant heat insulation. No common material was really up to snuff, so Gordon Murray used gold for it's superior heat reflection capabilities. In other words, the bling literally keeps it cool.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_:Further (bus) |Further]], the mother of all hippie buses.
* Racing cars in general, such as [[Formula One]] and [[Le Mans]] cars.
** Let's be more specific... How about the [http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/pic/3506/Dome-S102-Judd_3.html Dome S102], [http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/394421/1992MagnyCoursev23.jpg Peugeot 905 'Supercopter'] (never raced sadly), [http://www.dyna.co.za/cars/Audi-R8C.jpg Audi R8C] (only raced once, sadly).
** The 1971 [http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/porsche-917-1971-test-kauhsen-siffert-5.jpg Porsche 917 LH, in Martini colours]. To quote from the Autosport.com message board; "I asked a teenage Lewis Hamilton fan when this car was from. He said, 'dunno, nineties?'"
** Special mention to the McLaren MP4/4 driven by Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost for the 1988 Formula 1 season. The car was one of the last of the "[[In-Series Nickname|turbo monsters]]" with a 1.5 litre 1200hp twin-turbo Honda V6 engine. In the hands of Senna and Prost it became the most dominant Formula 1 car ever made winning 15 out of 16 races it competed in (10 of which were 1-2 finishes) as well as 15 pole positions and 10 fastest laps.
** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_787B:Mazda 787B|The 1990 Mazda 787B]], listed because it's the only japanese car to have won Le Mans, as well as without a piston engine, which produced it's ''limited'' max power at ''9000 RPM'' (in an endurance racer!), the true maximum power beeing 930 hp at '''10500'' RPM(!). [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_kEeRaS3UM&feature=related The noisiest le mans racer ever ?]. But the best is that by the end of the le mans win, mazda engineers (after telling the driver to ignore the limiter in some parts) dismounted the engine and found that it could still do ''another'' 24 race. The rotary engine was banned afterwards.
** In any list of cool race cars, there are always 2 cars that are bound to compete for the top slots. The Ferrari 250 GTO and its rival, the Ford GT40. The former is so iconic and nowadays, so rare that when it appeared on Top Gear, it could not be driven simply because the BBC could not afford to pay the insurance for it.
* The older electric cars could be heart-stoppingly ugly, but some of the newer ones are certainly cool looking at least - the Aptera 2 Series, which looks like it was made for George Jetson, and the Tesla Roadster, an electric sports car that managed to impress '''[[Top Gear|Jeremy Clarkson]]''' (a man who is usually rather disdainful of electric cars).
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** [http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/pics/lrpvx2.jpg the Land rover Perentie LRPV], part of the 'Perentie' 6x6 series of land rovers developed by and for the australian army and SASR, its essentialy a defender put on steroids to cope with the australian conditions, features include 2 machine gun mounts (one on a cupola the other on the passgengers seat), 6x6 drive, a fuel capacity of 365 litres (giving it a range of about 1600 km between drinks), an integrated cab and body structure with stowing facilities for equipment and rations as well as a low profile over the crew area. and a mounting rack so it can ''carry its own motorcycle'' for scouting purposes. [http://www.allisons.org/ll/4/LandRover/Perentie/LRPV01.jpg as demonstrated here]
*** It should be noted, however, that both the LRPV and standard 4x4 110s used by the Australian Army do away with the [[The Alleged Car|notoriously unreliable]] stock engine and install an Isuzu Diesel.
* The American counterpart of the Ferrari... errr... [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Avanti:Studebaker Avanti|the Studebaker Avanti]] was a car so cool that it [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|outlived by decades the company who designed it]], simply because it was too cool to drop. Although designed by the early 1960s, it was far beyond what the [[Boring but Practical|traditional American car]] was supposed to be: aerodynamic fiberglass body, modern disc brakes, modern suspension, powerful V8 engines, a design straight from [[Buck Rogers]] strips. Just after the Studebaker closure of 1964, all it took were a few enthusiastic people and leftover parts to keep production running up to [[The Eighties]], when another company took over, [[It Got Worse|got bankrupt itself]], let another one to take over... even when the last owner [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|got imprisoned for fraud]] the brand still [[Made of Iron|didn't give up]]. As of 2005, they were still in production.
** Ian Fleming got one of the original Avantis. Knowing [[James Bond|his taste]], it was quite a statement.
** A better example of the American counterpart to the Ferrari is the Pontiac Fiero, being a mid-engine sports car. Especially the Fiero Mera, which looks nearly identical to the Ferrari 308. Unfortunately, Ferrari sued Pontiac and they had to stop producing them. Both the Mera and the Formula models are really cool cars.
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* The Ford GT-90 concept car. Too bad it was never produced.
** To go into detail, this car used two engines fused together, raising the horsepower to 720 and the top speed to around the Veyron... Along with the exaust being so darn hot that it required ceramic inulation like that of the space shuttle to keep the car from melting.
