History Main / COOLCAR

Contrast TheAllegedCar, as well as RiceBurner -- but ''compare'' WhatAPieceOfJunk. See ImprobablyCoolCar for cars that are just ''too'' cool for the setting or the characters.

* In the WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] this trope is subverted, instead of the Batmobile, Batman travels through Gotham into Bruce Wayne’s limousine. This episode is a GenreDeconstruction: After all, TheBatman wouldn't stop fighting crime only because he cant TravelCool.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' lets the player acquire a car if they manage to find the fuel cell controller needed to power it.

* [[http://www.igcd.net/movie.php?id=338221=1680 The coolest old cars]] (oldest Cool Cars?) in a video game [[{{Mafia}} ever.]]

* At the BatmanTheAnimatedSeries [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheClockKing episode The Clock King]] this trope is subverted, instead of the Batmobile, Batman travels through Gotham into Bruce Wayne’s limousine. This episode is a GenreDeconstruction: After all, TheBatman wouldn't stop fighting crime only because he cant TravelCool.

** Not TruthInTelevision. A racer would have stripped his car of everything but the bare essentials to lose weight. Not even rear seats are spared. Not to mention turning off the radio and AC for that little bit of extra power. A giant ICE[[hottip:*:In-Car Entertainment, not [[{{Neuromancer}} Intrusion Countermeasures Electronics]] system? Unnecessary weight and power drain.

** There actually is a shop like Build-A-Bear, only with model cars. It's called Ridebuilderz.

* The cherry-red Lamborghini from ''Pinball/HighSpeed''.

* The Mako from ''MassEffect''. Technically it's a tank, but even without the guns it would be one heck of a ride.

* Xander Cage's car in ''Film/{{xXx}}'' is cool squared. Not only is it a '67 Pontiac GTO, it's also stuffed with enough weaponry and gadgetry for more than half a dozen ''Film/JamesBond'' movies.

* The vehicle the boys use to traverse the titular road in ''{{Route 66}}'': it starts off as a '60 Corvette Convertible, but gets updated every season to the latest, sleekest model through [[ProductPlacement means undetermined in-universe]].

* The SCC Ultimate Aero comes to mind, it beat the original Bugatti Veyron as world's fastest car and was American, which is impressive depending on your opinion of American cars (which for at least some is not very high).

* Ditto the Plymouth Fury in ''{{Christine}}''.

* Creator/StephenKing has written not one but '''two''' novels about haunted Cool Cars - ''Christine'' and ''FromABuick8''.

*** In 1999, the [=TS020=] was now entered as a Prototype racing car, as regulations had changed regarding the definition of a road based "GT" car, requiring a large number of units to be produced for homologation, however the [=TS020=]. Mercedes-Benz returned with their vastly updated and vastly more beautiful [[TheAllegedCar CLR]], along with Nissan, Panoz, Ferrari and BMW. Newcomers to Le Mans were Audi, and [[BoringInvincibleHero we all no how that would turn out for them in the years to come]]. Former F1 driver and renowned TV commentator Martin Brundle put the #1 [=TS020=] on pole, while the #2 Toyota of Boutsen, [=McNish=], and Kelleners qualified second. Behind them were the #17 BMW V12 LMR, the #6 [[TheAllegedCar Mercedes-Benz CLR]], the #12 Panoz, the #15 BMW, and the #5 Mercedes. Toyota #3 qualified eighth. In the race the Toyota's and Mercedes' led early on, but Mercedes lost one of [[TheAllegedCar their cars]] after [[http://youtu.be/KqGq9OnHLHs?t=2m47s this spectacular incident, where fortunately nobody was hurt]], and withdrew their other car in fear of a repeat incident with more severe consequences. The #1 Toyota retired during the night due to an accident triggered by a tyre blow out, and the #2 was also taken out by a similar accident, this one so severe that it led to the driver, Thierry Boutsen, announcing his retirement from motor racing. The #3 Toyota, with an all Japanese crew charged hard for the lead, breaking the lap record in the process, but yet another puncture impeded its progress and handed victory to BMW, their car, piloted by Yannick Dalmas[[note]]his fourth, and final, 24 Heures du Mans victory[[/note]], Pierluigi Martini, and "Smokin'" Jo Winkelhock, with the #3 Toyota in second, and, as an ominous sign, the Joest run Audi [=R8Rs=] in third and fourth. The next year only Audi and Panoz returned, with Audi taking the first of their 12 victories, and Tom Kristensen's second of nine.

* Jersey detective Jim Bergerac's 'maverick' personality was expressed by driving a Burgundy 1947 Triumph Roadster. The producers thought it looked cool but, as many a critic and viewer noted, it was a car supremely unsuited to Jersey's narrow, winding roads and 40mph speed limits.

* Then there was ''VanishingPoint'', considered the TropeMaker / UrExample of the car chase movie, which essentially starred an Alpine White 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Barry Newman]].

* The Batmobile from ''{{Batman}}'', in its various incarnations, has [[TropeNamer come to define this trope]] to the point where any character's cool car may be dubbed the [[{{Thememobile}} (Character's Name)-mobile]] (real-world example: the famous "[[ThePope Popemobile]]"). Just to let you know, the Batmobile (nicknamed "The Tumbler") in ''Film/BatmanBegins'' is ''a Lamborghini Gallardo-Hummer H2 crossover''. When Lt. Gordon gets a view of the Batmobile, he says:

** The Batmobile in ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns'' '''was''' a CoolTank.

* From the [[TransformersFilmSeries live-action film]] series of ''{{Transformers}}'': [[KidAppealCharacter Bumblebee]] as a fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro, Jazz as the Pontiac Solstice, Sideswipe the Corvette Stingray Anniversary concept, and in the third film, a Ferrari 458 Italia. There's also the Wreckers, a trio of NASCAR cars that combine this with MoreDakka.

* ''TransformersGeneration1'': The Autobots, when in their vehicle modes. All of them.

** Ian Fleming got one of the original Avantis. Knowing [[JamesBond his taste]], it was quite a statement.

* ''{{Bullitt}}'''s incredibly badass 1968 Ford Mustang 390 CID Fastback, although it sports no gadgets or gimmicks, is one of the oldest ones in the book, as is the 1968 Dodge Charger R/T he chases around San Francisco.