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Whether if it's a Rap God, a pimp from the ghetto or a rich kid who show-off their stylish ride, then this SUV is likely what you'd certainly see.
With the trend of luxurious SUVs in The '90s such as the Mercedes-Benz M-Class, Range Rover, Lexus LX and the Lincoln Navigator, the luxurious American brand Cadillac wasn't afraid of building a full-size luxury SUV of the own. The Cadillac Escalade is their first ever SUV which entered in the major market in 1999, mainly for North American markets (and a selected few in Europe and Asia). It's extended-length version, the ESV (Escalade Stretch Vehicle) was introduced 3 years later.
Within the Turn of the Millennium, the Escalade has risen to popularity amongst famous celebrities such as Nelly, Snoop Dogg and Jennifer Lopez, to the point many would own this SUV as part of their luxurious status or for personal reasons.
Film — Animation
- Hate Sinking Jerkass and Big Bad Cad Spinner from Planes: Fire & Rescue is based on the Cadillac Escalade.
- The Canadian movie of Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Dolan's Cadillac, literally has a Cadillac there! And that is a "Custom Made bullet-proof" Escalade.
- House Party (2023). Yes, it's that movie with Lebron James. It has this customized "Young Threats" Cadillac Escalade EXT pick-up.
- The Escalade exploding at the beginning of The Other Guys. Also, the helicopter.
- Tallahassee's first car in Zombieland is no other than his coolest-looking car, a black Cadillac Escalade with a "#3" painted over. note
- The Matrix Reloaded has the Twins using a Cadillac Escalade EXT to chase Morpheus, Trinity and the Keymaker in the freeway.
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 has Luther, Van Der Beek, Chloe, and June riding in a limo Robin is driving at, en route on a trip to the Hamptons. That limo is a stretched Escalade.
- Salvatore "Turtle" Assante from Entourage shows his love for luxury vehicles, and his most preferred is none other than his beloved upscale SUV: The Cadillac Escalade. Throughout the series, Turtle jumps from different variants of the said Escalade.
- Kathy Griffin's own Reality Show My Life on the D List has one episode with an Absurdly-Long Limousine variant of the Escalade.
- Befitting a mobster, the black ESV belongs to Tony Soprano of The Sopranos, replacing the Chevrolet Suburban from the first four seasons. It was totaled in an accident and quickly replaced with a white Escalade ESV. Tony has this Escalade until the end of the series.
Music
- "In My Feelings" by Drake has him coming out of this luxury SUV as he tries to bag La La Anthony.
- The beginning of "That Should Be Me" by Justin Bieber has Rascal Flatts arriving in a Cadillac Escalade to a studio.
- Usually, Escalades are features in a selected few music videos of T.I..
- Jello Biafra's "Yuppie Cadillac" speaks for itself:What is it 'bout the Navigator, Escalade, Suburban, Explorer, Yukon
- Wu-Tang Clan's "Cars On The Interstate" puts the luxurious SUV in their own words:Ride with the heat on me, in a big truck homie.
Cadillac Escalade, you still gettin stuck homie.
Video Games
- If you're in the Criminal faction, you can drive the Armored SUV in Battlefield Hardline, which is essentially an Escalade, with some Land Rover hodgepodge.
- The militarized Vioxy DX5 in the Call of Duty series is based on the Escalade ESV.
- The Escalade isn't just a fancy SUV that shows its style, it's also a capable offroader, proficent in tackling rugged lands. And in DIRT 5, the Pre-Runner Escalade proves its point. ...and it shows.
- Zigzagged with the Cadillac Escalade ESV in Forza Horizon onwards, which is expected to be a lumbering giant in its stock configuration, but can become a full-on Lightning Bruiser with the right upgrades.
- Driver: San Francisco has this driveable Escalade, both in civilian and police car form.
- The Decussine in Ghost Recon Wildlands is based on the Escalade ESV. Usually seen as one of the ground vehicles of the Santa Blanca Cartel.
- The Cavalcades in the Grand Theft Auto series are based on two Escalade generations.
- Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition features both the SUV Escalade and the pickup Escalade EXT at the same time. Oscar would be pleased if you obtained this dubbed-out ride, esse.
