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    Saleen S7 
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The First American Supercar.

"Defying the notion that a domestically produced vehicle cannot be considered 'exotic', the Saleen S7 is a true American original. Hand-built at the Saleen production facility in Irvine, California, the S7 combines a space age honeycombed aluminium composite chassis, an all-carbon exterior, and a 750 HP twin-turbo engine into one stunning package that can hit speeds of 250 MPH."
—Description, Midnight Club: Los Angeles

While Saleen is known for building special variants of existing models from Ford, founder Steve Saleen started initiating his concept from the drawing board, his first original hand-crafted supercar. The Saleen S7.

A completely original car, and is one of the few known mid-engined American production car. The S7 debuted in mid-2000, known for its all-aluminum bored-and-stroked Ford Windsor V8 engine, producing 550 horsepower and capable of reaching 330 km/h (205 mph) with an acceleration of 0-60 in about 2.8 seconds.

While it's an American supercar of its own, in 2005, the S7 becomes powerfully twin-turbocharged. Now called the S7 Twin Turbo, its engine power is boosted to 750 hp, capable of reaching hypercar levels (and fairly matching with the Bugatti Veyron) with an estimated top speed of 399 km/h (248 mph).

The S7-R is the racing variant, designed to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, American Le Mans Series and the FIA GT Championship, with some of the notable contenders like Konrad Motorsport that finished 6th overall (and the class winner) in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2001.

Anime and MangaFilm — Live Action
  • Resident Millionaire Playboy— er... Billionaire Playboy to be honest... Tony Stark owns this American supercar in Iron Man, housed in his Cool Garage. Though he never drives it.
  • The titular protagonist Bruce Almighty decides to transform his beat-up old Datsun 280Z into a Saleen S7. Immediately some kids walk up to his car and give him compliments about it.
    Bruce: It gets me from A to B.
  • One of the De Leon participants in the climactic race in Need for Speed (2014) drives one. And despite being a lightweight supercar, it managed to defy the laws of physics by ramming (and wrecking) a police SUV. ...and also got wrecked by another police cruiser. Yeah... no.
  • Redline (2007): Brecken has a Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, and he would use it in the final race. He wins the race after Natasha stops the Ferrari Enzo she's driving an inch away from the finish line.
Music
  • 50 Cent drives his Saleen inside a mysterious haunted house at the beginning of the music video "Candy Shop (feat. OLIVIA)
Video Games
  • Appeared in Asphalt Urban GT 1 & 2 as a high-end "Furious Racers" supercar. The car never returned until about 18 years later, an update for 9: Legends in July 2023 brings back this legendary hypercar.
  • The Super Muscle in Burnout Dominator is meant to resemble the Saleen S7, with a little touch from a Corvette.
  • The Cruis'n-based Fast & Furious: SuperCars features the almighty S7 (and the concept S5R Raptor, another car of Saleen) in the lineup. And what happens when you maxed out the body upgrade? Feast your eyes... with this pimped-out rice.
  • The Saleen S7 has become fully present in every Forza installment (except for Horizon 2 for some odd reason...). The first 4 Motorsport games included the race-spec S7-R (and a few teams to pick like Konrad Motorsport).
  • The GT1-class Saleen S7-R in Race Driver: GRID has some practicality to make up for its low acceleration, as it is quite full of grip, making it ideal on technical tracks like the Nürburgring or Detroit.
  • The S7 debuted in Gran Turismo 4 as one of the well known supercars amongst the 800+ cars. This was featured in the third Super License test, and it even got its own one-make racing series.
  • L.A. Rush has the Saleen S7 as the last car acquired in the game. This American supercar is driven by Final Boss Lidell Rey and it's fully decked with some crazy graffiti designs. That being said, if you bring the S7 to a West Coast Customs shop, Ryan will imply about the pimping he did:
    Ryan: Saleen S7 goes crazy with some graffiti style graphics. Then we dropped in a super charger, shaded the windows and put on a set of GFG 20's. Now it's rolling in style!
  • The S7 in Midnight Club is perhaps to be the best-of-the-best car in the each of the games usually as the last unlockable car. It started of in II as the Veloci, driven by the Final Boss, Savo. It became fully licensed in 3 as a high-end A-Class exotic, to the point that your rivals will frequently use this in the U.S. Championship Series. By the time it hits Los Angeles it, considered to be the fastest in the game when fully upgraded.
  • The S7 here is an ultimate high-speed missile in Project Gotham Racing. In 3, it offers both in naturally-aspirated and twin-turbocharged variants.
  • The Saleen S7 Twin Turbo is your Infinity +1 Car in Test Drive Unlimited, and is considered to be one of the top-flight Group A hypercars to battle with the McLarens and the Koenigseggs.

    Subaru 360 
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"Subaru's first post-war automobile was small, but its low price made it accessible to the masses."
—Description, Gran Turismo 6

The Ladybug, as they call it.

The 360 is Subaru's rear-engined two door kei car for The '50s to The '70s, as it's so-called because of its 360cc engine.

An inexpensive cute machine intended to help motorize the post-World War II population, as well as being intended to comply with Japan's kei car regulations. It produces 16 hp, weighs under 1,000 pounds and notable for utilizing suicide doors, the Subaru 360 would be one of the firsts in the kei car category.

