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M-N (Mazda | Nissan) | O-R (Pontiac | Porsche) | S-Z (Toyota)
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Brands with their own pages:

• Honda
• Lamborghini
• Lotus

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Hummer series

Stop! Hummer time! ^note (Top to bottom): Hummer H1, Hummer H2, Hummer H3

"The first thing we noticed when the Hummer arrived is that it filled the driveway. The second thing we noticed is that it fills the lane of the highway, too. The Hummer is 6 feet wide and 6 feet tall."

— Chicago Tribune auto writer Jim Mateba, describing Dennis Rodman's Hummer

Before you ask: Yes, this is the one from which the Hummer Dinger got its name.

Whether if it's a West Coast pimp who loves bling-blings and shows off their drip, a Jerk Jock or an Alpha Bitch who brags about their ride in high school, a Private Military Contractor or The Cartel who takes the action on rugged roads, a rural redneck who pretty much doesn't care about the environment, or hell... one who is proud to be American, then the Hummer is most likely the car for all the examples.

The Hummer was first founded in 1992 when AM General began selling a version of their Humvees for civilian use.

It began with the Hummer H1 in 1992, their first ever full-size off-road utility vehicle based on the militarized M998 HMMWV, developed by AM General. Following the end of The Gulf War, famous Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger promoted the Humvee and advocated AM General to build their models intended for civilian use. The H1 is powered by a 6.2 L GM Diesel V8, and was offered in either a soft-top, a four-door SUT (Sport Utility Truck) pickup, or an Enclosed SUV in later models. It's implied the Hummer H1 was never sold outside of the United States, who barred foreign governments and markets in owning one. This would also begin the deal with General Motors, who bough the marketing rights to the brand before the Turn of the Millennium. The H1 continued production until 2006, with about 12,000 units produced.

Though during the H1's production lifespan, General Motors announced the new Hummer H2 in 2002. Differentiating from its original Hummer, the H2 is based on GM's existing platform used for the Chevrolet Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade and GMC Yukon. Its model feature numerous accessories such as cruise control, various auxiliaries like DVD player, 6-disc CD player, BOSE sound system and 8-way power front seats. These led to famous celebrities to own a Hummer due to its stylistic features, such as Britney Spears, Eminem, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and LeBron James. Like the H1, the H2 is offered in either a 5-door SUV or SUT. Production stopped in 2009 with over 150,000 units produced.

In 2005, Hummer offered its smallest version of the lineup called the Hummer H3, built from the Chevrolet Colorado platform. Breaking Old Trends from the previous two models, it uses a more practical 3.5 L inline-5 L52 engine producing 220 hp, though optional variants offer a 300 hp 5.3 L LH8 V8. Its 4-door SUT pickup is instead renamed as the Hummer H3T. The H3 features driving aids that meet safety standards, such as ABS and ESC. Production ended in 2010 with 160,000 units made.

While Hummers have been widely known for their big bodies, capable on driving on rugged roads of different terrain, they're infamous for their extremely heavy weight, low fuel efficiency, poor safety standards, and its very high price tag which would impact the environment such as pollution and poor emissions. They're very reliable, but also expensive to maintain. This led General Motors to pull the plug on Hummer when it declared bankruptcy in 2009 and shut down the brand the following year. Despite its closure, the Hummer name was revived in 2020, under the GMC name, and unveiled it Green Aesop GMC Hummer EV in 2021.

No wonder why TV Tropes made it the Trope Codifier for the Hummer Dinger.

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Anime and Manga

• Jack and his fellow Phantom Thief brigade run a Hummer in AFTERLOST.
• The mother of the Thomas' twins of Team Eclair, Marissa Thomas of Harukana Receive is proudly American to own a Hummer. And she's more happy to ding her Hummer as she Drives Like Crazy around town. It's no wonder why she never crashes it.
• Kofuku and Daikoku drive around in a Hummer H2 in Noragami, which is an Improbably Cool Car to have on Japanese soil.
• See-Through, a modified bright pink Hummer H1 with an open top and shorter glassless doors is the Cool Car of both the Anarchy sisters of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
• Shihō Kimizuki of Seraph of the End uses a derelict Hummer H2T when needing to shorten their trip to Shinjuku in episode 8. When Hiiragi Shinoa tries to drive it she's too short to even see the windshield! Cue Yuu and Kimizuki laughing and calling at her a shortie. Shinoa on the other hand would like a word with them...
• Ageha Hijiri/Cure Butterfly of Soaring Sky! PreCure has a good taste on tough-looking SUVs. No wonder she owns and drives a yellow bullbarless Hummer H3. Her car also has shoshinsha mark, ^note a mark for beginner drivers in Japan implying the Hummer being her first car.

Film — Animation

• There are characters throughout Cars that are built after Hummers, typically in those who protect and serve:
  • T.J. Hummer who appeared alongside Sarge in the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue of Cars is based of... you guessed it. A green Hummer. Though this not-so-Hummer Dinger was a minor character in the film, he gets to be a starring role in the book Sarge's Boot Camp
  • Also in the same movie has the actor turned governor Sven who made a brief appearance stating "to find Lightning McQueen at all costs". He is modeled after a modified bright yellow 2004 Hummer H1.
• The Hummer acts as a fire truck in Lilo & Stitch, driving towards the house that Lilo and Nani lives in that got burnt and destroyed from the ensuing fight between Stitch and Jumba. And like every car in Hawaii, it has the A113 Vanity License Plate.

