Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Do You Have to Use Expensive Cars to Make a Great Car Movie?

-From the May 2015 issueOne Ford Mustang and one Dodge Charger. That was all it took back in 1968 to create what is still considered the greatest chase scene in Hollywood history. A Dodge and a Ford were all Bullitt needed to conjure celluloid magic, if you don't count also needing half of San Francisco. Last year's Need For Speed put together a fleet of Bugattis, Koenigseggs, and a few cars that didn't yet exist, and nobody cared. When it comes to chase scenes, excellence doesn't require expensive sheetmetal or exotic engineering. It just takes brave driving and daring filmmaking. So we're taking a look at how the total value of the hero cars in a selection of pursuit scenes compares with each movie's goodness, expressed through film ratings on the popular website Rotten Tomatoes. To get comparable value figures, we took the total value of the cars at the time of the film's release and converted the figures to current dollars. Below are our findings for a handful of greats, a few not-so-greats, and a couple of major stinkers.-Aston Martin DB5 Not pictured: Ford Mustang convertible and Mercedes-Benz 180 (2) Total Vehicle Cost: $170,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 96% The original gadget-laden DB5 from the film was stolen in 1997 and never seen again. In 2010, an Ohio collector paid $4.6 million for another of the cars used in the film.-Ford Mustang GT Not pictured: Dodge Charger R/T Total Vehicle Cost: $50,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97%-Chevrolet 150 and Pontiac GTO Judge Total Vehicle Cost: $40,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 94%-Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six-Pack Total Vehicle Cost: $20,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 75%-Ford Mustang Mach 1 Total Vehicle Cost: $20,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 38%-Shelby Cobra 427 and Ferrari Daytona Spider Not pictured: Mercedes-Benz 300SL roadster Total Vehicle Cost: $250,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22%-Pontiac Trans Am Not pictured: Pontiac LeMans sedan Total Vehicle Cost: $40,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 81%-Dodge Monaco Police Not pictured: Cadillac Sedan DeVille, Fleetwood Southwind RV, Ford Country Squire wagon, Ford Pinto wagon Total Vehicle Cost: $150,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 87%-Ferrari 308GTS QV and Porsche 911 SC Cabriolet Total Vehicle Cost: $220,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 67% Today, you can get both cars from the epic race along Sunset Boulevard for what you'd spend on a new 911.-Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 Not pictured: Shelby Cobra 427 Total Vehicle Cost: $480,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 43%-Ferrari F355 Spider (GTS model shown) Not pictured: Hummer H1 Total Vehicle Cost: $270,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 66%-Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 Not pictured: Audi S8, BMW M5 Total Vehicle Cost: $330,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68%-Shelby GT500 Not pictured: BMW 540i Total Vehicle Cost: $120,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 24%-Dodge Charger and Toyota Supra Turbo Not pictured: Mazda RX-7, Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX, Volkswagen Jetta Total Vehicle Cost: $460,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 53%-Dodge Charger Daytona Not pictured: BMW M5, Dodge Challenger SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8, Ford Escort RS1600, "Anvil" Ford Mustang, International MXT-MVA, Jensen Interceptor, Lucra LC470, Nissan GT-R Total Vehicle Cost: $2,590,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 68% The International MXT-MVA and the highly customized vintage Charger and Mustang are each individually worth more than the entire collection of vehicles from the original F&F film, even adjusted for inflation.-Shelby GT500 Not pictured: Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, Ford Mustang GT, Ford Torino GT, Koenigsegg Agera, Koenigsegg Agera R, Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, McLaren P1, Pontiac GTO, Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, Spania GTA Spano Total Vehicle Cost: $10,490,000 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22%-Jerry Seinfeld owns the Porsche 917 that Steve McQueen drove in Le Mans. Regular 917s are going for around $20 million. Add the McQueen premium, and Seinfeld's 917 is likely one of the most valuable cars on earth.--

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