Several variants were produced throughout its 12-year run, such as the station wagon 360 Custom, a convertible variant and a slightly upgraded version called the Young S. And even more powerful version the Young SS boasts 35 hp and 100 bhp per litre.

...and just because it has under 20 hp and it's tiny doesn't always mean it's The Alleged Car.

Anime and Manga

Music

  • The MV "Honoo no Choir" by Keisuke Kawata has the featured artist drive the 360 around the coasts and beaches. The 360 itself is rented from a vintage car rental, Harada Shoukai.
Video Games

    Subaru Impreza WRX / Subaru WRX 
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All-wheel, all impresive.*
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Still impressive.

"The Subaru Impreza certainly makes an impression on the eye. It's a good strong car, but it's a little front-end heavy. It's got strong power and torque so this car is more than suitable for the straight, fast rallies."
—Travis Pastrana, Colin McRae: DIRT

The Subaru Impreza is a compact car that has been manufactured by Subaru since 1992, introduced as a replacement for the Subaru Leone.

The Impreza soon became known for its rally-homologated WRX variants (standing for "World Rally Xperimental"), which added turbochargers to their "boxer" flat-four engines ranging from 1.5- to 2.5-liters (aside from further features such as all-wheel drive and stiffened suspensions), plus the introduction of versions made by Subaru Tecnica International (STI, or prior to 2006, STi), which added blueprinted performance-tuned engines, transmissions, and suspensions.

Its second generation in particular became known for being subject to two rather radical facelifts, resulting in nicknames to distinguish them from each other based on the shape of their headlights: The pre-facelift model was known as the "Bugeye", the first facelift as the "Blobeye", and the second facelift as the "Hawkeye". It was known as something of The Rival of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (leading to jokes such as "Fear No Evo").

After the third generation, Subaru split the Impreza and the WRX (STI) lines, with the Impreza becoming a hatchback/saloon only (sharing a platform with the Levorg), and the WRX (STI) carrying on as a sport compact resembling the Impreza of old onwards.

Imprezas have been one of the quintessential rally cars in the World Rally Championship, which helped Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter Solberg secure the drivers' championship title in 1995, 2001 and 2003 respectively. While it withdrew at the end of 2008, many privateer rally teams (especially in Group N, rallycross, hillclimb, etc.) continue to use the Impreza for off-road competitions.