- In Los Angeles, both are relegated to a traffic car.
- One of the three Mighty Glaciers in Need for Speed: Underground you can get the keys on is a Cadillac Escalade. A certain cheat code will unlock a special Pimper Out Car from Snoop Dogg. ...and with spinners.
- Real Life pro skater Chad Muska
in Tony Hawk's Underground drives this Escalade-esque bad boy, with some hydraulics and some other things:
Western Animation
- The God of Basketball in Regular Show rides a custom designed flying white Cadillac Escalade.
- South Park episode "Sexual Healing": Tiger Woods driving an Escalade. 'nuff said.
The Tin Snail, Dolly and Upside-down Pram, and even the Ugly Duckling. This is France's answer to the Volkswagen Beetle.
A transportation needs a horse to run. So why not make it two? And what do you get? The Citroën 2CV.
It all dates back in 1939, where there where was this peculiar small car that was developed by Citroën, with about over 300 prototypes built, which all had very unusual styles. It was unveiled on October on the same year at the Paris Motor Show called the Citroën 2CV, where in French is dubbed the deux chevaux ("two horese"), meaning "two taxable horsepower") It was very innovative and futuristic for its time, and with the the Michelin family taking over the business, was fitted with Michelin radial tires, the first car to ever use that brand.
Production was about to commence when World War II broke down when France declared war on Nazi Germany following the Invasion of Poland, forcing them to abandon the car's launch. With Germany occupying France, Citroën had to hide their prototypes from the eyes of the Nazis and refused to collaborate with German authorities. Many of the prototypes were destroyed, however very few have been salvaged throughout the war.
When the war ended, on October 7, 1948, Citroën had long waited enough to finally launch the 2CV type A during the Paris Salon. It was designed to "cross a freshly ploughed field with a basket full of eggs on the passenger's seat without breaking them" since roads in France at that time were rough and uneven. The car only had 9 horsepower on an air-cooled 375 cc boxer-2 engine, a single taillight, windshield wipers, a top speed of 40 mph (65 km/h) and no fuel gauge. The car was end up being the Butt-Monkey amongst critics, which would be highly used by comedians as the Trope Codifier for the The Alleged Car of France which earned the title as "the Ugly Duckling". Despite its backlash, the 2CV still continued production all the way up to 1990, making it one of the Long-Runners of French automobiles.
There had been over 9 million 2CV models produced throughout it 42 year lifespan, which had been France's symbolic icon of automobiledom, alongside the Fiat 500, Ford Model T, Mini Cooper and the Volkswagen Beetle. It was an icon, that United Kingdom held a dedicated 2CV 24 Hour Race, an annual one-make endurance event held at Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk.
Anime and Manga
- Car Graffiti JK has the Citroën 2CV as the cover car of the first volume. It was eventually displayed at a car association.
- Other than Lupin III's' iconic Fiat 500 and Mercedes SSK, this cute French machine is another popular European car throughout the franchise:
- Its first ever feature film The Castle of Cagliostro, as the Cool Car driven by Clarisse de Cagliostro while she tries to make her escape as she Drives Like Crazy for her dear life from the Count's goons in a dark sedan. ...and prompting Lupin and Jigen to chase after them. The 2CV itself is the first car ever of Hayao Miyazaki, the film's director.
- The same would also be in Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini, this time, it's a pickup, perfect for the Saharan deserts.
- Its first ever feature film The Castle of Cagliostro, as the Cool Car driven by Clarisse de Cagliostro while she tries to make her escape as she Drives Like Crazy for her dear life from the Count's goons in a dark sedan
- Yes, Citroëns even do exist in Kalos region of Pokémon the Series: XY, where Penelope drives a Citroën 2CV (even you can clearly see the logo on the radiator) to rescue Ash ketchum and Randall.
- Given its Product Placement with Citroën, the Cool Car was fully centralized in the Tintin issue The Adventures of the 2CV6 and The Haunted Cave. And you also get a 2CV collectible toy car with the bundle.