Film — Live Action

• A black Hummer is the car used by the Mooks of "The Ghost" in 22 Jump Street, chasing down Schmidt and Jenko in their silly football-helmet shaped kart across campus.
• There's plenty of black Hummers to name in Antigang, typically in the hands of the Mooks.
• Exiled Norse god Loki steals the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Hummer H3T as his getaway car, whilst holding on to the stolen Tesseract during The Avengers (2012). The same Hummer would end up in Captain America: The Winter Soldier after being ambushed by the Winter Soldier himself.
• Car Meets House here with Bad Boys II. The team steals a bad boy here: a yellow Hummer H2 and goes literally all Hummer Dinger, crashing through the Cuban favela, trashing Tapia's brand new mansion, and chasing down Tapia himself through the minefield during the film's climax.
• Sin and his posse of Be Cool owns black bling-bling Hummers (with spinners!). Now watch Sin bitch slap the white punk in his trunk with his spatula!
• Hummers have been used by Colombian insurgent guerrillas in the Made-for-TV Movie Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia.
• The Cat in the Hat's Cool Car, the S.L.O.W. (Super Luxurious Omnidirectional Whatchamajigger) is revealed from its concealed dust cover that shaped like a Hummer H2.
  Conrad: Wow! That is SO cool!
  The Cat: That's just the dust cover. [removes said Hummer-shaped dust cover revealing the S.L.O.W.]
• The four emo Sons of Ipswich of The Covenant get in trouble with the law at the beginning. So what do they do? Grab a Hummer and escape for their dear life through the foggy forests and badlands. And the boys use their supernatural powers to drive off the cliff and teleport back behind the cops for maximum trolling!
  Reid: Harry Potter can kiss! MY! ASSSS!
• Yamcha's main ride for the live-action film adaptation Dragonball Evolution is this Hummer-inspired behemoth made of scrap heap. Yes, it flies, too.
• Evan Almighty, has the titular Evan Baxter own a Hummer which he usually drives around with. Evan's car is meant to be for a stereotypical Republican, but ironically watches MSNBC.
• There's a Moment Killer in Falling for Christmas, where Jake almost gets ran over by a stretch Hummer when trying to confess his love.
• The Hummer H2 is the perfect intimidating juggernaut for Aimes's Mooks in Fast X. Another armored Hummer was also driven by Little Nobody.
• The Steel Crusher APV from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a weaponized black Hummer H2, which is one sturdy juggernaut that can crush any car in its path, while in Gay Paree.
• And again, Car Meets House once more in I Love You, Beth Cooper, where the titular cheerleader Drives Like Crazy, smashing Kevin's Hummer through Valli Wooley's house.
• Howard and Tom Engel in Krampus go out in his Hummer packed with guns, used to drive their way to search for that mysterious creature that's hunting down Beth. Sadly, the car got destroyed.
• The Snagger from The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a modified Hummer H1 used by InGen during the dinosaur roundup.
• A black modified Hummer H2 was driven by Paris, a French assassin and Gabriel's accomplice, to chase down Ethan Hunt and Grace across the streets of Rome during the Chase Scene of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, whether on a doorless BMW M5 or a tiny yellow Fiat 500, she doesn't mind dinging the Hummer with some collateral damage that stood in her way.
• A remote-controlled Hummer H2 that was being driven by a railroader Night at the Museum crashes and explodes. In reality, it just simply crashed into a rock and flipped over.
• Racist German huntsman Gustav Shank and his chauffeuring servant at the beginning of The Pest rolls in their white Hummer, searching for his next prey.
• One of Claire Redfield's scouting convoys in Resident Evil: Extinction is a 2003 Hummer H2, rigged with bullbars, a jerry, razor wire, wheel spikes and meshed window plates. That's a completely weaponized Hummer Dinger.
• The titular Chucky from Child's Play's Black Comedy film Seed of Chucky Drives Like Crazy and dings his Hummer on Britney Spears's Mercedes off the road with a bang!
  Chucky: Oops, I did it again!
• The Hummer with a Nitro Boost plays a critical role in Sharknado, when he drives it towards the 'nado and presses the hyperspace button. Boom. Sharks rain down, Fin saves the day.
• Nothing screams Eagleland in Team America: World Police than the Hummer used by Carson, Joe and Chris is all in its star-spangled glory. Painted in stars and stripes and fully weaponized, this Hummer Dinger is ready to take down that evil dictator terrorist...
• The Hummer is a popular rugged military transport throughout the Transformers Film Series, seen in the hands of allies and Autobots;
  • The Combaticon Scouts in Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen use NEST Hummer HXs as their altmode, as seen during the Shanghai operation.
  • But mostly, this goes to Ratchet since the first Transformers. His alt mode is a yellow Hummer Search & Rescue truck.
• After Spencer & Katherine's dad's biodiesel Benz breaks down at the near-ending of Unaccompanied Minors, he's prompted to drive a yellow Hummer instead to pick up the kids in time. So much for being an environmentalist.
• Other than the Escalade, Tallahassee and Columbus of Zombieland steal a yellow Hummer H2, with the backseat stashed with loads of weapons. Indeed, Tallahassee. It's a big truck with big guns. ...and like the Escalade, he's happy to paint the number "3" on the door, ^note This is a reference to the car of famous NASCAR driver Dale Earndhart, who bears the #3 and the black paint job. and some Van Halen to boot for the drive!
  Tallahassee: Thank god for rednecks!

Live-Action TV

• A fully customized bright yellow Hummer H2 with a red Hot Paint Job is the brand new car Daniel "Pryce" Wormald owns with the money he got from trafficking in Better Call Saul. It's an Improbably Cool Car, even Mike and Daniel himself lampshadeed with.
  Daniel: I got a new car! You like it?
  Mike: We're not taking that to the meet.
  • ...and Nacho Varga mocks his newly-acquired Pimped-Out Car.
    Nacho: Looks like a school bus for 6 year old pimps.
• Wendy gets stalked by Hummers in episode 2 of Big Love, as means of leaking the family secret.
• The premise of "4 x 4" of CSI in a nutshell; a Hummer perp drives the wrong way, and runs over a Pontiac Fiero and fled the scene for their dear life. That's no way to park a Hummer, mate.
• Almost every episode of CSI: Miami has the main characters use a whole Hummer fleet from start to finish.
• The Cool Car of the cool that Salvatore "Turtle" Assante primarily drives in Entourage is the yellow 2003 Hummer H2. He later gives it to Dom in season 3, as Turtle jumps into a Cadillac Escalade as his new personal car for the remainder of the series.
• How Tony Woodward was introduced in "The Flash is Born" in The Flash; he steals a yellow Hummer and Drives Like Crazy with the cops by his ass. Later, when fighting his nemesis The Flash, he uses the Hummer's door as a makeshift barrier.
• Jericho has black Hummers driven by the Private Army Ravenwood.
• Marshall Eriksen from How I Met Your Mother realizes that he rented a Monstrosity, essentially a Hummer H2 that is notoriously bad for the environment! That name to that SUV of the same name used in Grand Theft Auto V.
  ♪ Monstrosity 'cause global warming's not reeeeal! ♪
  Marshall: Oh no. Not a Monstrosity!
• One of the Cool Cars that Hugo "Hurley" Reyes of Lost won in the lottery is a yellow Hummer H2.
• The Hummer H2 is the central car of the episode "Driven" of NCIS, acting as classified Automated Automobiles test car, that took the life of Navy Lieutenant Ronnie Seabrook, prompting the team saying that said Hummer was likely sabotaged.

Music

• In the Animesque world, 2NE1 goes on a mission to save the day from a red-headed terrorist, rolling in their custom pink Hummer in the animated music video "Hate You".
• The "Wanksta" by 50 Cent features the star rapper alongside his babe, rolling the streets in his black bling-bling Hummer.
• ...and speaking of Britney Spears, her pink Hummer is a Flying Car, where she and her friends move their heads to the song "Do Somethin' while on Autopilot. No to mention... Louis Vuitton-patterned dashboards.
• Ludacris's 2 Fast 2 Furious song "Act A Fool" features a black Hummer in a Hot Pursuit Down L.A. Drain.
• Even Korean Pop Music gets the Hummer Dinger. As here with girl group MOMOLAND in "Thumbs Up" depicts the yellow Hummer H2 as one of Momo Express's delivery cars of their fleet, parodying DHL by its colors.
• The black Hummer was driven by an unnamed driver, accompanying the Mooks in black-riding motorcycles while chasing down The Notorious B.I.G. and Puff Daddy across Florida Keys in "Hypnotize".
• There is a night club. ...inside a Hummer limousine in "Ignition (Remix)" by R. Kelly.