Anime and Manga
  • This is Bunta Fujiwara's car in Initial D after giving the AE86 to his son Takumi, following his tenure in Project D. The car is a '98 WRX STI Coupe pained in Sonic Blue Mica (or grey in the manga and video games).
  • In MF Ghost, 3 unknown background characters are seen owning 3 different Subaru Imprezas/WRX's, the 1st one is a red Facelifted (Blob Eye) GDB Impreza that appears right behind Shun Aiba's GT-R Nismo during its qualifying run in Chapter 1, the 2nd is the Second Facelifted (Hawk Eye) GDB Impreza that gets passed by Yosuke Ohtani and his AMG GTS in Chapter 2, and the 3rd is a Black VA WRX that appears in the car park where Kanata's 86 is revealed in Chapter 6 of the Manga/Turn01 of the anime.
  • Makoto Morishita in Wangan Midnight, prior to her purchase of the F1 turbine Z32, originally drives a silver Impreza WRX STI which is gifted from her boyfriend named Hiroki.
    Makoto: (In WMMT2) I know the Impreza is fast./This car cost me a fortune!
  • The Subaru Impreza WRX Type R STi Version VI is Tokisada Touma's Gyrozetter in Chousoku Henkei Gyrozetter.
Film — Live Action
  • Baby's hot red 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX in Baby Driver is no doubt his signature Cool Car.
  • The white 2004 Subaru Impreza "Blobeye" WRX (GDB) in Bad Black is being driven in the street race is certainly a fine piece of machinery, especially by Wakaliwood standards. Too bad it gets totaled by Swaaz.
    "Subaru! Subaru! Subaru! Subaru! Vroom Vroom vrooom vrooom yeah!"
  • Ninja's black hawkeye Subaru Impreza in Chappie is his Cool Car. No wonder Neill Blomkamp loves JDMs.
  • The Fast and the Furious brought this Impreza to their films, whether being a tuned import or a build for off-road:
    • Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Connor in Fast & Furious were prompted to steal this car from an impounded lot after their cars got wrecked from Fenix Calderon's ambush.
    • In Fast Five, the WRX was used by the gang to practice avoiding cameras and make hairpin turns.
    • Furious 7 has Brian procured an off-road built Impreza for his Azerbaijan mission.
    • Little Nobody in The Fate of the Furious uses a white WRX STi as part of the submarine Car Chase.
  • The beginning of Kingsman: The Secret Service has Eggsy and his mates stealing (and hooning) a thug's yellow modified hawkeye-Subaru Impreza while performing multiple donuts right in front of him with it. And that lead him to his arrest where it became his Establishing Character Moment.
Live-Action TV
  • Resident bad boy Callum Logan of Coronation Street owns a custom white 1999 Type R Impreza. Both him and the car would have serious beef with other characters like the Platt family.
  • Meet "Evelyn", an orange-bugeyed Impreza of the 2023 series Twisted Metal, the Cool Car of John Doe (Anthony Mackie) that is a "car-acter" of its own.
  • A silver Subaru Impreza WRX was Carl Williams's getaway car in Underbelly after murdering Mark Moran outside his home.
Video Games
  • Just like the Lancer Evolution, whether you are Colin McRae, Richard Burns or Petter Solberg, the Impreza has been the go-to rally car in many rally-racing games, mainly the one from the World Rally Championship.
    • It is one of the 6 cars in the lineup in Sega Rally 2, which continues to carry over in its future installments.
    • The Impreza is a very common 4WD rally car in Colin McRae Rally, mainly the one the 22B rally car as seen in both the game's cover and intro driven by McRae himself in the very first game. The Blobeye 44s WRX Impreza would then serve as the cover car for CMR 2005.
    • It is also widely common in DIRT. In DIRT 2, well, there's so much to say about it:
      • The very first time of the opening has Travis Pastrana give you a powerful Subaru Impreza rallycross for your introduction race, giving you A Taste of Power at first before you buy your own car.
      Travis Pastrana: So here it is, dude. A Subaru Impreza STI. But hey! This isn't a normal Subaru, it was once driven by the rally legend, Colin McRae. You got some pretty big shoes to fill.
      • Also, the Monster Energy Impreza is the signature Cool Car driven Ken Block, as seen in the cover art and the Logo Joke of Codemasters.
      • Completing the Colin McRae Challenge and you win the 1995 Subaru Impreza, the car that helped McRae win the WRC title.
    • After beating Bruno Durand, the Final Boss of DIRT 5, you then have to beat the True Final Boss (also the Final-Exam Boss since he acts as your guide) AJ, who is driving a WRX STI RX Supercar.
    • The Speed Cross Master James Watanabe from Gravel runs a rallycross spec WRX STI hatchback.
  • Subaru only offered Imprezas in Battle Gear. (Until the Legacy came in 3) Also in 3, you have the grey-tuned Impreza... with the driver clearly seen having a smoke a la-Bunta Fujiwara from Initial D.
  • Of course, the Impreza and its future generations would be bound to show up in the Forza series. The 22B STi in particular has made an appearance in every game in the series, can potentially be the player's starting car in Motorsport 6, has a Horizon Edition version in Horizon 3 that has a drift skill boost and is the only version of the car that has an A-class stock performance and a Forza Edition in Motorsport 7 that has a credits boost.
  • Appears in every Gran Turismo game, no matter if it is a vanilla road car or its various rally and race cars.
    • The third-gen WRX STI serves as the foundation for the Gr.4, Gr.3 race car and Gr.B rally car, just like its rival, the Lancer Evolution.
  • The all-wheel drive car has appeared in various Need for Speed games.
    • The "Blobeye" second-gen version would appear in Underground 2 (and Underground Rivals),* Most Wanted (2005), and Carbon - Own the City.
    • The "Hawkeye" second-gen version would debut in Carbon, where it would also be the car of your crewmate Yumi in Tier 3, and appear in various games of the saga afterwards, even appearing in Heat and Unbound as the "classic" Impreza of sorts (as opposed to the 2010 facelift third-gen Impreza that also appears in said games), where you can recreate the 2006 Impreza WRC rally car via body kits.
    • The third-gen hatchback Impreza would appear in Hot Pursuit (2010) (and thus also in Hot Pursuit Remastered) and The Run
    • A 2010 facelift of the third-gen hatchback Impreza has been available in all games since Need for Speed (2015). In addition, in Payback it is the car of choice of Udo Roth, and is later available for the player to use as an abandoned car.
  • Other than Nissans, you have this hawkeye Impreza WRX STI in Test Drive Unlimited 2. Even if it's an "Asphalt" class-car, it's also a good off-roader.
  • Tokyo Xtreme Racer:
    • The Impreza sees some widespread use through-out the series, both on various highways and mountain passes. Most famous is the all-Impreza team Another Star, archrivals to the all-Lan Evo team Top Level.
    • Jintei's car of choice for touge racing was a white Impreza, as seen in the first Drift game. He permanently switches out his signature R34 for his upgraded Impreza starting in Touge Legends, and he acquires another one upon his return to highway racing in Import Tuner Challenge
    • Tōru Zōshigaya, Player Character of Chain Reaction, reappears as a Disk-One Final Boss in Aso driving a jet-black GDB.
    • No stranger to driving all-wheel drive cars with absurd Gundam-inspired body kits, Crimson Devil went all out for Import Tuner Challenge, switching his usual R34 out for a ridiculous looking Impreza with fiberglass rockets as part of its body. Mind you, it is still an incredibly fast car.
  • Kazuhiko Yamamoto digs Imprezas when he uses it in the Wangan highway of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune:
    • In chapter 6 of the first game, he uses a blobeyed WR Blue Impreza WRX STI. He uses an R34 Skyline instead in the sequel.
    • The blue GRB Impreza WRX STI hatch acts as the "YM Speed Demo Car" during Chapter 46 of 4. It was replaced by a blue MX-5 (NC) in 6.
Web Video
  • Ian Hecox of Smosh once owned a Subaru Impreza 2.5 which appeared in some of their videos. But what stood out the most is that Subiefest in "Kid Craps Himself in Drift Car!" where Ian tries to not act like a scared little babychild while riding shotgun in a professional drifter's Subaru Impreza WRX STI. Ian also once owned a 2012 Subaru Impreza WRX STI hatch that got wrecked. Thanks, dickface.