* Almost everything Lamborghini has ever made can qualify as a [[Cool Car]]. Some of the most famous names of cars from this company are the [[Badass Grandpa|Miura]], [[Memetic Badass|Countach]], Jalpa, [[Super Speed|Diablo]], [[Badass|Murcielago]] and as of late, the [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive|Aventador]]. Special Mention goes to the [[TV Tropes Made of Win Archive|Reventon]], just [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Revent:Lamborghini Revent%C3%B3n |looking at it]] is explanation enough.
** The 1995 version of the Lamborghini Diablo SE30, it has most of the accesories removed in exchange for more horsepower and a high enough top speed to rival NASCAR, only 150 were ever made and Jamiroqaui frontman Jay Kay owned one of them, he wanted it shipped overseas so it could appear in the video for ''Cosmic Girl'', too bad for him the car's handler couldn't resist taking the Diablo on a joyride and smashing it up beyond repair.
** On the subject of Lambo's, the Countach would count since it was the first Lamborghini to use their infamous swing up doors. (Fact: They were used because normal doors just would not work with the design, a classic case of [[Awesome Yet Practical]].)
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* The 2010 Onyx Ranger Rover, only 300 were ever made and GI Motors gave one of them as a free gift to none other then [[Lindsay Lohan]].
* The Overfinch Holland & Holland Range Rover. A collaboration between Land Rover tuner Overfinch and custom gun make Holland & Holland. In addition to all the usual luxury refinements, the car has the best optional extra ever fitted to any car in the whole of human history - a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krqxEm1BlhM#t=6m56s self replenishing drinks cabinet filled with Vokda, Whisky and Champagne that Overfinch will top up free off charge for the first year you own the car].
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_GNX:Buick GNX#Grand_NationalGrand National.2C_T2C T-Type_and_GNXType and GNX|Buick GNX and it's siblings]]. Not only because it could out-accelerate the magnificent Ferrari 288GTO to 60mph, but because [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing|it was a wolf in sheep's skin]], so ugly and dated that few people would believe what sort of punch could it pack back then.
* [http://www.carlustblog.com/2011/05/its-a-duesey.html Duesenbergs]. They were some of the biggest, fastest, and most luxurious American cars ever made and were highly regarded by even the car makers in Europe. The most famous were the [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Duesenberg#Birth_of_a_legendBirth of a legend:_Duesenberg_J_ Duesenberg J .281928.E2.80.931937.29 |Model Js.]]
** The supercharged "SJ" introduced in 1932 could do 0-60 in 8.5 seconds, hit 104 MPH in second gear, and top out at between 135-140. If that somehow does not impress you, keep in mind that a Duesenberg Model J typically weighed around 5,000 pounds and had the drag coefficient of a barn door--and that in 1932, most production cars couldn't do 60 MPH, period. As the saying went, the only car that could pass a Duesenberg was another Duesenberg--and only with the lead driver's consent!
* Any car that has the title of a famous racer or driver such as the Lamborghini Gallardo 550-2 Valvetino Balboni or the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss.
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* The [[Market-Based Title|Daewoo]] [[I Have Many Names|Lacetti]]. Average-looking, but now [[Vindicated By History|popular again, despite criticism at the time]]. Its [[Spiritual Successor]], the Chevrolet Cruze hasn't quite got this response, though.
* The [http://www.netcarshow.com/holden/1969-hurricane_concept/ Holden Hurricane.] so cool that when they found it again in 2006, it was returned to holden who promptly undertook a massive restoration process (right down to duplicating the original paint) that took 3 years to complete, and was only just revealed recently in october 2011.
* You wouldn't expect a rather mundane car company like American Motors Corporation (aka AMC, now bought out by Chrysler and later turned into the Eagle company) to show up here, but take a [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:File:AMC_AMX3_FrontAMC AMX3 Front.jpg |good]] [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:File:AMC_AMX3_RearAMC AMX3 Rear.jpg |look]] at the AMX/3. Sadly, this car never reached the market due to exorbitant costs and bumper regulations during the [[The Seventies|1970s.]] However, while the AMX/3 never went into production, they did produce a bunch of ''other'' cool cars, like the outlandish red white and blue muscle car, the [http://i.imgur.com/7Z5GX.jpg American Rebel Machine]. They also made the AMC Spirit AMX - the first American car to compete in the 24 hours of Nurburgring - and it won both first ''and'' second place in its class of 100+ cars - also one of the few racing cars to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQqysjI9gM4 receive a documentary]. The [http://i.imgur.com/yb2Fb.jpg Javelin AMX], a car designed to compete with the giants like the Ford Mustang Boss, curb-stomped most of the other racers in the SCCA races.
* The Chevrolet Confederate BA Deluxe Sport Coupe was built in true 1950's style, with a large body, chrome all over, whitewall tires, and ridiculous curved bits here and there. The only problem? It was made in 1932, and it generally handled like a '30s car, with the most glaring problem being its low engine power.
* Most American Muscle cars could fall under this category, the Ford Mustang comes to mind when this troper thinks about it.
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