Video Games

• While there are all 3 Hummer Dingers in the Asphalt Urban GT sub-series that tear the streets apart, an update of Xtreme add this Hummer HX Concept, perfect for the MotorStorm-esque off-road derby.
• One of the strongest cars of Class C in Blur (2010) is the off-road built Hummer H2 driven by Drayke, one of the nine bosses. His Hummer comes with a Super Shunt, dealing extra damage to the Shunt power-up.
• The boostless Hunter Olympus in Burnout Paradise is meant to be a Hummer parody.
• You can rock a Hummer body in Choro Q.
• Ever since The Crew, the Hummer H1 Alpha has been fully present in all three games. A body kit can turn this Hummer Dinger into a militarized Humvee.
• The arcade release of Cruis'n Exotica features a playable 1992 Hummer. But what's more prominent is the only non-supercar in the game, the Hummer HX concept in Cruis'n Blast. Its "offroad" kit makes it rigged with bumper guards, roof bars and bullbars. Its Nintendo Switch port gets replaced by the eco-friendly GMC Hummer EV.
• The survivors of Dead Rising 2 can rock a Hummer-esque SUV, allowing it to be driven around Fortune Park, and later across the Underground Tunnels.
• Since Hummers are potent off-roaders, they play a roll in Colin McRae: DIRT 2, where the H3 appears as a T1 Raid truck used mainly by Travis Pastrana, while a more improbable rugger the HX Concept as both a Landrush and Raid car, seen in the hands of Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
• You have this Hummer Dinger H3 in Driver: San Francisco. It plays a role in "The Getaway" where the rogue couple has to rendezvous with a certain criminal to clear their name, whilst escaping the cops.
• Forza Motorsport 4 features the Hummer H1 Alpha, a diesel AWD truck that weighs eight thousand pounds, the heaviest car ever of the game. With some tuning and upgrades, it's possible to drift the Hummer. The Horizon series also ads the Open Top pickup of said H1 Alpha.
• The Patriot and its variants throughout the Grand Theft Auto series is no doubt a parody of the Hummer lineup. Some of which can resemble Humvees, too.
• A custom Hummer H3 appears as one of the Cross Country cars of Gravel. ...and for some reason, it's marketed under the Chevrolet brand.
• There is an arcade Racing Game fully dedicated to this car and the brand. And behold, none other than Sega's 2009 off-road arcade game named HUMMER. It features 3 different Hummers, all with different builds, like an Sport-tuned H1, a Pimped out Sound-tuned and Street-tuned for the H2 and H3 respectively, or hell, a simple rally-tune with solid handling and speed.
• Just like its movie counterpart, the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 4x4 is a playable pickup based off the Hummer in both LEGO Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO Marvel's Avengers.
• Midnight Club 3 has Hummer as the sole brand in the game. Though the H1 and H2 is available at the start, you're gonna need to grind some cash to buy it since these literal Hummer Dingers are expensive. In its REMIX, adds the H3T awarded by winning the Big Playas tournament.
• Any of the SUVs built by Atlas of MotorStorm are Hummer wannabes.
• Since we mentioned Need for Speed already, behold the Hummer, The Juggernaut for illegal street racing, smashing and not caring about the environment;
  • One of the three SUVs and the heaviest of them all is the Hummer H2, as seen in Underground 2. It would play a catalytic role during the game's prologue when a mysterious driver in that said Hummer who "took care of a problem" by Car Fuing the player's R34 Skyline en route to the celebratory party. That perp revealed to be Caleb Reese, The Leader of The Wraiths.
  • The H2 SUT pickup shows up in Nitro, which Madrid top racer Luis uses for the Bronze Cup. It's also used as a police vehicle as well, despite what Real Life cities would say otherwise.
  • Finally, meet The Juggernaut H1 Alpha of Most Wanted (2012). Though it was never released on console due to licensing issues, but you get to drive this behemoth in its mobile counterpart.
• With mention of having a military pedigree, the Special Machine of Ridge Racer 6 and 7, the Danver Bass Cruiser is a nod to Hummer vehicles.
• Want some nice bling-bling? The Steel Bulldog is just for you throughout the Saints Row series. It's a Hummer H1 that you can even fit a fucking .50 caliber gun. Not impressed? Meet the The Job, an absurdly long Hummer Dinger.
• The premise of "My Cuda" of Sift Heads is to kill those Mooks in a Hummer who are trying to hunt Vinnie down.
• While the Hummer H1 surely befits the off-road spirit in the Test Drive: Off-Road sub-series, you have this Class B4 off-roading muscle SUV; the Hummer H3 from Test Drive Unlimited 2. The ladies Miami Harris and Tess Wintory run Hummers as their car of choice for Off-Road Championships.

Web Video

• Rhett & Link once made a music video about... belly buttons called "It's My Belly Button", and the duo even drive their Hummers with their belly buttons expose while phone-calling each other!

Western Animation

• This is how Quentin Smithee ^(spoilers!)The Reveal to be actually Professor Calamitous in disguise is introduced during the episode "Lights! Camera! Danger!" of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius. He roles in his Hummer-lookalike, searching for the winning screenplay.
• Stan Smith tries to trade his SUV for a brand new Hummie C.O.K. Guzzler, an "eco-friendly" Hummer Expy from American Dad!. Francine would make it better if it added a "C" on the name. It even has the "A113" Vanity License Plate, too!
• The Creditor from Aqua Teen Hunger Force loaned Master Shake some slick wheels to drive: it's a Pimped out ridiculously stretched Hummer limousine where he parks on top of a car. Seriously, he's gonna need a straight line to drive that stretcher.
• The Cutaway Gag of Brian Griffin from Family Guy: "Look at all these Hummers. What kind of jerk would drive one of those?" Cue a jerk actually driving one while not caring about collateral damage.
  Hummer Driver: Dude! This car kicks ass! And I can watch Madagascar while driving!
  • Even Brian Griffin himself is rolling in his Hummer, but is annoyed by the radio playing nothing but "Lick It Up" by KISS. ...Hummer.
• Helen Goode's sarcastic meat-eating father The Goode Family is a Hummer-driving racist at its best.
• Helga Pataki's dad Big Bob from Hey Arnold! proudly owns an olive drab Hummer, as seen in "Arnold's Halloween". And he's happy that he'd own this for a very long time. Even if he lost hist family home in The Jungle Movie, his Hummer still perfectly stands still.
• The vehicle procured by M.O.M., used as means for transportation for missions in Martin Mystery is based on the Hummer H1 pickup.
• The Vietnam Vet Uncle Jimbo, Stan Marsh's maternal uncle of South Park drives a Hummer H1.