    Tesla Model S 
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"Like a world-class endurance athlete, Model S was designed to be the epitome of efficiency."
—Franz von Holzhausen, American car designer who developed the Tesla Model S.

The Tesla car that changed Electric Vehicles forever.

The Model S is a battery-powered all-electric full-size liftback introduced since 2012. It was Tesla's second production car after the Roadster in 2008.

Under the Working Title, codenamed "WhiteStar", development of the Model S began from humble beginnings in 2007, with the car announced officially on June 30, 2008, with its prototype unveiled in March 2009 and ready to go into full production on June 12, 2012. The Model S had underwent various revisions, such as the Autopilot driving and enhanced battery range.

The Model S wasn't just the pioneering electric car in the United States, but also saw huge sales outside the country such as Norway and Denmark. While the car was praised for its performance and range, it has recieved criticism due to high-costs, brake problems and safety issues, mainly the car catching fire.

Anime and MangaFilm — Animation
  • Natalie Certain, a Piston Cup analyst and Chick Hicks' co-host in Cars 3 is a maroon-colored Evolv Motors Provoc Quantus 4S, a model based on the Tesla Model S.
Live-Action TVMusicVideo Games
  • It was one of the original launch cars in Asphalt 8: Airborne as one of the low-end starter D-Class cars. It was removed in a 2020 update due to licensing issues with Tesla.
  • Three versions of the Model S have appeared in the Forza games, and all of them have only appeared in one game each. The original Model S appears in Horizon 2, the P85D version appears in Motorsport 6 and Horizon 3 features the P90D with Ludicrous Mode as Downloadable Content.
  • The 2012 Tesla Model S Signature Performance in Gran Turismo 6-onwards. Being the second Tesla after the Roadster.
  • Appears as the Lightning in Horizon Chase. As the tagline implies; you "can't hear it scream".
  • Watch_Dogs 2 has the Elek Motors Asteria Prime, based on the 2016 Model S.
Western Animation

    Tuk-tuk 
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It tuk Asia by storm... or typhoon to be exact.

"This auto rickshaw is not recommended for military service or any other heavy duty job. It will take you to your destination though - very cheap, special price."
—Description, Battlefield: Bad Company 2

The first thing a typical tourist will picture in their heads when we say Thailand: it's these cute lil' taxis around the streets of Bangkok.

An auto rickshaw, or perhaps better well-known famously as the tuk-tuk (ตุ๊ก ๆ) is a generic name for a three-wheeled motorized vehicle, typically used as a taxi or a delivery car as seen around in Thailand, usually in Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima. They were originated back in 1959 when the country began knocking down a Daihatsu Midget, a small Japanese three-wheeled pickup.

While they are widely known in Thailand, tuk-tuks are also popular transportations outside of the country, mainly the ones that were also fully utilized in most of South Asia, especially India with the Bajaj RE as one of the most notable auto rickshaws, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, and even the Arab World (Middle East and Northern Africa). A similar version to the tuk-tuk/rickshaw was also used in Europe, mainly Italy, using the Piaggio Ape as its basis.

Benefits of an auto rickshaw is that they're very inexpensive to own and operate and are small enough to squeeze crammed spaces, especially through traffic congestion. Unlike the Reliant Regal/Robin, a tuk-tuk dosen't tilt or topple over.

Bare in mind the name has nothing related to Tuk Tuk, Raya's steed from Raya and the Last Dragon, despite being named after it.

Film — Live ActionLive-Action TV
  • The Chase Scene in Karachi in Ms. Marvel (2022) where the titular hero and Kareem use a tuk-tuk to escape from the Clandestines.
  • Appropriately given in a Thailand setting Strike Back: Legacy features lots of tuk-tuks around Bangkok, but the one that plays a major role would be Benz, the tuk-tuk driver whom Scott befriends.
Music
  • "So What" by LOONA has a shitload of artistic rickshaws with the members riding on it at particular scenes.
Video Games
  • A tuk-tuk appears as a playable light armored vehicle featured in the Vietnam expansion of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, used only in Conquest mode for the US Army or the NVA to use. A futuristic version of the tuk-tuk would show up in the Kaleidoscope map of Battlefield 2042. The Reveal Trailer shows that said tuk-tuk getting sucked by a massive tornado.
  • Tuk-tuks appear as traffic cars in the Asian tracks of Burnout 3: Takedown, but these cute three-wheelers plays a significance. The Signature Takedown "Tuk-Down" where you takedown a Rival into a tuk-tuk, and a Crash event, also called "Tuk Down", where tuk-tuks are very common fodders to crash into. DJ Stryker lampshades this when you nail the signature "tuk-down".
    DJ Stryker: If a horse becomes lame, it is usually put down. Some of these vehicles only have three wheels, surely it would be a mercy killing.
  • Probably a Joke Car in Far Cry 4. The tuk-tuk which you can use to drive around Kyrat but it would handle like a Reliant Robin and topple down like an elephant. What's worse is that this three wheeler has no doors leaving you vulnerable from enemy gunfire.
  • A tuk-tuk is very common to find in Garena Free Fire. It's one Fragile Speedster due to the vehicle being nimble and fast but has poor durability and its open nature makes you easily exposed to gunfire from other players.
  • Rickshaws are extremely common in Just Cause 2 and Just Cause 4. Its DLC of both games add the weaponized Tuk Tuk Boom Boom, a Tuk Tuk with a BFG on its back.
  • The Tukshai are three-wheeled buses only used in the Sanhok map of Player Unknowns Battlegrounds.
Western Animation
  • Rickshaws are everywhere in Mickey Mouse (2013)'s "Mumbai Madness", but the main star is Mickey Mouse's auto rickshaw where Mickey is tasked to transport a ganesha note  to a distant mountain. Though it got wrecked along the way, the ending has Mickey cheerfully get a new magical auto rickshaw... with wings!
  • Appropriately in an Indian setting "From Mumbai With Love" of Oggy and the Cockroaches has auto rickshaws everywhere they go, especially the Car Chase where Oggy and Jack drive a rickshaw chase down the cockroaches (also in a rickshaw) who stole the 2012 Cricket World Cup tickets.