- In Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown, the gang drives around France in a run-down blue Citroen 2CV. Charlie Brown is routinely injured whenever he starts it with the hand-crank. It doesn't help that they get rear-ended twice in the film, resulting in Marcy yelling in French and Snoopy giving insulting gestures. The saving grace is that Snoopy is also the one doing the driving (he knows enough to keep the car running at least). Too bad it isn't exactly a dreamboat.
- Cars 2 features two living Citroëns, a black and blue 2CV named John and a pink DS named Nancy. They kiss on a bridge of Paris at one point.
- As an Immortal Iconic Car, there are many many 2CVs alongside more modern cars on the street on the ostensibly present day in Paris of Ratatouille.
- The fourth movie of Sgt. Frog has Aki Hinata pull a Big Damn Hero move in a Citroën 2CV, given that se Drives Like Crazy across the terror on the mountain roads and is huge experience in traversing long distances.
- Alice's Citroen 2CV in Antitrust is not your ordinary junk. It also qualifies as a Cool Car, in a cute and quirky sort of way.
- Gaspard from The Bear and the Doll owns an actual alleged car, the Citroen 2CV, which eventually gets wrecked by Felicia's Rolls-Royce.
- The transport car of Jojo of A Crime in Paradise is The Alleged Car, the 2CV that got flat tires.
- How Alwyn met Danny in Fisherman's Friends; when her 2CV on a narrow one-lane road gets stopped by The Cynic Danny in his Beemer going the opposite direction.Alwyn: It's a one-way street.
- The 1981 James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only has 007 forced to take the Bond Girl Melina Havelock's car, a Citroën 2CV (also known in the English-speaking world as "Tortoise" or "Flying Dustbin") — the music even halts as the vehicle shows up! And yet in sort of a subversion, it holds pretty well in a chase. Then again, there's some movie magic, as stunt coordinator Rémy Julienne had the 2CV's engine replaced with one twice as powerful, and it clearly has a rollcage in several shots. And even Roger Moore who played as Bond in this movie said it's his favorite car.
- The characters of Demi Moore and Robert Redford would ride around the 2CV around every corner of Indecent Proposal.
- The 2CV is the car of Stéphane Audran's character Hélène of Le Boucher, whom Popaul, the murderer dies in her car while on the way to the hospital.
- Jeanne Marchal's car in La Cérémonie is a 2CV, that got into a Surprise Car Crash that took her life, but got away with murder, leaving the entire Lelièvre family murdered under her hands.
- This is Michel's car in Le diable probablement.
- Les Diaboliques has the light-hearted Citroën 2CV in the hands of Nicole Horner and Christina Delassalle behind the wheel while trying to escape from the cruelty of Michel.
- Citroën is widely popular with French actor and comedian Louis de Funès and had it featured in several of his films, typically as The Alleged Car.
- The Citroën 2CV driven by Sister Clotilde in Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez is broken apart by the ride's end, losing its doors, wings, windscreen, and rear axle. It's mostly because the nun Drives Like Crazy. The same would happen again in the sequel Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes. This time, the poor 2CV becomes an Instant Convertible.
- Antoine Maréchal's Citroën 2CV in The Sucker which breaks into pieces after Saroyan's Rolls-Royce bumps into it.
- Miss Clavel during the live-action Madeline film drives a Citroën 2CV while searching for the titular girl and Pepito, which is exclusive only to the film, despite that she's reluctant to drive in the animated series.
- The opening of Please, Not Now! gets into a hilariously frantic start when Sophie driving the 2CV recklessly began breaking the law and went into numerous hijinks when they cross intersections at the wrong time and nearly hit other traffic.
- Inspector Clouseau's Citroën 2CV-based "Silver Hornet" as seen in Revenge of the Pink Panther looks like a riced-up Batmobile, but is prone to falling apart on the driver.
- Eccentric NASA programmer Fred Z. Randall of RocketMan (1997) parks his Citroën 2CV lot (since the car is very small to fit on narrow alleys) in his cramped reserved emerging from the roof and removing a tyre as part of his "anti-theft device". It's ultra rare for an American to ever own this French car since it was never widely accepted.
- Martin's poor 2CV in Too Fat Too Furious gets wrecked after Bennie uses it to drive into Lars who's on a motorbike.