Jaguar E-Type

"Congratulations! What a truly beautiful car, it must be the most beautiful car in the world! But you know, it has one fault? It does not have a Ferrari badge on it!"

—Enzo Ferrari

The Rival of the Aston Martin DB5, considered to be a cult of the United Kingdom.

The Jaguar E-Type, or if you live in the US, it's the Jaguar XK-E is a British sports tourer introduced in 1961. The E-Type offered in either a two-seater coupé (Fixed Head Coupé) or a two-seater roadster (Open Two Seater). 5 years later after its initial introduction, in 1966, a 2+2 four-seater coupé was releases, with a lengthened wheelbase. Later models include the updated "Series 2" and "Series 3", referring the original 1961 model as the "Series 1". It's offered in either a 3.8L of a 4.2L XK inline-6 engine, boasting 265 horsepower and capable of reaching 150 mph (241 km/h), where the Series 3 E-Type exchanges it for a 272 hp 5.3L V12 engine.

A limited edition E-Type Lightweight is an evolution of the low drag coupé, taking advantage of its aluminum alloy metal in body panels and components, with an uprated 300 hp, and fitted with Weber carburettors. This would be eventually used in clubman racing driven by privateer teams.

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Anime and Manga

• Conan Edogawa's mother Yukiko Kudo in Case Closed drives this slick cool E-Type Jag as part of Shinichi Kudo's New York Case.
• It's not surprising to see a British sports car on Japanese roads as The Case Files of Jeweler Richard has the titular British man named Richard Ranasinghe de Vulpian driving a British E-Type Jag, which he says go for about five million yen secondhand.
• George's E-Type Jag in Paradise Kiss? Oh yes, it counts.

Comic Books

• In Diabolik, a black Jaguar E-Type. In the first stories it was a common Jaguar, formerly owned by Walter Dorian, but with time he started augmenting the engine and adding escape-helping devices.

Film — Animation

• Selina Kyle in Catwoman: Hunted drives a purple Jaguar E-Type, perfect for car chases which even matches her color and nature.

Film — Live Action

• As a James Bond parody, Austin's trademark Cool Car in Austin Powers: the "Shaguar". It's clearly a Jaguar E-Type convertible painted in the colors of the Union Jack.
• Mrs. Peel in The Avengers (1998) owns some nice 'ol fancy wheels: an equally nice Jaguar E-Type.
• Gorman's black E-Type in Brannigan is his personal Cool Car.
• Harold's hearse from Harold and Maude is a conversion of a Jaguar XK-E/E-Type roadster with a hearse top.
• Besides the Mini Cooper, The Italian Job (1969) has two Jaguar E-Types as part of Croker's getaway plan.
• The 1968 French comedy film starring Louis de Funès, The Little Bather, has him as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume own one... and demonstrating how to stretch a Jaguar E-Type at home.
• The Cool Car in Silver Streak, the Jaguar XK-E that Grover steals from the used car lot, and the Fiat he liberates after the Union Station crash at the end.
  George: Are you crazy? I thought we were gonna take the Chevy in the back?
  Grover: Chevy? That's a jerk-off, man! This here is pure pussy!
  George: "Pure pussy"? I'll tell that to the judge!
• The Series 1 E-Type first appeared (albeit briefly) in the carpark of Shrublands during the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball.
  • The same car is also featured in the continuation novel Carte Blanche.
    Philly Maidenstone: Oh, tell me it’s an E-type. That’s the sexiest car in the history of motoring.
• In Vanishing Point, an unnamed Jaguar XK-E driver challenges Kowalski to a race. In a duel to a one-lane bridge, Kowalski just made that Jaguar driver run off the road and crash into a river. Perhaps that what he gets for pissing Kowalski off...

Live-Action TV

• This stylish Jaguar E-Type was one of the cult cars of John Steed and Emma Peel in The Avengers (1960s).
• Gareth and Janice in Chef! (1993) own a classic red Jaguar E-Type roadster, which they have to sell in order to purchase the restaurant. Janice in particular is in tears at losing such a beautiful machine without even "christening" it.
• The ending of "The God Complex" of Doctor Who has the Doctor handing Rory Williams the keys to his favorite Cool Car, a red Jaguar E-Type Convertible.
  Rory: That's my favorite car.
• Mad Men has a few examples of this classic Jag:
  • In "Christmas Waltz", Draper test drives a classic cherry-red Jag. In the showroom, Joan Holloway is very impressed with its admiring classy looks.
    Joan: (to her "husband" Don) Oh honey, what’s that?
    Salesman: That’s the most beautiful car ever made. The XKE... or the E-Type.
    Joan: I want one.
    Salesman: I’m thinking about paying to have you drive around in this.
    Don: Go give me the keys. I’ll drive her around for free.
  • In the penultimate episode of season 5, "Commissions and Fees", the E-Type is the car of Lane Pryce, which has some reliability issues, serving as the catalyst of the episode.
• It is Christian's prized car in Man vs. Bee, in which housesitter Trevor Bingley used to drive their dog Cupcake to the vet (who he accidentally poisoned), and yet that bee pesters wherever he goes, causing him to drive like a madman, resulting the car's tailpipes to fall off the road. Later, Trevor dismantled some interior components and even cut open a hole on the car's body just to find where that bee is hiding inside. That's a car worth a seven-figure price tag!
• It's The Precious, Precious Car in Only Fools and Horses, as Del borrows Boycie's Jaguar E-Type (for various reasons), and just when he decides to stop in the road at the end of the episode, the car gets crashed into by a dodgy car with no brakes Del had sold to an Australian guy earlier in the episode.

Music

• Foo Fighters's 2007 song "Long Road to Ruin" has Dave Grohl portray a doctor in a General Hospital-esque spoof, as he's seen driving a red open-top Jaguar E-Type on the open country roads whilst singing the song with joyful glee. But then the last 10 seconds of the music video mysteriously morphs into a Porsche 911 coupé for some odd reason... ...and he sped off a high cliff, falling down and crashing it... and it explodes.

Video Games

• The Montgomery Hyperion in Burnout Paradise best represents the classic British car, seemingly based on the E-Type Jag.
• Gerald in the Cars series is a British race car, whom he appears to be a Jaguar XK-E, or known as a Jaguar E-Type in his home country.
• Forza offers 3 different Jags; the Series 1 E-Type in all of the games so far, and only exclusive to the Horizon series, the Lightweight E-Type and the Eagle Speedster (essentially a roofless special edition E-Type).
• This classic Jag appeared in Gran Turismo 4 and its subsequent mainline games.
• The Jugular E in Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 is a blatant parody of the Jaguar E-Type. The special Jug Swinger comes fully draped in the Union Jack flag livery a-la Austin Powers.
  • The Windsor in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is also based on the Jaguar E-Type.
• In Shift 2: Unleashed, the E-Type Lightweight is only available via downloadable Legends Pack. The car didn't return until No Limits.
• You'll only see this British cult classic in Project Gotham Racing 2.
• A classic sports car being full present in both Test Drive Unlimited games. The second game typically uses the E-Type as the car used in the Classic Racing School tests.