    TVR Tuscan Speed Six 
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"Combining startling looks and shattering performance, the outrageous TVR Tuscan Speed Six was welcomed as one of Europe's most exciting roadsters following its unveiling in 1998. The car features TVR's own interpretation of the classic sports car blueprint of a front engined, rear-wheel drive layout."
Description, Gran Turismo 2
The TVR Tropes— er... TVR Tuscan Speed Six is a British sports car introduced in 1999 and was available to the public a year later. The Tuscan name was a Call-Back to the original Tuscan that was originally introduced in 1967.

As per TVR, the Tuscan Speed Six was assembled in their home city in Blackpool, initially fitted with a 4.0 liter TVR Speed Six (hence the name) inline-six engine, rated at 360 horsepower, and fitted with a 5-speed manual transmission. Though there had been various options offered to customers, with different types of inline-6 engines, bore x stroke, trim levels and a post-facelifted Tuscan S with uprated performance.

The Tuscan Speed Six saw motorsport action in the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well aa racing variant called the TVR T400R seen in the European Le Mans Series ran by Team LNT. It achieves some competition succes while it lasted, until the discontinuation of the car in 2006.

Film — Live ActionVideo Games
  • Ed Lesgar in Carmageddon drives the KVN Toucan, essentialy a TVR Tuscan with spikes on its headlights. Indeed, without him, this game would not have been possible.
  • Corvette Evolution GT has this Tuscan Speed 6 as the "Tuscan 2 Targa". No wonder why it's considered to be in the "Roadster" category. Alongside it is the "Tuscan Racing" (ahem, Tuscan Challenge Race Car).
  • It made its appearance in the first four Forza Motorsport games. The car never returned again (due to the Sagaris being TVR's golden child) until it made its re-appearance in Horizon 4 as a Series 6 seasonal reward.
  • While the TVR brand appears in every Gran Turismo game, the Tuscan Speed 6 initially debuts in 2 which can be obtained for free by winning a race in the Pure Sports Car Cup, and it continues to reappear in its subsequent games. It's also one of the 17 cars that can accept Racing Modifications in 5's GT Auto.
  • The first two Project Gotham Racing games feature this beloved British sports car (and it was one of the fastest, too.) 3 & 4 replaces it with a Typhon.
  • Both the Tuscan S and the T440R are part of the "British Independents" in Test Drive Unlimited.

    Volkswagen Beetle/Type 1 and variants 
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The people's car.

"Blue punch buggy!"
—Stitch, Lilo & Stitch

Originally named the Volkswagen Type 1, the Beetle or "Bug" is a cute little machine of a car loved by the entire world over, making it an icon of Volkswagen.

The concept of the need for a people's car was made by Nazi Germany leader, Adolf Hitler, who wanted a cheap, simple and mass produced car for his new road network in the country. Hungarian engineer Béla Barényi was credited in the original design of the Beetle in 1925, and commissioned Ferdinand Porsche and his team to finalize it until 1938.

Due to World War II, civilian-made Beetles were produced in significant numbers, internally designated as the Type 1. The later models offered in numerous engine displaccements such as the 1200, 1300, 1500, 1302 and 1303.

The original Beetle's engine produces 25 hp, with top speeds of 100 km/h (62 mph) which would be practical for the German roads. As speed increased after the war, its engine output was boosted up to 40 hp. The iconic and trendy Beetle rose to spawning multiple Volkswagen variants such as the Type 2 Bus and the Karmann Khia, as well as inspiring other makers to build their own RR layout economy car such as the Fiat 500, the Rencult 4CV and the Subaru 360.

The original Beetle would end it production in 2003, making it one of the Long-Runners in terms of vehicle production. With that, the Beetle is considered to be one of the best-selling automobiles in history, with over 20 million units produced throughout its 66-year lifespan.

Anime and Manga
  • A classic yellow Volkswagen Beetle is what Hiroshi Agasa drives in Detective Conan.

Comic Books

  • In the second issue of Incandescence, Audrey’s mother’s car appears to be a green Beetle. Following an attempt to sell it and an ensuing argument, Dad relents and gives the car to Audrey. She is then seen driving it in the third issue.

