Before the advent of the World Wide Web, cinema was the primary way to reach the widest possible audience. And the marketers of car manufacturers used this very successfully, inserting their products into films in the hope of making a profit. However, sometimes cars from films become cult classics even without the efforts of marketers, thanks solely to popular love. Let's look at some examples.
1. DeLorean DMC 12
It would be strange to start the list with any other car. Who among us hasn't dreamed of traveling through time in Doc's shiny DeLorean? In reality, unfortunately, by the time the film was released, John DeLorean's project had already been closed for 2 years for many reasons, leaving the car without a chance of survival and success. But for the screen, its bright appearance, unpainted body, and unusually opening doors were just right, which made it a popular favorite.
2. Aston Martin DB5
The most famous car of Agent 007. Despite the fact that the British special agent managed to drive a large number of cars during his career, it was this one that gained cult status and appeared in the largest number of films as Bond's main transport. And here, Aston Martin's management is not shy about getting "benefits" from its popularity - the company has released a limited batch of DB 5, "charged" with various gadgets from Q. It was decided to abandon machine guns in the headlights, unfortunately or fortunately, but you can have a fully functional smoke screen even if you are not Bond. The price of the car turned out to be sky-high - $3.6 million, but what money can we talk about when it is possible to get such a unique specimen?
3. Ford Mustang
Oddly enough, the hype for the pony car in the fastback body also happened after the film. A rather passable film with Steve McQueen, Bullitt, would hardly be remembered if it weren't for the epic ten-minute chase scene at the end of the film, in which the main character in his 1968 Ford Mustang Fastback pursues the villains under the squeal of tires and the roar of the good old American V8. Several decades later, Ford also decided to dust off the already forgotten image of its legend and released an optional Bullitt package for the 4th generation Mustang, which included the canonical green body color and wheel design from the film of the same name.
4. Pontiac Aztek
Now, this is someone who really gained sudden fame. A car for pensioners and people whose sense of taste remained at the level of a five-year-old child. People who bought this strange, if not terrible, car at the time, it would seem, could only be pitied, but only until the release of the series Breaking Bad. Walter White, a simple school teacher, and later a drug lord, moved around in this car. And it was just right for both of his roles - it didn't seem strange for a practical school teacher to drive such a car, and for a drug lord, the car was an excellent cover, because who would think that a person with a garage of money would drive THIS? Nevertheless, after the release of the series, prices on the secondary market for Aztek confidently crept up, and those who had long dreamed of, but could not get rid of the car, were able not only to sell it, but also to get good money.
5. Toyota Supra
This legend has already appeared in more than one list on our site, and each time deservedly so. Of course, in narrow circles, the 4th series Supra was legendary long before its appearance in Hollywood, thanks to its indestructible 2JZ engine and immortal design, but it became the dream of every boy after the first part of the Fast and Furious franchise. The battle not for life, but to the death with Dominic Torreto's supercharged Charger, and then the graceful overtaking of a Ferrari from a traffic light simply could not leave anyone indifferent. Yes, few people understood that Toyota needed to be heavily modified for such results, but what's the difference? Beautiful shots of a beautiful car literally etched its image into the minds of teenagers at the time and will never leave them.
Hollywood has influenced and will influence more than one car, and we will closely monitor new auto-heroes and carefully keep memories of the heroes of the past in our hearts.
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