Jaguar XK series (X100/X150)

"Well Alan, there's not much to say. I make a lot of money for doing very little work. I sleep with beautiful women who don't ask about my feelings. I drive a Jag. I live at the beach. And sometimes in the middle of the day for no reason at all I like to make myself a big batch of margaritas. And take a nap in the sundeck."

—Charlie Harper, Two and a Half Men

The Aston Martin DB7's little brother.

The XK is Jaguar's series of 2+2 grand tourers first introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1996, available both in hatchback coupé or in convertible body styles.

Replacing the then aging XJS, the first generation XK (under the X100 designation) was marketed as the XK8 which it was derived from its stylish XJ41/XJ42 concept from 1986, and it would be its first V8-powered model since the Daimler 250... which is technically a Jaguar. Its body design bares similarities to the aforementioned DB7 due to the car sharing the same platform. The XK8, alongside the more powerful XKR are powered by Jaguar's new AJ-V8 engine and fitted with 1.8 L supercharger from Eation, shared with the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning pickup.

In 2005, a newly updated and fully redesigned iteration of the XK (now under the X150 designation) was unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor show, styled by Ian Callum, the same designer who did the Aston Martin DB7 and DB9. While it uses a brand-new aluminium monocoque chassis, one of the notable features of this facelift is its new grille that was a Call-Back to the original 1961 E-Type. Just like the previous iteration, a high performance XKR was also introduced during the unveiling, but also offered an even more powerful version introduced in 2011 dubbed the XKR-S with an uprated engine, supercharger and fitted with Pirelli P-Zero tires, as well as a limited edition track-oriented variant in 2013 called the XKR-S GT.

The XK series ended their production in 2014 with their limited farewell edition called the XK Final Fifty. As the name implies, it's limited to only 50 units. The XK was replaced by the Jaguar F-Type.

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Film — Live Action

• Replacing the iconic "Shaguar", ^note A 1961 Jaguar E-Type. Austin Powers in Goldmember has the titular hero procured a modern-day XK8 Convertible (in the same paint job as the Shaguar) as means of transportation, with a remote control to track his location.
• The Jerkass movie producer Marty Wolf of Big Fat Liar owns a beautiful blue Jaguar XKR convertible. It gets tampered by Jason and Kaylee, causing humorous malfunctions, gets destroyed by The Masher's monster truck... and gets towed away.
  Tow truck driver: They told me to pick up a little blue car. They didn't say anything about a little blue man! [laughs]
• Big Time Rush Made-for-TV Movie Big Time Movie has a black Jaguar XK coupe driven by Sir Atticus Moon's henchmen as they chase down the boys and Penny Lane through the streets of London.
• Bruce Greenwood's character Double Jeopardy drives a black XK8 cabrio.
• A beautiful deep—blue Jaguar XKR is driven by Catherine Zeta-Jones of Entrapment used in one Car Chase through the narrow streets.
• Brad Sexton in For Richer or Poorer illegally parks his silver XK8 on the sidewalk while he withdraws in a bank... now watch this get towed.
• While James Bond is high bound on Aston Martins, his enemies of Die Another Day would delve into their rivals, as Big Bad Zao is equipped a green Jaguar XKR convertible fitted with a gatling gun and a mortar launcher to keep up with Bond's in-vehicle gadgetry, whilst chasing Bond down during a slippery ice Car Chase.
• Guy Pearce's character from Memento might not have remembered how he got into the delightfully green convertible XK8...
• A black XK coupe is the car used by Victor Marquez to take nine-year old Sophie hostage while trying to escape from J.J. & Kate in a Fiat 500 at the near-ending of My Spy.
• Howard Saint's evil wife Livia of The Punisher (2004) drove a Jag XK8 vert.

Live-Action TV

• A silver XK is driven by Carla Gugino's charcater in Entourage.
• Special Agent G. Callen of NCIS: Los Angeles, drives lots of cool cars over the years. His first car is a standard Jaguar XKR before her switches to a powerful 2011 Jaguar XKR-S Coupe in season 4.
• The episode "Megan O'Hara" of Nip/Tuck talks about a mysterious stalker who vandalized Christian Troy's Jaguar XK...
• Befitting his bachelor/playboy lifestyle, this is the Cool Car Charlie Harper drives throughout season 1 of Two and a Half Men, in which the XK vert is somewhat of a mystic figure, a symbol of its own.

Music

• Beyoncé manages to repossess back her black 2007 Jaguar XK she bought for her ex-boyfriend in her song "Irreplacable".

Video Games

• One of the best looking cars throughout Driver: San Francisco is this beautiful British Jag, ever.
• While they're found throughout Forza, one stood out the most; the venerable XKR-S GT, which is one of the Horizon Life rewards of Horizon 4.
• There's a reasonable amount of XK coupes in Gran Turismo since Jaguar was introduces in the second game. By 6, there are 3 different highly detailed versions, from the entry-level XK Luxury, the midscale XKR and the high-performing XKR-S.
• A Jaguar XK is a tier 2 exotic in Need for Speed: Carbon. It was last seen during the ending where Darius turns over Silverton and the car to you and warning that there's Always Someone Better before entering his Personal Mook's Jag and leaves out of town.
• You get this beautiful XKR to drive in Project Gotham Racing. Fairly balanced car with lots of grip, but is a capable drifter too. In 3, it's one of the starter cars you can possibly get.
• This grand touring Jag shows up in the Test Drive series, starting 5, which also the police uses. In TD Overdrive, there are two Product Placement bonus versions of that car, obtained via Cheat Code.
  • In Test Drive Unlimited, both the X100 and X150 XKR (the latter also in convertible form) are available at your disposal.

Jaguar XK120/XK140/XK150

"It's in its original dove grey with red interior, I adore it. I adore it because above all else, the looks, the feel the heart of it, that straight six engine was; still is and always will be a masterpiece."

—Richard Hammond

After World War II ended with Jaguar finally returning in production, with its Mark IV already underway. It was a perfect time also for them to finally produce a sports car follow the pre-war SS 100.

Jaguar launches an open-top two-seater sports roadster during the London Motor Show in 1948. Designed by the late William Heynes, the new sports car is named the XK120, where its name refers to its new XK inline-6 engine, and its top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h). The first car was delivered to renowned American actor, Clark Gable. Though originally an open two-seater, the XK120 is also offered in coupé form, whether a fixed head or a drophead.

