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The following is a list of fictional vehicles:

Automobiles

  • 6000 SUX - car from film RoboCop
  • Abarth 2000 – driven by Heinrich Von Schnellfahren in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • ARGO - the all terrain vehicle employed by the Enterprise in Star Trek:Nemesis.
  • Batmobile - The primary transportation of the DC Comics superhero Batman. Note: The Batmobile has taken on many different forms from the 1930s to today and has evolved along with the character in TV, films, and comics. Notable examples include:
    • The original 1930s Batmobile, which automotive experts believe resembles the DeSoto coupe of that era.
    • The muscle car Batmobile used in the campy 1960s TV series.
    • The sleek, aerodynamic Batmobiles of the 1990s cartoons and the Movie Batman Forever
    • The flying Batmobile used in the futuristic Batman Beyond cartoon series.
    • The hulking, tank-like Batmobile of the newest Batman film, Batman Begins
  • Belchfire - name of the make of huge, overpowered cars in Grin and Bear it cartoons by George Lichty
  • Bertone Carabo - driven by Rufino Gasolinis, the Devil from Torino, in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • The Betsy - Harold Robbins novel (and movie) The Betsy
  • Bormann 6 - car from the US film Putney Swope
  • Bulgemobile - name of the make of huge, overdecorated cars illustrated by Bruce McCall in National Lampoon
  • Boomerang Rapido – designed and driven by Rudolf Blodstrupmoen (English name "Rudolph Gore-Slimey") who has completely dominated auto racing the past three years. It features a 12 cylinder engine, active spoiler and a super retometer distributor (the design of which was stolen from Reodor Felgen). From the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix").
  • C.A.R.R. - Stroker & Hoop
  • Canyonero - a parody of typical SUVs, The Simpsons Also available in F-Series, for the ladies.
  • The Catillac - Shape-shifting Cadillac convertible (Red body wth a white hood, trunk, and interior, no tires or rims, a trophy for a hood ornament, and a fan where the spare tire should be), which can shift into an air boat, a mobile home, or a submarine in the Catillac Cats cartoons (paired with DIC Entertainment's Heathcliff cartoons) — despite looking like a junker, this car is really a hotrod capable of beating most other cars in any race
  • Deling City bus - from Final Fantasy VIII, most notable for running 1 every 30 seconds
  • Durango 95 - sports car, from the film A Clockwork Orange
  • Dragster of Doom - Beetlejuice animated series. Created from spare parts like Frankenstein, but with a Jekyll & Hyde personality. Known as Doomie, for short. Created by Lydia Deetz and Beetlejuice.
  • The Flintstones' car from The Flintstones
  • Helen Wheels - a Land Rover from the Paul McCartney song of the same name
  • Herkimer Battlejitney - "the best nonlethal military vehicle ever made" from the movie, Mystery Men
  • Heron sedan car - Nero Wolfe
  • Hirondel - the unpretentious make of car driven by Simon Templar, Leslie Charteris's character The Saint
  • The Homer - car designed by Homer Simpson, The Simpsons
  • IT - codename for a superfast gyroscopic unicycle designed by Mr. Garrison to combat airlines, South Park
  • The Jupiter 8 - a Roman car on an episode of the original Star Trek series
  • KARR - Knight Rider
  • KITT - Knight Rider
  • La Tourra - from Futurama
  • Mach Five - the racing car driven by Speed Racer
  • Maibatsu Thunder - Sendup of SUV ads in Grand Theft Auto
  • Melmoth - Humbert Humbert's car in Lolita
  • Nike One 2022 - from the Gran Turismo 4 video game
  • Paragon Panther - make of the car from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang of which the one with the license plate GEN11 happened to be magical
  • Porter - a "1928 Porter" was the vehicle in My Mother the Car; a firm of this name once existed, but failed before that year
  • Rolls-Royce FAB 1 - a pink, James Bond-like amphibious limousine driven by Aloysius "Nosey" Parker and ridden by Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the Thunderbirds television series
  • Rolls Royce Shadowshark - driven by 1930s pulp magazine character Dr Shade and yuppie Dark Lord Rex Leech in Kim Newman's fiction
  • Schlep car - the dilapitated green dune buggy that became Wonder Bug, a sparkling red buggy when fitted with a magic horn.
  • Shinra truck - Final Fantasy VII, a 3 wheeled pickup (single wheel at the rear), presumably with a Mako engine
  • The Silver Hornet - a Citroen 2CV, driven by Inspector Clouseau in Revenge of the Pink Panther with extensive cosmetic modifications prone to falling apart
  • Takuro Spirit - Popular car in an alternate Earth from Stephen King's Dark Tower series
  • Il Tempo Gigante - designed and driven by Reodor Felgen (English name "Theodore Rimspoke") in the Norwegian puppet film Flåklypa Grand Prix (English title "Pinchcliffe Grand Prix")
  • Thundercougarfalconbird - From Futurama A car that is marketed to men who really do care what other people think about their masculinity.
  • Trovare - expensive but unreliable sports car from 'Europa', from the 1988 US movie It Takes Two
  • Wagon Queen Family Truckster (in Metallic Pea) - National Lampoon's Vacation
  • Wario Car - driven by Wario, first seen in Wario Land 4
  • Wasabi - a badly designed Japanese car driven by Newton Pulsifer in Good Omens
  • Yamura - the series of race cars in the 1966 movie Grand Prix

Recreational Vehicles

  • Klassy Krib, a "fully-loaded" RV - The Simpsons

Flying cars/personal spacecraft

  • Beta Romeo - flying car, Futurama
  • Ford Thundercougarfalconbird - flying car, Futurama
  • Plymouth V'ger - flying car, Futurama 
  • Scooty-Puff Jr. - short-range single-person spacecraft for children, Futurama 
  • Scooty-Puff Sr. - short-range single-person spacecraft for adults, Futurama 
  • General Products - Spaceship hulls, Known Space
  • The Jetsons' car from The Jetsons

Railroads and trains

  • Wrath of Conrail - Futurama
  • Unnamed truck-train hybrid - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  • Blaine, a suicidal high-tech locomotive that will only reconsider self-destruction if its passengers can stump the CPU with a riddle - Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Wastelands

See also