- During the "Battlefield" of the Doctor Who Novelisations, Shou Ying's 2CV just got his 2DC detailed only recently, just only for it to get it damaged beyond repait when Morgaine's troops ambush it.
- The Professor's Citroën 2CV is The Alleged Car of The Great Balloon Race, largely due to the damage inflicted on it while trying to find the starting line.
- Kate's Citroën 2CV of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is what is the Trope Namer of "The Alleged Car". It gets her in court by throwing a wheel and nearly causing an accident; a police officer would refer to it as "the alleged car". The 2CV has this reputation in Real Life as well.
- You didn't expect a cute French car to pop up in the Land Down Under of A Country Practice.
- Lovejoy and Eric Catchpole try to chase down Lady Jane Felsham in her Citroën 2CV which had an elaborate copy of the Japanese firefly cage during the pilot episode.
- Victor finds a green 2CV dumped in his skip in One Foot in the Grave. With a busted mattress inside!Victor: Never ceases to amaze me, the bloody-minded SODDISHNESS of some people!
- It's The Alleged Car in the song "La gadoue" as Jane Birkin got her aqua Citroën 2CV stuck in mud and prompt a troupe of gentlemen to get it out.
- Lloyd Cole's Car Song "2cv" is best summarized in his pouring words:She drove her mother's car, 'twas a 2cv
I was most impressed by her casual dress
I was most impressed
Inside her rented room colored deepest blue - To perfectly represent Paris, a 2CV is highlighted during music video for the theme song of Miraculous Ladybug
- There's plenty of the 2CV bodies throughout the Choro Q franchise.
- Probably the most useless car ever in Colin McRae Rally; the 2CV Sahara, which barely has any horsepower to beat record times by default.
- It made its appearance in Forza Motorsport 7 as part of the Totino's Car Pack. Being at the same level as the Subaru 360, Peel P50 and the ol' Abarth 595, the 2CV would be nominated as one of the tiny useless cars ever unless it's properly upgraded. And as part of the James Bond bundle, you even get to drive Melina's 2CV in Horizon 4, which has double the horsepower than the original at stock performance.
- Quite a Joke Car Polyphony Digital got for Gran Turismo 4 as a "not-so-Undesirable Prize" of Tous France Championnat . At least it's useful for its "2HP-2CV Classics" one-make event, where the prize car is... also a 2CV.
- The Lunar-Tec Weevil is easily recognized as the Citroën 2CV of MotorStorm: Pacific Rift.
- The Laytonmobile owned by Professor Layton is definitely his signature Cool Car and his pride and joy. It's a red Citroën 2CV with an unusually high roof so that Layton can still drive with his top hat on.
- Pip Pirrip in South Park Rally uses a white Citroën 2CV for his races.
- For some reason, if you managed to collect all the wrecks in one of the Hawaii Areas of Test Drive Unlimited 2, you get... the Citroën 2CV... it's slow but at least it's incredibly easy to drive. Very useful in maxing F.R.I.M. ridiculously easy.
- The mobsters of The Triplets of Belleville drive stretch versions of Citroën 2CVs, which are ridiculously underpowered cars to which a Volkswagen Beetle compares favorably.
One of the most famous French cars of all time, produced between 1955 and 1975. It was known for its aerodynamic, futuristic (for its time) body design, unorthodox, quirky, and innovative technology, and for setting new standards in ride quality, handling and braking, and it also saw much prominence in rally racing in its time. It placed third in the 1999 Car of the Century poll and was named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine. The DS name would later be revived in the 2010s as a sub-brand of Citroen (Starting with the DS3 hatchback), eventually getting spunoff as a standalone brand called DS Automobiles.
The favorite car of French President Charles de Gaulle, it featured a lot in the country's media, especially films, from The '50s to The '90s. Post-'50s Gay Paree settings have a high chance of featuring the car as well.
Film — Animation
- Cars 2 features two living Citroëns, a black and blue 2CV named John and a pink DS named Nancy. They kiss on a bridge of Paris at one point.
- A DS can be seen in the streets of Paris in Ratatouille.
- A blue DS appears in the 1969 Tintin animated film The Temple of the Sun.
Film — Live-Action
- 2012 has a brief portion in Paris where the director of the Louvre is assassinated in a car accident. Of course, the car has to be a vintage Citroën DS.
