"""Gone in 60 Seconds"" features what car with the nickname of ""Eleanor""?"
"in construction auctioned off ending production. The 2000 remake of the movie ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" featured a custom 1967 Mustang 'Eleanor'. Carroll Shelby started to produce his own version of Eleanor, but Denice Halicki, widow of the original Eleanor's creator, filed suit against Carroll Shelby for infringing on the ""Eleanor"" trademark and copyrighted image. In 2008, Halicki won her case against Carroll Shelby. Shelby Mustang The Shelby Mustang is a high performance variant of the Ford Mustang which was built by Shelby American from 1965 to 1968, and from 1969 to 1970 by Ford. Following the introduction of the"
"the decklid. The 2"" drop in suspension, Baer/Shelby 14-inch front and rear brakes and aggressive front fascia along with a dual exhaust. Shelby also created the CS8, a 4.6-liter V8 variant of the CS6. The Shelby CS6/8 was not available as a factory release, however Shelby had made the CS6/8 kit available for purchase online for a very short period of time, only a handful were sold, making it one of the rarest Shelbys in the world. Due to the popularity of the remake ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" movie of 2000 and the popularity of Eleanor, a number of car"
"are visible in the film. Despite rumors that both cars were painted in Ford's Medium Yellow Gold, Halicki - in a 1974 interview - stated that the cars were painted ""generic school bus yellow"" to save money. The modified car required 250 hours of labor before it was ready for the film. All body panels were removed in order to install a roll cage throughout the Mustang's stock unibody. The transmission was also chained in for safety. An adjustable camera rig was mounted in the back seat to capture footage from the internal “driver's point of view.” The wrecked Eleanor"
"with the use—and in some cases the destruction—of expensive and alluring foreign automobiles; including a Ferrari Daytona, a Porsche 928, a Jaguar XJ, as well as brief appearances of a Cadillac Allante and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. A vintage gull-wing Mercedes-Benz 300SL is also presented in the film, being personally driven by Braga's character in an introductory sequence before a large-scale climactic car chase scene. In addition to driving a newly redesigned Mercedes-Benz 500SL for the 1990 model year, Eastwood's character is also seen conveying his distaste for the Lime Green color on the Lotus Esprit and later driving said"
"spend their entire lives in one part of the country. Similarly, the places were very different from one another visually, environmentally, architecturally, in goods and services available, etc. Stars Martin Milner and George Maharis mentioned this in 1980s interviews. ""Now you can go wherever you want,"" Maharis added by way of contrast, ""and it's a Denny's."" The Chevrolet Corvette seen in the first episode (""Black November"", October 7, 1960) is a 1960 model, for the rest of that season the show used a 1961 model. Chevrolet provided vehicles throughout the show's run, upgrading to new models with each season. Although"
"as the Seicento, which continued until 2010 and enabled the Cinquecento's basic design and most of its mechanicals to survive for nearly 20 years. A Fiat Cinquecento appears in several episodes of the British sitcom ""The Inbetweeners"", in which main character Simon Cooper owns a yellow, fictional model known as a Fiat Cinquecento 'Hawaii' (the car used in filming is an 899cc model). Its appearance and features (including a tape deck and a replacement red side door) are frequently ridiculed by the lads. In March 2011, the car was listed on eBay, in order to raise money for ""Red Nose"
"the recognition in that category in 2002. Lotus cars wore the badge of the award for a number of years. Lotus cars appeared in two James Bond movies, ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""For Your Eyes Only"" (1981). The former was a Lotus Esprit S1 nicknamed ""Wet Nellie"" which in the movie became not only amphibious but a submarine; the latter was a Lotus Esprit Turbo, specially commissioned, of which there were two in the film. In the popular 1960s TV series ""The Avengers"", the female lead characters drove Lotuses. Emma Peel had two Lotus Elan convertibles, a"
"the end of the film's theatrical run, it had grossed $101,648,571 domestically and $135,553,728 internationally, comprising a total gross revenue for the film of $237,202,299 worldwide. The popularity of the 2000 resulted in illegal copies of the custom ""Eleanor"" car being produced. Denice Halicki successfully sued to stop trademark and copyright infringement. H. B. Halicki Henry Blight Halicki (October 18, 1940 – August 20, 1989), most commonly known as H. B. ""Toby"" Halicki, was an American director, writer, stunt driver, actor, and filmmaker. Halicki directed the 1974 film ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" as well as producing and starring in several"
