James Bond cars feature in `Top 10 Car Stars` lists in USA and UK opinion polls

16-Mar-2004 • Bond News

Due to the recent release of the `Starsky and Hutch` movie, talk about the best car stars of Hollywood history has sparked off some opinion polls.

In the USA, Hagerty Insurance of Traverse City, Michigan, specializes in collector car insurance. The agency surveyed ten-thousand car enthusiasts to determine the Top Ten television and motion picture car stars.

1. "The Dukes of Hazzard" 1969 Dodge Charger General Lee.
2. "Bullitt" green 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen.
3. "Gone in 60 Seconds" 1967 Shelby GT500.
4. "Back to the Future" 1983 DeLorean.
5. "Batman" TV series Batmobile.
6. "Goldfinger" Aston Martin DB5.
7. "Smokey and The Bandit" 1977 Pontiac Firebird T/A.
8. "Herbie the Love Bug" 1963 Volkswagen Beetle.
9. "Starsky and Hutch" TV series and movie 1974 Ford Torino.
10. "The Green Hornet" TV series Chrysler Imperial Black Beauty.

Another list has come out this week, this time from the UK. The poll was carried out by cinema chain UCI.

1 Batmobile (Batman, 1989)
2 Aston Martin (Goldfinger, 1964)
3 Mini Cooper (The Italian Job, 1969)
4 Herbie (The Love Bug, 1969)
5 DeLorean (Back to the Future, 1985)
6 Greased Lightning (Grease, 1978)
7 Ford Mustang (Bullitt, 1968)
8 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 1968)
9 Lotus Esprit (The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977)
10 Christine (Christine, 1983)

Thanks to brokenladder and Brinke for the alerts.