- Two DS are driven by mobsters in L'aventure, c'est l'aventure. One ends up rolling over several times in a crash.
- A non-French movie example for once: a DS painted in yellow and made into a flying taxi can be seen in Back to the Future Part II.
- In The Brain, Bourvil and Jean-Paul Belmondo steal a police DS that ends up cut in two... and Belmondo still drives the front part since it's a front-wheel drive. This move was a favorite of stuntman/stunt coordinator Rémy Julienne.
- Actor Louis de Funès loved the car and had it featured in several of his films.
- In Fantômas, the eponymous villain (Jean Marais) sabotages the black DS of Commissioner Juve (de Funès), causing both front wheels to swerve in separate directions. In the sequel, Fantômas Unleashed, Fantômas turned a white DS into a Flying Car.
- An ambulance version of the DS 19 appears in Hibernatus.
- In The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, Victor Pivert (de Funès) drives a DS 21 Pallas with a reversed boat on top. It ends up in a river... on top of the boat.
- A DS 21 is involved in a chase in Peur sur la ville.
- In Populaire (which is set in The '60s), insurer Louis Echard (Romain Duris) owns one.
- Lino Ventura drives a white DS in Le Silencieux.
- In Les Tontons flingueurs, the gangster played by Lino Ventura is driven in a DS on the site of the Final Battle against the gang of Theo.
- In Les Valseuses, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere steal a DS, have a joyride with it and drive it back to its owner.
- Tony Montana in Scarface (1983) was tasked to blow up Frank Lopez inside a Citroën DS, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Not because he fell in love with the looks, but because the target mark unexpectedly had his family in the car.
- Hot Rod from Transformers: The Last Knight was originally a Citroën DS before he scanned a brand new Lamborghini Centenario LP 770-4 as his new alt-mode.
- In Witch Way Love, witch Morgane Edramareck (Vanessa Paradis) owns a black DS. When she goes to pick up Michael (Gil Bellows) at the airport, the latter points out he expected a "luxury car", to which she answers "It was one. In 1960.". And she mentions that it drove President Charles De Gaulle around.
- In Zazie dans le Métro, Philippe Noiret drove a white 1957 DS 19.
Live-Action Television
- A DS 21 Pallas (originally red and repainted in Eggshell Blue) appeared in The Mentalist, driven by protagonist Patrick Jane (Simon Baker). Baker chose the car himself, and donated it to France when the series was over.
Video Games
- This FWD rally car is incorrectly branded under DS Automobiles in DiRT Rally 2.0, despite clearly showing it has the Citroën badge.
- The only appearances the DS 23 makes in the Forza games are in Horizon 4 and Horizon 5 as a hard-to-find car. In the former, it can only be obtained as a reward through the Festival Playlist. In the latter, it can only be obtained by completing a specific seasonal championship.
- Gran Turismo 7 added the DS 21 Pallas in one of the updates.
- The Chaufeque XT in Mafia II is based on the DS, being the only front-wheel drive and French car in the game.
Italian for "panther", the De Tomaso Pantera is a midship sports car designed by Carrozzeria Ghia. As the maker's third model, it was co-developed with Ford as then-vice president Lee Iacocca aided in boosting the brand's image by making a sports car like the Ford GT40.
With Ford's guidance, the Pantera aimed to be capable sports car with a reasonable price and sold in large quantities, as it was suitably utilized with Ford's V8 engine. Ford later began importing the Pantera in the United States in 1971 and it was sold through Lincoln-Mercury dealers. Following Ford's disengagement in 1975, around 5,500 units were sold in the country.
Across its 20 year life span, the Pantera was produced in over 7,000 units and up to today is considered to be a rare collector's car.
Film — Live-Action
- Claude Gilbert in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo drives a black and white striped Pantera with the #66 on the hood. During the final race, Claude is seen with his wrecked Pantera, cheering for Herbie.
Music
- "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" by My Chemical Romance has the sinister executive Korse and his vampire henchman trying to flee from the Killjoys in their black Pantera.