"to steal the fifty cars within 72 hours or else he will kill Kip. Memphis visits his mentor Otto Halliwell (Robert Duvall) and they assemble a crew, including Donny Astricky (Chi McBride), Sphynx (Vinnie Jones), and Sara ""Sway"" Wayland (Angelina Jolie), Memphis' old flame. Kip and his crew also offer to help. Knowing the police will be watchful for the thefts, Memphis suggests to steal all the cars in a twelve-hour period. The group starts to identify the target cars with Memphis giving each a female name. He plans on stealing a modified 1967 Ford Shelby GT500, dubbed ""Eleanor"", last,"
"systems. Because Shelby's license was purchased, these cars have Shelby serial numbers. In October 2007, Carroll Shelby ended his licensing agreement with Unique Performance due to numerous issues of customer complaints where vehicles were not delivered. Unique Performance was subsequently raided by law enforcement due to VIN irregularities and declared bankruptcy, which effectively ended the Shelby continuation ""Eleanor"" Mustang production. Shelby was in turn sued by victims of Unique Performance for his involvement in the criminal activity, The 2000 remake of ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" movie highlighted the star car character ""Eleanor,"" a customized 1967 Mustang. Some custom car businesses"
"The Junkman The Junkman Is a 1982 independent film which spent two years in production. To make the film, H. B. Halicki used his own personal collection of over 200 cars, toys, and guns - including Eleanor, the star of his 1974 cult classic ""Gone in 60 Seconds"". ""The Junkman"" is the second installment of Halicki's film trilogy. It presents ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" and ""Deadline Auto Theft"" as films within a film. The opening car chase sequence, which involves a 1974 Bricklin SV-1, is part of ""Deadline Auto Theft""s storyline. Harlan B. Hollis struggles to stay alive when a"
"2016 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, a 1936 Astura Pinin Farina Cabriolet once owned by Eric Clapton won both the Best of Show award and the Gwenn Graham Most Elegant Convertible award. Lancia Astura The Lancia Astura is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Lancia between 1931 and 1939. Lancia replaced the Lambda model with two models: the four-cylinder Artena and the larger, V8-powered Astura. Both of these models were introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 1931. The Astura chassis was used by various coachbuilders to create coupes, convertibles and sedans. The Astura evolved over four series: First-"
"of the Elan followed a entirely traditional approach for sports cars of the time - front engine, rear wheel drive - its design included novel ideas that found their way into the designs of other manufacturers' vehicles. Examples include: This generation of the two-seater Elan was famously driven by the character Emma Peel in the 1960s British television series ""The Avengers"". The reference to a car accident in the Beatles song A Day in the Life was apocryphally based on Tara Browne's fatal accident in his Lotus Elan. Famous Lotus Elan owners and drivers, past & present, include: Despite the"
"unsecured seats meant they tumbled around inside the car. Eventually, with May holding Hammond's seat, a 0–60 time of 35.4 seconds was established. ""Series Eight, Episode Five"" Sir Jackie Stewart claimed that he could cut down any of the presenters' driving time around a race circuit by 20 seconds, so James took him up on the offer and they used a TVR Tuscan at Oulton Park. ""Series Eight, Episode Six"" Clarkson, May and Hammond went on a caravan holiday in Dorset to try to find out more about caravanning, bringing along an Elddis Shamal XL as their caravan. The trio"
"the stories.) After losing that car, at the end of ""The Runaway"" she receives her trademark white 1980 Jeep CJ-7 ""Golden Eagle,"" named ""(The) Dixie"". The initial version of the Jeep seen at the end of this episode is noticeably different from what soon becomes the standard version, with a slightly different paint job, doors with ""Dixie"" painted on, and ""Golden Eagle"" printed on the hood on either side of an Eagle emblem. After this and its second appearance, in the episode ""Arrest Jesse Duke"" (produced after ""The Runaway"" but actually broadcast before, creating a continuity error), bar a couple"
"the car drives down a highway engulfed in flames. Although the car in the film is identified as a 1958 Plymouth Fury—and in 1983 radio ads promoting the film, voiceover artists announced, ""she's a '57 Fury""—two other Plymouth models, the Belvedere and the Savoy, were also used to portray the malevolent automobile onscreen. John Carpenter placed ads throughout Southern California searching for models of the car, and was able to purchase twenty-four of them in various states of disrepair, which were used to build a total of seventeen copies of the film car. All cars were two door hardtops. Total"
"all its impact force to the driver. Though not recognized at the time, many racing safety experts have concluded that Evans' death resulted from the same type of ""head-whip"" injury and resultant Basilar skull fracture, which also claimed the life of Dale Earnhardt in 2001. Evans was the father of six children: Jodi Lynn (Evans) Meola, Janelle Ralaine (Evans) Walda, Jill Ann Evans, Jacqueline Marie (Evans) Williams, Richard Edwin Evans (who has raced under the moniker ""Richie Evans Jr."") and Tara Denise (Evans) Farrell. Evans' signature orange Modified paint scheme (GMC truck color Omaha Orange; black numbers with white shading)"