A more upgraded version of the XK120 was introduced in 1954, now called the XK140, available in open-top roadster, convertible or coupé. Differentiating from its predecessor is its improved brakes, rack and pinion steering, a larger interior space, and highly upraded suspensions and shocks. The "140" in the moniker is implied to be in regard of the "142 kW" gross standard. Its distinctive emblem located on the boot lid contained the words "Winner Le Mans 1951–3" is a Call-Back to is glorious years when its Jaguar C-Types has dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1951 and 1953 respectively.

In 1957, its third revised and final iteration of the XK roadsters called the XK150 is unveiled, initially only available in either a fixed head or drophead coupé where both have added rear seats, though an open-top roadsters were released the following year, as the XK150 OTS. It was also the most powerful iteration amongst all the three, with its highest end model, the XK150S, produce 265 hp and reach 135 mph (217 km/h).

The XK roadsters ended in 1961 and was succeeded by the Jaguar E-Type, though the XK name was revived in 1996 as a grand tourer. See the folder above for more info.

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Film — Live Action

• The 1953 Film Noir Angel Face has Diane Tremayne's beautiful 1949 Jaguar XK-120 roadster. Frank Jessup admires it.
• Batmobile aside. When not crimefighting, Bruce Wayne of Batman Forever drives a gorgeous 1953 Jaguar XK 120 Roadster when he needs to see Dr. Chase Meridan.
• You should feel sorry about Sebastian Valmont from Cruel Intentions... The Precious Precious 1956 Jaguar XK 140 Roadster is his most prized possession. If he loses his bet with Kathryn, he has to hand it over to her. After Sebastian dies, Annette somehow ends up with the car.
• This beautiful 1952 Jag is the sports car that Peter Lawford is driving in It Should Happen to You.
• One of Mike Hammer's cars in Kiss Me Deadly is a Jaguar XK 120, used in the film's opening.
• Dave Garver in Play Misty for Me is a late night DJ who can somehow afford a lavish lifestyle, with a beautiful vintage Jaguar XK150 convertible added to his beautiful mantelpiece. His portrayer, Clint Eastwood actually owns this car, making his wholesome car collection a whole lot more awesome.
• Paul Slade's car throughout Sapphire is this beautiful 1949 open two-seating Jag.

Literature

• Anthony Horowitz's 2018 James Bond novel called Forever And A Day states that a midnight blue XK 120 was his personal private car he drove. ...and outright dislike how the car performs. Bond soon regretted his purchase and should've stick to his classic Aston Martin.
• Peter Miller from The Odessa File drives a Jaguar XK 150 sportscar. This leads to Miller being exposed as The Mole, as the Nazis remember his distinctive car.

Live-Action TV

• In The Andy Griffith Show, William Cristopher takes his Jaguar XK 140 into Mayberry in his role as the new town doctor.
• Hercule Flambeau from Father Brown brings a red XK 120 around the periodical countryside.
• ...the same would say for Isobel's car in Midsomer Murders, which is also an XK 120 (called the "drophead coupe") painted in red.

Video Games

• A posh green British race car named Fletcher from Cars (who is very British, by the way) is modeled after a 1954 Jaguar XK 120 SE.
• You get this open-top XK 120 SE that shows up from Forza Motorsport 4 up to all of its Xbox One-era games. In Horizon 2, it's one of the Barn Find cars.
• There is a swanky looking sports car called the Lynx in LEGO The Incredibles, shaped like a Jaguar XK 150. ...and the game doesn't stop you from using a baby like Jack-Jack of all to drive that car!
• Dudley from Street Fighter III loves his father's antique Jaguar XK 120, which was his motivation to enter the tournament; to retrieve the missing car from Gill New Generation. And it shows in his ending, how much he admires this prized possession when he drives it back home.
  Dudley: Oh, duddy. I love this car! If only you could see this sweer machine in motion... What an orchestral sound... the symphony of the engine, the soprano of the steering... It's perfect!

Koenigsegg Agera

The Most Exciting Supercar on Earth, Bar None.

"Created to celebrate 15 years of outstanding performance" — Agera the Swedish verb to Act is used to symbolize everything that Koenigsegg does best."

—Description, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)

If there is a car worthy enough to be faster than the Bugatti Veyron, this is it.

The Koenigsegg Agera is a supercar introduced in 2010 as a successor to the CCX/CCXR. The name "agera" comes from the Swedish verb, meaning "to act". With about 1000 hp in its twin-turbocharged V8 engine, the Agera can reach the 400 km/h barrier with accelerations of 0-60 in less than 2.8 seconds.

The Agera has many variants and one-offs produced throughout its production. A higher performing Agera R produces over 1,100 hp, and theoretically capable of reaching 439 km/h. The Agera R is notable for its Speed Racer livery. Another variant is the Koenigsegg One:1 (pronounced as one), with a whopping 1,360 ps power equivalent of one megawatt as the name derives. The advanced version of the Agera R, the Agera RS clocked at a top speed of 277.87 mph / 447.19 km/h, it is officially the fastest production car in the world. The Agera ended with one last variant, the Agera Final Edition before it closed up shop in 2018 and was replaced by the Koenigsegg Jesko in 2021.

The Agera was named Hypercar of the Year in 2010 by Top Gear magazine.

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Film — Live Action

• Perhaps the famous use of this car is the famous Koenigsegg race scene in Need for Speed (2014), where Dino Brewster, Toby Marshall and Pete Coleman all drive illegally imported Ageras across the highways for dominance. Dino intentionally rammed Pete, sending it down to the ravine, bursting in flames, and killing him.
  • Tobey would later end up using the same Koenigsegg for the climactic Epic Race against 5 other exotics. Now that is the classic Need for Speed race many who grew up with that game would look forward for.