- The Nero music video "Must Be The Feeling" has the duo roll around the cyberpunk Neon City in their white Pantera GT5, whilst being pursued by mysterious bikers, in which one of them got entangled in a head-on collision at the end.
Video Games
- Forza has this midship machine only appeared in FM3 and 4.
- The vanilla Pantera appears in Gran Turismo Sport as part of the 1.13 update. In 7, fitting a widebody and a "Type B" wing will turn the car into a Pantera GT5-S.
- The Lampadati Viseris in Grand Theft Auto Online is based on the Pantera.
- In R: Racing Evolution, this is the car the Rena Hayami drives during the De Tomaso Pantera Cup in the first chapter around the speedway of Twin Ring Motegi note as part of her initiation of being a full-fledged racer. Her spotter Stephan will remark about the car:Stephan Garnier: You'll be driving a car with tremendous torque and acceleration. Take her to the limits out there!
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer:
- The Pantera is Hamagaki's car in the first of the three Drift games, and is later available for the player to purchase... atleast in the Japanese version: in international releases, it's replaced by the Honda NSX due to licensing issues.
- A red Pantera is the vehicle of choice of none other than Keiichi Tsuchiya himself in 3, appearing under the street name of EIC@MSR as an Osaka Wanderer. Defeating him will make the car available for the player to purchase.
The DeLorean was a rear-engined sports car that was produced from 1981 to 1982.
Originally marketed by the founder John DeLorean, the car itself was designed by Italdesign's Giorgetto Giugiaro, and was notable for its stainless steel body and gull-wing doors... however, it also became infamous for its lack of power that doesn't match its looks and price. This, combined with poor quality and mechanical issues, led to a lack of sales, prompting John DeLorean to file for bankruptcy.
Despite its short-lived production, the DeLorean rose to popularity and became widely known for being featured as a time machine in Back to the Future, to the point John DeLorean personally sent a letter to the film's producers, thanking them for immortalizing the car.
Film — Live-Action
- As noted elsewhere on the folder, the car owes its stay in pop culture thanks to the Back to the Future film trilogy and associated franchise.
- As a clear Shout-Out to the aforementioned Back to the Future, Wade Watts (under his OASIS avatar Parzival) in Ready Player One takes on the unbeatable race with his fabled DeLorean time machine.
Music
- Befitting the synthwave vibes, a DeLorean Expy plays a big part in the music video, "RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)" by the Black Eyed Peas (feat. J Balvin).
- Of course. Huey Lewis and the News, the artist behind the Back to the Future song "The Power of Love" definitely featured the signature DeLorean time machine in its music video.
- LMFAO's Redfoo featured a pink DeLorean (alongside a Cadillac Fleetwood) in his music video, "New Thang".
- The Asphalt series features this starting with 6: Adrenaline. In 7: Heat, it is notorious for having the slowest acceleration in the game, and not even a Nitro Boost can negate it. In Xtreme, the DeLorean is fully-modified as a monster truck, fitted with comically large jet engines.
- The Jansen P12 88 Special in Burnout Paradise is a clear Shout-Out to the DMC DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. And you can even choose to switch it to Hover Mode as well. Boost, and watch the car leave Burning Rubber trails.
- Befitting The '80s retro and synthwave vibes, The Crew 2 added a neon-modified DeLorean as part of the Summer in Hollywood update.
- In Driver: San Francisco, driving the 1983 DeLorean DMC-12 at 88 mph unlocks the garage training level from the first Driver game as a special mission.
- The "Out of Time" achievement in Forza Motorsport 4 is to reach 88 miles per hour in a DeLorean.
- The DeLorean made its first appearance in Gran Turismo 4, but uses a powerful Series 2 variant. The car can be obtained for free after you beat "The Pass" Driving Missions. A fully-detailed version of the S2 DeLorean was added in 7.
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto Online feature a parody of the DeLorean called the Deluxo. With its hover/flyer modes, the latter's is closer to Doc Brown's car.
- While the DeLorean was initially included in Need for Speed: No Limits in 2020, Unbound on the other hand added this blast from the past in a Vol. 3 update. Bonus points adding a time machine Expy body kit and for driving 88 mph for 3 seconds to get a Burning Rubber effect.