"early-mid-1960s. The standard equipment list was pared down to match those of other Eldorados, plus Cruise Control, Autronic Eye, air conditioning and E-Z Eye glass. The Brougham build-quality was not nearly to the standard of the Detroit hand-built 1957–1958 models, and thus the 1959–1960 Broughams did not sell as well as their forebears. However, collector interest and values for these cars remain high. The Eldorado Brougham was moved to its own unique Series 6900 for its remaining two years. The 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 6467E is featured as Maurice Minnifield's vehicle in the 1990s television series ""Northern Exposure"". Cadillac was"
"fact is this: it takes six children to school in the morning."" Clarkson has spoken highly of the Czech-made Škoda Yeti, calling it possibly the best car in the world, and used 20 minutes of a ""Top Gear"" episode putting the Yeti through a number of challenges to support his point. Clarkson called the Brera, Alfa's latest sports car, ""Cameron Diaz on wheels"". Clarkson has expressed fondness for late-model V8 Holdens, available in the UK rebadged as Vauxhalls. Of the Monaro he said, ""It's like they had a picture of me on their desk and said <nowiki>[</nowiki>Australian accent<nowiki>]</nowiki> 'Let's build"
"later have a guest appearance in the original film ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" featuring him and his Bronco which was stolen in the plot. Jones had become hooked on off-road racing. In 1968, Jones headed a super-roster of seven drivers signed by Andy Granatelli to drive STP Lotus 56 turbine cars in an unprecedented single-team assault on the Indianapolis 500. The deaths of Jim Clark and Mike Spence, plus a serious injury to Jackie Stewart, whittled the entry to four. Jones, testing his reworked 1967 car in practice, was dissatisfied with the car's performance compared to the newer ""wedge""-shaped Lotus"
"car in the first five episodes of the first season. For the last episodes of the first season a similarly painted 1971 model with a matching ""Road Runner"" stripe was used. In the second season Bo and Luke send it off a cliff in ""The Runaway"". Another identical Plymouth 1971 model car appeared in the background a few more episodes along with the Jeep CJ-7 until it was finally dropped altogether. Dixie was the name given to Daisy Duke's white 1980 Jeep CJ-7 ""Golden Eagle"" which had a golden eagle emblem on the hood and the name ""Dixie"" on the"
"also the car driven by Lola in the Lola comic strip by Todd Clark. The comic strip Shoe has made use of a 1959 Desoto ""Firedome"" model, based on the Adventurer. A 1956 DeSoto was driven by James Stewart's character Scottie in the 1958 film Vertigo. DeSoto Adventurer The DeSoto Adventurer is an automobile that was produced by DeSoto from 1956 through the 1960 model year. The ""Adventurer"" name first started out a four seat high performance sports coupe concept car, but then was changed to be DeSoto's special, limited-production, high-performance model, similar to the more luxurious and exclusive Chrysler"
"character Elsie Hawkins, who is a gun totin' retiree, with tight grey curls, who ""doesn't take sass from no one."" Elsie drives a 1957 powder blue Cadillac that never seems to sustain damage. In the Stephanie Plum series, Grandma Mazur and Stephanie drive Uncle Sandor's 1953 powder blue Buick, which has similar indestructibility. In 2004, Evanovich launched another series with ""Metro Girl."" This book debuted at Number 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List. The heroine is Alexandra Barnaby, an auto mechanic. Her love interest is Sam Hooker, a hedonistic NASCAR driver. The ""Motor"" series is set in"
"need 4×4s in case there are leaves on the road."" This challenge introduced a new rule that stipulated if any of the presenters' cars were to break down beyond repair, they would have to complete the journey in a substitute vehicle - for this challenge, a Volkswagen Beetle (the Beetle being the presenters' unanimous choice as their least favourite car). Clarkson bought a 1981 Lancia Beta Coupé, which was the most unreliable car of the lot. Hammond bought a 1963 Opel Kadett, which he named Oliver (consequently becoming the butt of jokes of the other presenters), while May bought a"
"a Plymouth Barracuda also made appearances. Cars in Miami Vice The cars in ""Miami Vice"" mainly involve the Ferrari Daytona Spyder and the Ferrari Testarossa, but also include other automobiles driven by the characters on the show. Currently one Daytona (Car #4) is in a private collection and the other (Car #1) is on display at the Volo Auto Museum, the Ferrari Testarossa stunt car resides in Kingsport, Tennessee and is owned by Carl Roberts of Carl Roberts Motor Group. Today, the hero car (Ferrari Testarossa chassis #63631) is part of The Witvoet collection owned by Bastiaan Witvoet in Belgium."