Film — Animated

  • The Stinger of Cars has a this tiny Volkswagen fly into the camera lens, leaving a smudge, keep in mind... Beetles are bugs. The bug would later become an Ascended Extra in one of the Tales from Radiator Springs shorts.
    • Then you have Cruz Besouro in Cars 2, Carla Veloso's crew chief whose model is after a green 1960 Beetle.
  • In the first two chronological Lilo & Stitch films, Nani Pelekai owns a blue Beetle note  that has seen better days, though it's replaced by a green Jeep and a red modified dune buggy in Lilo & Stitch: The Series and its films. In the first film, the super-strong Stitch uses it as an improvised weapon in his fight against Jumba, destroying a good chunk of the Pelekai house just to whack his own creator with it. In Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch, Nani drives herself, Lilo, Jumba, Pleakley, and David in the Beetle, speeding along a dirt mountain road to try to reach Stitch before he leaves Earth in Jumba's ship in self-exile without being charged in Jumba's fusion chamber, though a dead end cuts her short of reaching him. In a Chekhov's Gun moment, she also hid Lilo and Stitch's hovercraft in the Beetle's front compartment, allowing Lilo to fly it to reach Stitch after he crash-lands the ship.

Film — Live-Action

  • Before he became a Camaro, Bumblebee (under the designation B-127) was first an old yellow Volkswagen Beetle, whom Charlie Watson acquires from her uncle as her 18th birthday present. They get together along nicely.
  • Chicago native Ren McCormack from Footloose, both the original 1984 and the 2011 remake drives a yellow 1972 Volkswagen Beetle throughout the movie.
  • Happy Gilmore getting ran over by Shooter McGavin's Beetle. Fortunately, he's still in good shape.
    Happy: Volkswagen!
  • The most iconic Beetle of them all—and Disney's most iconic car character before the Cars franchise came along—would have to be Herbie, the Love Bug, a pearl white sentient 1963 VW Beetle with red, white, and blue racing stripes and the racing number 53 plastered on his front lid, doors, and engine lid. He is able to drive himself and is an improbably competitive race car who is able to beat much faster vehicles than he is. He's been in five feature films, a short-lived TV series, a TV film, and a few video games. He can also be found at a dedicated section of Disney's All-Star Movies Resort in Walt Disney World.
  • A bright yellow 1973 Beetle ironically in a dark Slasher Movie is what Jack Torrance uses to drive to the big creepy Overlook Hotel in The Shining.
  • The Alleged Car of Sleeper, where the dusty mid-sixties vintage Volkswagen Beetle that Miles Monroe and Luna have discovered was over 200 years old. And it actually works perfectly fine when Miles turned the key ignition.
    Miles: Wow, they really built these things, didn't they?

Video Games

  • An entire game dedicated to the Volkswagen New Beetle called Beetle Adventure Racing was released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 and received surprisingly high critical acclaim for its time, which is surprising considering it was basically an advergame for the 1998-debuted car.
  • Jump Bug has you command a bouncing Volkswagen Beetle.
  • The Beetle has appeared frequently throughout the Forza series, usually as a low-class car. In Horizon 5, there is a story revolving around repairing one. Completing it rewards you with a Forza Edition Beetle, which is a normal Beetle that had enough parts installed into it to turn it a high-class car.
  • The Beetle had a quite curious history in Need for Speed: It was a traffic car in II, and in its appearance in the Nintendo DS/Wii-exclusive Nitro, it was the Big Fun Gadgeteer Genius Egyptian Top Racer Omar's signature car; it wouldn't become a player-usable vehicle for all consoles until Payback onwards, where it's able to be turned into an exceptionally fast vehicle after being modded.
  • The second Expert car in San Francisco Rush is a VW Beetle with alternating horizontal stripes that end in rings on its trunk.

Western Animation

  • Oggy's car he owns and uses on a regular basis throughout Oggy and the Cockroaches is an orange 1960-1970 Volkswagen Beetle. In most cases, it's usually parked in the garage of his home.

    Volkswagen Type 2 and variants 
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Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair ♫

"You don’t need to be a hippie to own a Volkswagen campervan. VW camper soon became just as well known for its funky yet functional design, as well as a fashion statement."
—Auto Classics Trade

THE Trope Codifier of the Hippie Van and the Shag Wagon. ...or Transporter, Kombi, Microbus, Sambabus, Bus, Camper, or whatever.

You can name anyone, mainly Hippie Parents or a Hippie Teacher, or at least a stereotypical character that appears from The '60s or The '70s, or hell, a New-Age Retro Hippie. You're certain to see them typically use this Volkswagen bus. Bonus points for added far-out psychedelic murals or replacing the Volkswagen badge with a peace logo, or those said hippie stereotypes. Probably you'd see them likely live inside it.

But overall, it goes under the official universal name: the Volkswagen Type 2.

The Type 2 is Volkswagen's light commercial panel bus introduced in 1950, its second ever model after the Type 1 or widely known as the Volkswagen Beetle. The concept for a microbus like this dates all the way back in T He Roaring Twenties though the idea never happened until 1946 when Dutch importer Ben Pon purchased a Beetle for import in Wolfsburg, Germany. The catalyst that stated it all is when Pon saw a Plattenwagen, an improvised parts-mover based on the Beetle. That's when he sketched up a new idea for a van and proposed to Volkswagen alone.

Its T1 Type 2 has been penned for its signature split windshield, earning the nickname as the Splitscreen or Splittie amongst fans. The van was powered by a 24 bhp air-cooled flat-4 engine mounted on the rear, the same engine and layout as the Type 1 Beetle. The microbus became an ideal vehicle for civilians but also used as a delivery car an ambulance, as well as an ice cream van and a food truck.