- The Ridge Racer spin-off R: Racing Evolution has the DeLorean as an unlockable car by finishing one of the event challenges.
- Rocket League features this Back to the Future time machine. For gameplay purposes, the car doesn't have the ability to hover, of course.
- American Dad! has an episode called "Delorean Story-an", where Stan Smith procures and restores a DeLorean and takes his son Steve with him for a joy ride.
- In Family Guy episode "Perfect Castaway", one Cutaway Gag has Peter Griffin parodying Back to the Future where he builds a time machine out of a DeLorean and intends to travel back to 1955. Cue Peter crashing into a wall as people inside and began running and screaming in flames.
If you visit Italy, watch any Italian Media, or perhaps be a cunning Gentleman Thief who has never been caught, then you are certainly gonna see this cute little machine.
After the end of World War II where Fascist Italy has met its demise, Italy was living in a post-war era with a destroyed and stagnating economy. That is until the beginning of The '50s where the country was turned into an economic Boom Town. During this thriving decade, Fiat is working on a car that meets demands of the post-war market. It took the brand 8 years to develop it until in July 1957, Fiat has launched the 500, or the Cinquecento in Italian. It's a tiny car that was very inexpensive and very practical to drive on a daily basis thanks to its steel wheels, simple body panels and uncomplicated gearboxes and engine components. The car measures 2.97 meters (9'9"), with wide-set rounded headlamps, and powered by a rear-mounted 479 cc 15-horsepower two-cylinder engine. With that, the Fiat 500 defined the first purpose-designed city cars.
Throughout its 18-year lifespan, Fiat produced numerous versions of the 500, ranging from a semi-convertible, a 3-door estate and panel van, and even a performance-oriented model tuned by Abarth as the Abarth 695 SS (or perhaps, the essesse), with only 1,000 units produced. Another variant is the Bianchina by Autobianchi in 1960, a mini Berlina car based on the Fiat 500.
The Fiat 500 ended production in 1975 with nearly 4 millions units produced. It made an impression to the community as one of the icons of automobiledom, similar to its rear-engined cousin, the Volkswagen Beetle.
As the Turn of the Millennium was underway, Fiat launced the Treipiùno concept during the Geneva Motor Show in 2004, which was a Call-Back to the original 500. The concept design would transition into a fully-fledged production car in 2007, new as the "new 500". It's notable for its retro-styling from its original 1957 counterpart. Unlike the original, the new-generation Fiat 500 uses a front-engine, front wheel drive layout, which was a breakthrough during The '60s. In addition to that, the 500 had a fixed-profile convertible called the 500C, introduced in 2009, also a high-performance model, this time called the Abarth 500, which uses a 133-horsepower turbocharged 1.4 L petrol engine. Later versions of Abarth's models includes the Abarth 595, with a larger engine, and a 695 Biposto, the most powerful 500 ever offered. Finally, a Green Aesop version called the 500e was introduced in 2013, using a battery-electric engine.
The new 500 has been a very successful car and is considered to be the flagship model for Fiat and today, it has gained a reputation as an iconic cult classic.
Anime and Manga
- Detective Chiba from Detective Conan has a green Fiat 500 as his Cool Car. Depending on the Artist, it may be either a convertible or a hardtop.
- Yamcha from Dragon Ball owns a Fiat Abarth 695, that is a high-performing sportier version of the famous Fiat 500.
- If there is a car worthy of being an Immortal Iconic Car which stood through the test of time, then look no further to the wimpy little subcompact, but heavily modified car of Lupin III: his yellow Fiat 500. It had appeared in all types of series, mainly as widely seen in the openings.
- This would also be prominent in the first full-length feature film The Castle of Cagliostro where Lupin and Jigen drive a Fiat 500 "Bambino" that's been majorly souped-up.
- However in Green vs. Red, the real (?) Lupin is seen driving the 2007 version of the Fiat 500, which is a modernized Retraux version of the car he drives throughout the series.
- A pink Nuova 500 is seen in Lupin III: Travels of Marco Polo – Another Page driving dangerously through the Italian alleys. This time, Fujiko Mine is driving it.
- The 2023 film Jigen Daisuke (2023) ends with The Stinger Jigen walking towards an arriving yellow Fiat 500.