Video Games

• Asphalt features a bunch of them. In 8, the Agera R is available at launch back when the game was released, followed by the almighty Koenigsegg One:1, and finally the even more powerful Agera RS.
• The Koenigsegg Agera R is a Hyper class car in Driveclub, and it's a doozy to drive due to its performance par to the Hennessey Venom GT. Don't fret that this is scary, though. Because introducing the Downforce pack, comes the holy-God almighty Koenigsegg One:1, and it's bar none regarded as a very broken vehicle when it comes to the performance department. With its monstrous top speed, apocalyptic braking and absurd handling, the car feels like you're taking on against a Formula One car! Good luck breaking the world record with that machine.
• Ageras have become part of The Crew's and Forza's hypercar mantlepiece.
• In GRID 2 and Autosport the Agera R appears as a Tier 4 "Super" class car and a Hypercar-class car respectively, and its very capable of reaching 250 mph on its own.
  • The Agera RS is available via Downloadable Content in the 2019 game, where there is an anomaly... it sounds like a frickin' 4-cylinder rally car! Thankfully, the sound was patched, to make is sound like the appropriate V8 engine.
• Need for Speed features this Swedish hypercar since its introduction in 2010:
  • It first made its appearance in Hot Pursuit (2010), available to both racers and cops for the Hyper Series and Special Response category respectively, alongside its brothers, CCX and CCXR.
  • Got a Supercar pack in The Run? Good. Then feast your eyes with the newly higher-performing Agera R.
  • This targa top Agera R in Most Wanted (2012) can be yours by beating the Final Boss of the Blacklist.
  • The Agera R in Rivals is the penultimate unlockable RCPD-only police car. In the story, when Zephyr found out F-8 tries to make for himself by posing as a racer, he retaliates by stealing a decommissioned Agera police car while vandalizing it with his own name in graffiti.
    • The Koenigsegg One:1 is a truly a sight to behold. Its ultra-highest top speed than any other car systematically annihilates basically... everything. Combined with turbo pursuit tech it makes cops chasing your ass nigh-impossble. Just try not to hit anything if you blast past 450+ km/h. The best part? It's a FREE DLC car.
• Real Racing 3 features the Agera family: The vanilla Agera and the Agera R at is initial launch in 2013, with post-launch updates adding the One:1 and also the Agera RS to the lineup, with the one-make Ängelholm's Advance series featuring nothing but Ageras (and a Regera).

Koenigsegg Competition Coupe series

The Spirit of Performance.

"On August 12, 1994, a 22-year-old Christian von Koenigsegg decided to follow his dream and build the world’s greatest super-sports car. Koenigsegg Automotive is born. [...] All were amazed by the Koenigsegg’s outstanding performance. The concept worked and it was time to introduce Koenigsegg to prospective buyers. The Koenigsegg story has sort of written itself from that point on, with a steady release of niche models that showcase a wealth of innovation and of course, brute performance."

—Koenigsegg Model List: Every Koenigsegg Ever Made, Supercars.net

The Trope Codifier of hypercars, ever before the Bugatti Veyron was even born. It's ultra-exclusive, ultra-powerful, ultra-expensive and ultra-limited.

When Christian von Koenigsegg founded his namesake car company in 1994 in Ängelholm, Sweden, his intention was to produce a "world-class" sports car that would exceed the highest limits set by the McLaren F1. He built his first Super Prototype called the Koenigsegg CC, which was inspired by the F1 itself and the Ferrari F40, powered by a supercharged 4.6 L Ford Modular V8 engine. That prototype took years of development and testing and by the Turn of the Millennium, it lead to the full production of the 2002 Koenigsegg CC8S. Its car uses its trademark Dihedral synchro-helix actuation doors, its signature targa top body, and its custom Koenigsegg twin-supercharged V8 derived from the aforementioned Ford Modular engine. With a power output producing 655 hp. and top speeds of over 390 km/h (240 mph), the car won the Guinness World Records for the Most Powerful Production Engine. The car would be replaced by the more-powerful and updated CCR which attempted to break the world record for top speed when it ran around the Nardò Ring testing facility in 2005.

In 2006, Koenigsegg unveils the CCX, short for Competition Coupé X, which the "X" commemorates the tenth anniversary for the completion and successful test drive of the first CC prototype in 1996. It was produced to meet US vehicle regulations by sporting new body modifications and a new in-house 4.7 L twin supercharged engine producing 806 hp, while running on 91 octane gasoline. The car's chassis was built from carbon fibre, reinforced with Kevlar and aluminium honeycomb. Throughout its production, Koenigsegg has produced various CCX variants:

• CCXR (2007-2009) 9 units - a more Green Aesop version of the CCX, using modified fuel injectors and E85 and E100 ethanol fuel. Engine power uprated to 1,018 hp.
• CCX Edition/CCXR Edition/CCXR Special Edition (2008-2009) 8 units combined - A much more track-oriented version compared to the standard model, notable for its carbon-fiber body.
• CCXR Trevita ^note Swedish for three whites. (2008-2009) 2 units - An extremely limited edition of the CCXR, notable for its diamond weave carbon fibre finish. Once owned by famous boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
• CCGT (2007) 1 unit - a race-spec version of the CCX, solely intended to compete in the then-FIA GT1.
• CC850 (2024-present) 50 units ^note Originally 50 units were planned. Was updated to 70 units due to popular demand. - Unveiled in 2022, a futuristic Retraux to the original CC8S, based on the Koenigsegg Jesko. Acts as a Milestone Celebration to commemorate both 20 years of the said model, as well as the 50th birthday of the founder, Christian von Koenigsegg.

The CC series would cease production in 2010 with 49 units combined in total. It was succeeded by the twin-turbocharged Agera.

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Film — Live Action

• Børning 2 has this slick Swedish exotic tearing the streets apart. It's a black CCX fully wrapped in purple. Truth in Television, all the stunt driving was actually done by Norwegian Formula D champion, Fredric Aasbø.
• Following the vault heist, Fast Five has Tej Parker showing Roman Pearce his black Koenigsegg CCXR that he bought with the money following the heist. In fact, Tej didn't buy it for himself, he even bought one for Roman, much to his surprise!
  Roman: Uh, you know what's crazy? There's only four of those cars in the whole world. Yeah, I got the only one in the Western Hemisphere. I made a sheikh in Abu Dhabi an offer he could not refuse.

Music

• Taiwanese singer Jay Chou highlights this ultra rare Swedish hypercar as it shows him fancying the orange Koenigsegg CCR in not just one but two of his music videos, usually accompanied by Pit Girls.

Video Games

• While the Asphalt series features mainly Ageras when Koenigsegg was introduced in 7, post-launch updates for 8 and 9 add the diamond studded CCXR Trevita to which only two units exists. Another noeworthy example is the Call-Back to the original CC; the CC850.
• MI6 agent Nicole Hunter, the "Big Bad" of Blood Stone attempts to escape Monaco in her Koenigsegg CCXR throughout the epilogue, only to be hunted down by James Bond, cornered on the Millau Viaduct and gunned down by a sniper-like unmanned drone, killing her.
• In Forza The CC (CC8S, CCX, CCX-R Edition and CCGT) series were first shown in the first 4 Motorsport games before it was abandoned in favor for the Agera series. It's not until it made a comeback in Horizon 4 and Horizon 5.
• Race Driver: GRID has two types of CCs; For GT1 is the Koenigsegg CCGT, which would be a Lightning Bruiser due to its high stats for its class. The other being one of the cars owned by Ravenwest; the Prestige CCXR, which didn't take advantage of its powerful engine due to its top speed being limited to 365 km/h (227 mph) when it's supposed to top at 402 km/h (250 mph).
• Perhaps it's one of the most exotic collectables to have in Need for Speed:
  • In the later Black Box games, it's typically a Downloadable Content car. If you have the Collector's Edition of Need for Speed: Carbon then you have this tier 3 exotic already available from the get-go. Same goes for ProStreet and Undercover.
  • Perhaps the one that stood out would be the one in Hot Pursuit (2010). Other than the CCX, you have this carbon-clad CCXR Edition. Even the SCPD uses this, and this would be a highly unmarked police car with no SCPD decals. ...well, sorta.
• CCs are the Swedish ultimates of Project Gotham Racing ever since its introduction in the second game; 2 gives you the CC V8S, '3 has both the CCR and CC8S, and 4'' has the modern CCX. All having near-perfect stats when it comes to top speed and acceleration.
• Perhaps its an Infinity+1 Car or two, with Test Drive Unlimited including both the Koenigsegg CCR and CC8S as one of the A-Class missiles. The sequel uses the CCXR Edition, which was widely used as an A1 Driving Test car

Lancia Stratos

Embodying the Italian Wedge since The '70s.