"the rain that lasted the first four hours, there were no major incidents. It was soon apparent that the quickest cars were the Chenard-Walcker team, the Bentley one of the Excelsiors and one of the 2-litre Bignans. The first pitstops for fuel and driver-changes did not start until after 7pm. The 38-year old Lagache and veteran Dauvergne bought their Chenard-Walckers in with a good lead. The Belgian-driven Excelsior gradually lost time with its sluggish acceleration rate. After a brief respite the rain and wind returned making for very difficult night-driving, especially as most cars chose not to run with their"
"""Animal House"", and the Inspector Gadget films. It has also appeared in the television series ""Pushing Daisies"", in the opening sequence of the television series ""Entourage"", and as the vehicle of choice for Michael Chiklis's character Vincent Savino in the series ""Vegas"". In the CBS television situation comedy ""Green Acres"" (1965–1971), in which the cars were furnished by Ford, lead character Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie Albert) is shown driving a 1965 Continental convertible and then in later episodes owns a 1967 model. ""Perry Mason"" also drove a fourth generation Continental convertible in many episodes; here too the cars were furnished"
"among the initial drivers. Clarkson commonly refers to the Kia phonetically as the ""Cee-apostrophe-d"". Sophie Raworth, Bill Turnbull and Fiona Bruce all did the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car for Children in Need 2012. In the first episode of series 20, Clarkson, Hammond and May revealed their new Reasonably Priced Car – A 1.6 Tech Line Vauxhall Astra. In similar fashion to earlier ""new starts"", an open day was held for multiple stars to drive the car. Following the abrupt end of Series 22 as a result of Clarkson's dismissal from the show, the Astra was returned to Vauxhall"
"Cars in Miami Vice The cars in ""Miami Vice"" mainly involve the Ferrari Daytona Spyder and the Ferrari Testarossa, but also include other automobiles driven by the characters on the show. Currently one Daytona (Car #4) is in a private collection and the other (Car #1) is on display at the Volo Auto Museum, the Ferrari Testarossa stunt car resides in Kingsport, Tennessee and is owned by Carl Roberts of Carl Roberts Motor Group. Today, the hero car (Ferrari Testarossa chassis #63631) is part of The Witvoet collection owned by Bastiaan Witvoet in Belgium. During the first two seasons and"
"actress Ann Blyth, was given a 1940 Buick Special convertible as a gift. The movie ""Small Town Conspiracy"" features a 1939 Buick Special 8 that the main character of the film John Haleran (Zen Gesner) drives as his official police car. The car remained the property of director Ralph Clemente and was untouched for many years until sold to Florida restorer and car collector Axel Caravias. Halfway into the 1949 model year, the Specials received all-new bodywork, the first fully postwar design for the series. New was also the 40D-series, a better equipped version called the Special DeLuxe. The engine"
"look. Automobiles are often mint-condition vintage vehicles, though some newer vehicles were used (such as a mid-1990s Chevrolet Lumina APV minivan, a Hummer, or a 2006 Toyota Prius). Emerson drives a mid-1960s Lincoln Continental with suicide doors in new condition. Ned is seen driving an old, like-new Mercedes-Benz W108. Other characters drive decades-old vehicles as well. 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor cars in ambulance and hearse configurations figure frequently. Old-fashioned trolley cars can be seen in several shots panning in to the Pie Hole. Critics noted the ""Pushing Daisies"" distinctive visual style. A ""NYTimes"" critic describes it as a ""candy-colored, computer-generated bucolic"
"white S2 and a metallic blue S3 while her successor Tara King drove a red Elan +2 and a red Europa. The lead character known only as Number Six drove a 1965 Lotus Super 7 in the 1967 TV series ""The Prisoner"". Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British automotive company that manufactures sports cars and racing cars in its headquarters in Hethel, United Kingdom. Lotus cars include the Esprit, Elan, Europa, Elise, Exige and Evora sports cars and it had motor racing success with Team Lotus in Formula One. Lotus Cars are based at the former site of RAF"
"character is able to find an example of a '60s-era model abandoned in a barn and take possession of it, and ultimately restore it to driveable condition. The in-game version can manage speeds of 38 mph, which is faster than the P50 could go. The in-game version also has a reverse gear, which the P50 also lacks. In 2018, an electric P50 was featured in the CBeebies show Catie's Amazing Machines, in an episode about three-wheeled machines. The Peel P50 featured on an episode of the US Game Show ""I've Got a Secret"" shown on 6 October 1963. Popular British"