There had been numerous and numerous variants of the Type 2 such as the 13-window Kombi bus, the "Samba" or officially the Kleinbus Sonderausführung (small bus, special version, and it's also offered as a single/double cab utility pickup.

The Type 2 is considered to be the grandfather of modern cargo and passenger vans, but also became an iconic vehicle to many fans alongside the Beetle. It has forever cultivated a popular subculture of The '60s and The '70s as the Hippie Van, noted for its psychedelic murals like brightly-painted colors, flowers, peace signs and graffiti patterns. Despite its discontinuation in 2013, it still has continued to become an iconic cult classic of today.

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Anime and Manga

  • A sambabus is the corporate car of the Takanashi Productions Staff from the anime adaptation of IDOLiSH7. Ogami Banri is the one takes command behind the wheel.
  • Mari Ohara of Love Live! Sunshine!! drives a pink Volkswagen Type 2, used as transportation for her fellow AQUORS members. Her van has a shoshinsha mark implying she's a beginner, at aged 17. Despite that, she Drives Like Crazy nonetheless. Well, sorta.
    • In Season 2 Episode 10, Mari's Volkswagen van suddenly starts flying for some bizarre reason, and sails into the sky in front of the full moon ET-style, while the entire group smiles brightly.
      Kanan: Let's just say, it's a night-time drive.
    • Mari and her van get a major spotlight in the special MV "Shiny Racers" performed by her seiyuu Aina Suzuki. Enjoy Mari-chan driving crazily. For real.
  • The "Volkswagen Bus" in Nana, owned by the Black Stones and driven by Yasushi Takagi.
  • Theresa, the girl of the day of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl owns a van that resembles a Volkswagen Type 2 T1, used in an effort to chase down Team Rocket and rescue Ash Ketchum and Pikachu.
  • The Saki spinoff Saki Achiga-hen shows just how Team Tsuruga's Satomi drives that Volkswagen van of hers. Like Mari Ohara's van, it also has a shoshinsha mark.
  • The van of the Hyakki Yakō that Pheles, Johann and Kazumi Yoshida use to drive up the Unrestricted Spell during episode 19 of Shakugan no Shana Final looks similar to the Kombi. Para takes command behind the wheel.
  • Ai, Julie and Scar used a refurbished VW minibus for the journey during episode 4 of Sunday Without God, but notices a mysterious young man sleeping in the backseat, passing out. It's revealed that man is an Ortus, hence the episode name.

Comic Books

  • The Department X of Age of X-Man are the new regime's secret police, and for some reason... travel around in an old VW camper.
  • The Turtles' iconic Party Wagon from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in most incarnations is loosely based on the Volkswagen T2 minibus.
  • The German comic book Werner features the Kombi as the police car of the two police officers, Bruno and Helmut.

Comic Strip

  • Jeremy's 1962 VW Microbus in Zits is by no doubt The Alleged Car. Most of the time, he and Hector just hang out in it, but once, they slipped the tires from Connie's station wagon on it and (barely) got it up and running.

Film — Animation

Film — Live Action

Literature

Live-Action TV

  • John Nickel from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. once has this clunky T2 he tried to sell. It's called the "clunker" for a reason.
  • Chico himself from Chico and the Man lives in a VW van permanently docked in the Man's garage.
  • Team Awesome's VW Type 2 Breadloaf from Curfew is still a cool cult classic.
  • "Ramparts" from Law & Order has the ol' Volkswagen bus play a significant role as the vehicle with the dead man inside (now reduced into a skeleton), sunken down the Hudson River.
  • The DHARMA vans of Lost are all blue Type 2 junkers used by the survivors as transportation around the Island.
  • This Hippie Van was the central vehicle of the episode "My What a Pretty Bus" of The Mod Squad. It's one of the two buses that crashed and burned after a Chase Scene.
  • The "Twinkie", The Alleged Car of John B from Outer Banks is an adorable but beaten-up old Volkswagen van. Riddled with bullet holes and almost ended up drowning.
  • Tom Paris and Tuvok use Rain Robinson's blue Volkswagen Type 2 minibus in Star Trek: Voyager as their getaway car and their transport car to thwart Henry Starling's plans.
  • Michael Kelso's second car of That '70s Show was a Samba van from The '60s. Of course, it got destroyed by accident when Eric took it at Mt. Hump and forgot to put it in park mode.
  • Flemish crime drama series Witse has DI Sam Deconinck use her VW Bus as the source of transport.