"The Lancia Stratos produced a new era in rallying, as it was the first car designed and developed from scratch for rally competition. Production of the 500 cars required for homologation in Group 4 commenced in 1973 and the Stratos was homologated for the 1974 WRC season. The car won the 1974, 1975 and 1976 championship titles in the hands of Sandro Munari and Björn Waldegård."

—Description, DIRT Rally 2.0

Perhaps everyone who knows about Rallying pretty much knows about this classic rally car legend from Lancia.

The Lancia Stratos HF Stradale (Tipo 829) is a mid-engined rear-wheel drive sports car that was intended for replace the aging Lancia Fulvia HF for rallying, produced from 1973 to 1978.

Introduced at the 1971 Turin Motor Show, Bertone presented its Strtos prototype, just a year after its announcement of the Stratos Zero concept car. The prototype has three different engines throughout development; a Lancia V4 from the said Fulvia, and inline-4 from the Beta and the mid-mouned Ferrari Dino V6, which the latter most was used when production finally pushed through. Its power output produces 190 horsepower, and was compatible with a 5-speed manual transmission. Its notable feature of the Stratos is its distinctive wedge-shaped body, which would later be the codifier and trend of the "Italian Wedge" in future sports cars, such as the Lamborghini Countach and the Ferrari Testarossa. Only about 492 Stratos models were produced throughout its production.

The Stratos was designed to participate in the rally world, which would see action in the World Rally Championship. Thanks to its small, but very lightweight body, the car won 18 rallies, courtesy of resident Italian driver Sandro Munari, which also helped won 3 consecutive championships from 1974 to 1976. Its distinctive Alitalia livery◊ has become one of the most notable and iconic rally cars in history.

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Anime and Manga

• When it comes to En's basic vehicle in Brave Command Dagwon, it's by far none other than the Fire Stratos, a Lancia Stratos that is quite an Improbably Cool Car for police use.
• Resident Tsundere of the Power Trio, Lisa Sakakino of éX-Driver is the driver behind her classic Cool Car; a blue Group 4-spec Lancia Stratos HF (from episode 2 onwards) which she uses to stop erratic Automated Automobiles. Previously, she drives an Impreza, which got wrecked in the process (due to AWD being too impractical for maneuvering).
• Batou from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex drives one of his most beloved possessions he has in his Cool Car collection, and that is a yellow Lancia Stratos, a very rare 1970s racing coupe that he truly in love with.
• In Lupin III: Part II, a snobbish race car driver named Kaguya challenges Lupin in a race in her green Group 5 Stratos-esque sports car around the coastal roads of Monaco.
• As expected where Cool Car is the emphasizing premise, Overtake! has Noritsune Ena, the owner of Belsorriso, who drives a Lancia Stratos as his personal car.

Comic Books

• The Stratos is Slicer's alt-mode in Transformers: Shattered Glass (2021).

Film — Live Action

• The titular Moonwalker car in Moonwalker where Michael Jackson during the "Smooth Criminal" section transforms into this car as he gets away freely from the gangsters. That said car is the Lancia Stratos Zero concept car. Very improbable, futuristic-looking, and indeed reached the crowd.

Video Games

• As a Rallying legend, the Lancia Stratos has appeared in rally-based racing games, typically as a Difficult, but Awesome car (due to its nimble lightweight body prone to oversteering, especially on surfaces that aren't asphalt);
  • Colin McRae Rally is perhaps this, typically as a bonus car and in its distinctive Alitalia livery. The DIRT series has become a long-time staple RWD classic with the improbable New Stratos by Fenomenon, a modern-era recreational concept that's being in the same RWD class as the Stratos itself.
  • The Lancia Stratos in Rally Trophy defines what is Cool, but Inefficient; it has an absurdly powerful motor, absurdly great acceleration, break-neck top speed... but apparently zero grip on anything else than tarmac/asphalt...
  • The Lancia Stratos appears as a secret car in Sega Rally Championship, which goes much faster than the other two cars but in the arcade version it handles like it's on ice This became a mainstay in later games.
• As part of July 2023's American Legends update, The Crew 2 adds this rally legend to the lineup. A Rallycross counterpart is also added on the same update, which was based on its Group 4 rally car.
• It only shows up as the only Lancia car in Driver: San Francisco. One mission has John Tanner has to retrieve back the Stratos as one of the stolen vintage cars that were to be sold at an auction.
• This wedge-shaped sports car shows up in every single Forza game (except the 2023 reboot), with of the Group 4-spec that was only exclusive to Horizon 3 and Motorsport 7.
• The Stratos first appeared in Gran Turismo 2, which can be obtained as a prize car. Fit racing modifications and you can turn it into an Alitalia-cladded rally car. While it was Dummied out in 3, it fully returns in 4, with the road car and rally car now being separate models. 5 onwards replaced the iconic Alitalia livery with a generic one,^note It is possibly due to licensing issues, and Alitalia would declare bankruptcy in 2008. but the game won't stop you from recreating the Alitalia livery in Sport and 7.
• Outside of the rally world, GRID (2019) has this as a Classic GT car, based on its Circuit-spec Group 4 race car.
• This "off-road enthusiast" appears as the "Dustdriver" in Horizon Chase. Its 2nd anniversary skin resembles the one of the Martini livery.
• Ditto in MotorStorm: Apocalypse as the Italia Cirrus is also a Group 5 Stratos Expy with some added flares from a Ford RS200.
• Prbably one of the notable classics in Project Gotham Racing 2 and 4. While it may not have lots of power, but its lightweight body makes the car nimble around corners.
• The homologated Groupe 4 edition of this Italian classic is available as a Downloadable Content in Test Drive Unlimited 2. Just find all the wrecks in Ibiza and this wedged sports car is yours.
• A rally version of the Stratos is seen in ToCA Race Driver 3, restricted only on rally courses. Its Alitalia colors were inverted and the logo was replaced with the Supersprint logo, possibly as as a way of Writing Around Trademarks.

Western Animation

• Wheeljack of The Transformers has the Stratos as his alt-mode. With colors lookin exactly like the one of the Alitalia livery.

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