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Beekeeper 1: To the Beemobile!
Beekeeper 2: You mean your Chevy?
Beekeeper 1: ...Yes.
The Simpsons, "Lisa's Rival"

"It's the car, right? Chicks dig the car."
Batman, Batman Forever

It looks cool and goes fast. It may even be bulletproof and contain an assortment of weapons and gadgets. What is it? It's a Cool Car.

If you're lucky, it comes with a Cool Garage.

Sometimes, the car is cool enough that it actually can become a protagonist in the series — e.g. Knight Rider. The General Lee is arguably the main protagonist of The Dukes Of Hazzard.

Most Cool Cars, even ones that have no inherent super abilities, will be curiously immune to breakdown or physical damage. No matter what manner in which the hero drives, as long as he's determined to stay on the straight and narrow and fight for the forces of good, his car shows an Empathic Weapon's ability to never get scratched, dented or even dirty. For instance, the General Lee is used for innumerable jumps, but there is never any mention or evidence of the car's structural integrity being damaged on landing, which was addressed in Mythbusters. In reality, they went through a lot of General Lees and police cruisers on that show.

Driving a Cool Car is a good way to ensure yourself Rock Star Parking. When a car literally becomes a character, see Sapient Steed. Sometimes it's a Pimped Out Car.

Contrast The Alleged Car. Tank Goodness may be its father. If your Cool Car isn't actually a car but performs like one, it's Multi Track Drifting. See Weaponized Car for the versions with weapons bolted to them.

A really Cool Car can Fly.


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