Music

Video Games

  • The Volkswagen Type 2 microbus in Asphalt Xtreme becomes a monster truck riddled with Bōsōzoku tailpipes, surfboards and a beach-themed livery. It's marketed as the Camper Bus in Overdrive.
  • The Kombi from The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest ain't your regular junker, as upgraded performance parts can turn this van into a superbus. Like in Asphalt Xtreme the "High School Edition" turns the kombi into a frickin' monster truck.
  • Cruis'n Exotica features a Volkswagen Bus as one of its usable cars. Not only does the car have vibrant multi-colored flowers painted on it, but the in-game name of the car is called the "Hippyhauler".
  • The "chariot" that carries Lance's soul back to Earth when he continues in The Ditty of Carmeana looks like a VW Bus.
  • The Hippie Van is a playable Secret Car loaded with lots of flower power in DRIV3R. It becomes a licensed Volkswagen Camper bus in Driver: San Francisco. It isn't exactly known for its reliability either, but again, it works perfectly in-game.
  • One of the rare emotes of Fortnite has you driving that 'lil Party Wagon from the aforementioned TMNT.
  • One of the Barn Finds of Forza Horizon 2 is that old Volkswagen van. Its Forza Edition features a Speed Skill boost making it one sufin' Lightning Bruiser. A Car Pass of Horizon 4 features a Double cab variant.
  • Probably one of Volkswagen's Joke Cars Gran Turismo 5 has ever thrown; the Volkswagen typ2(T1) SambaBus, the van everybody (including you) uses at the Top Gear Test Track Special Event. It's also featured in Sport with a dedicated Beetle & Samba Bus Festa race event. In 7, completing "The Magic Mountain" Mission Challenge awards you... this "not-so-Undesirable Prize" sambabus. Plus you can fit a Porsche 911 engine and turn this joke car into a lethal sleeper!
  • The BF Surfer camper van that appears in Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online is heavily inspiered by the VW Type 2 T1, available in either a restored gem or a beaten up junker.
  • Mitch Decosta of Mafia III is a proud owner of the Berkley Freerider, a faux Volkswagen bus.
  • The Type 2 made its sole appearance in the Need for Speed series in Nitro as one of the bulky Family cars. Thiago uses this Hippie Van for the Bronze cup. And forget having a poor drifting stats, it still drifts like it should be.
  • The Bogen Bus in Watch_Dogs 2 takes clear inspiration to the Volkswagen Type 2. There's a very easy achievement called "Something to Ride". All you have to do is just simply hijack this bus.

Web Comic

  • Red's VW Bus of Girls in Space is cool although somewhat unlikely as a spaceship. It plays a central role where this camper van was used in their space adventures to find their way back home to Earth.

Western Animation

  • The episode "Bendin' in the Wind" of Futurama has Fry discover an antique 1960s VW van and takes Leela, Amy and Zoidberg on a road trip following Bender, becoming hippies in the process.
  • In The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, Jimmy Neutron invented the "JimBus", a kombi camper with rockets used in "A Beautiful Mine", hoping to fly to the asteroid belt in search from priceless "aster-rubies" that manipulate his friends in Greed.
  • Cheyenne of Monster Family is a Granola Girl, complete with her VW bus to signify her flourish style.
  • Nina's parents, Zeph and Fern, in Pixel Pinkie are Hippie Parents, driving a VW Kombi powered by biofuel.
  • Pete the Cat and his family has the VW van as their Cool Car.
  • Dr. Doofenschmirtz and his purple-white T2 double-cab microbus from Phineas and Ferb acts has his transportation car.
  • Skips' Volkswagen of Regular Show is a white and blue Volkswagen Type 2. In most cases, it's usually parked in his garage.

    W Motors Lykan HyperSport 
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Diamonds Are Forever, sports car edition.

Ramsey: What makes it so super?
Safar: 242 miles per hour, top speed. And it's bulletproof.
—Furious 7

Hailing from the Middle Eastern country of Lebanon, the Emirati sports car company W Motors began developing their first ever luxurious Middle Eastern hypercar only extremely made available to the very selected few. W Motors has launched its first ever Super Prototype on January 2013; the Lykan HyperSport.

Priced at over US$3.4 million, it was considered to be the third most expensive production car at the time of production. What's contributing to its value is its headlights, embedded with jewels containing titanium LED blades with 440 platinum-15 carat diamonds. It's powered by a twin turbocharged Porsche 3.7 L flat-6 engine developed by Ruf Automobile, capable of producing 740 horsepower, and it either comes with a 6-speed sequential manual or a 7-speed dual clutch. The result: a claimed top speed of 395 km/h (245 mph).

Production was extremely limited with only seven units produced, one of which was purchased by the Abu Dhabi police, intended for patrol and showcasing purposes.

Film — Live Action
  • This ultra-rare Cool Car made its official film debut in Furious 7. The Lykan HyperSport is implied that it's belonged to the Jordanian prince, kept in a vault in his penthouse in Abu Dhabi. And this is where Brian and Dom carjacked it in order to find the hidden equipment, as both used the car to escape from Deckard Shaw's ambush, plowing through the party, and jumped between two freakin' buildings! And watch The Precious, Precious Car falling down the Etihad Towers, destroying it in the process.
    • Luckily it's a replica car in Real Life, not counting the tally of being reduced to six left in existence.
Video Games
  • It was added in a January 2014 update of Asphalt 8: Airborne as one of the low Class S car, which would later spawn in later sequels (alongside its successor, the Fenyr SuperSport).
  • The Ignition Expansion Pack for Driveclub has this Lykan HyperSport as a.. ahem... Hyper class car (pun unintended).
  • Forza Motorsport 6/7 and Horizon 3/4/5 has "Arabia's first supercar" added in the lineup, typically as a Downloadable Content car or a reward car.
  • In Gear.Club, originally there is a limited-edition event where you get a chance to own the Lykan HyperSport. It's considered as a D1-class hypercar. It became regularly available in Gear.Club Unlimited 2 for the Nintendo Switch.
  • The Lebanese hypercar made its one and only appearance in Project CARS, which you would never find again in its sequels.

Alternative Title(s): Cars Of Fiction S To Z

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