- The timid Bespectacled Cutie and Keiichi Morisato's kohai Sora Hasegawa, who is also a member of the Nekomi Tech Motor Club of Ah! My Goddess drives a highly tuned-up original Fiat 500.
- WORKING!! has the red 2008 Fiat 500 seen outside of Wagnaria, but also mostly seen as a part of an◊ Eye Catch.
- The Italian Luigi of Cars is a yellow Fiat 500 who runs a tire shop with his mechanical buddy Guido. His wise and caring uncle named Uncle Topolino from Cars 2 is based off a 1937 Fiat Topolino which is technically a pre-war Fiat 500.
- Gianna's Fiat 500 in Deep Red is The Alleged Car no less. It's amazing that it can still move, and if the doors get jammed (which they frequently do) you have to get in and out through the sunroof.
- Nicole Bonnet's car in How to Steal a Million is an Autobianchi Bianchina Special cabriolet (basically an upmarket Fiat 'Sport' 500).
- The beginning of Inspector Gadget 2 has the titular Gadget arrest an elderly woman on a Florentine blue Fiat 500 L for going slightly above the speed limit. That was actually Chief Quimby's mother and angrily puts Gadget under probation for that.
- A blue and red-striped Fiat 500 is driven by Melissa McCarthy's character in Identity Thief, whom Jason Bateman in his alleged rental car accidentally rear-ended and gets a beating.
- The unexpected start of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning has Ethan Hunt and a hunted Grace escape in an IMF Safe Car after a lengthy Car Chase in Rome... They run towards a sports car... only for a bright yellow electric-powered Fiat 500 to drive out, which they barely fit into.
- J.J. and Kate during the climax of My Spy hop in their Lounge 500 to chase down Victor Marquez (in his Jaguar XK) and rescue their 9-year old Sophie who was held hostage inside.
- That red 500 L in Only You is the perfect car for a Romantic Comedy adventure used for their Italian road trip.
- It's silly to see thee scene-stealing Fiat 500 beater, the Hero's Classic Car in The Rum Diary, just minus the doors, roof and even a front seat! Though it's a practical car used in the hilarious Car Chase scene through the streets of Puerto Rico.
- Is James Bond in a Fiat 500? Nah. Turns out in Spectre, during the Car Chase through the narrow streets of Rome, Bond in his Aston Martin DB10 pushes a poor civilian inside a Nuovo 500, causing the car to hit a nearby pole... then the airbag activates.
- The hilarious scene in episode 2 of Master of None (not the trope itself) has Dev and his best mate Arnold get their brand new 500 stuck in a narrow alley in Italy.
- In Wellington Paranormal, Minogue and O'Leary pull over a Fiat 500 containing sixteen clowns in the "A Normal Night" episode, partially because the clowns creeped them out, partially because the clowns were dancing in the road and jaywalking.
- The Product Placement is strong in Echosmith's music video "Get Into My Car" where the lead singer Sydney Sierota acts like an "Uber driver" driving her Fiat 500X and forcing everyone in her car. Plus she's drinking a McCafe.
- Jennifer Lopez in "Papi" owns a Fiat 500, used to escape from the swarming mob who tried to outmaneuver her.
- A beautiful red Fiat 500 is the very subject of the song "500 (Shake Baby Shake)" driven by the lead singer of Lush. It's very venerable on its own:When things are looking good there's always complications,
I can't be with you so I'm at the railway station - The beginning of the music video for "Good Time" by Owl City (featuring Carly Rae Jepsen) features a Fiat 500 prominently, where the duo takes it for a spin.
- The Abarth 500 essesse is this cute-performing hatchback that serves as one of the starter cars of Asphalt 6: Adrenaline, 3D and 7: Heat.
- There's plenty for Fiat 500 bodies in Choro Q that you can name and use.
- You have the Abarth 500 available in The Crew. And yes that cute 'lil hatch of Fiat can be turned into a frickin' monster truck. There even a Monster spec 500 for the police in Calling All Units!
- For the sleeper car of The Crew 2, Latrell and Hiro discuss this topic while looking over the player's competition. Latrell singles out a plain-looking Abarth 500 as the main threat.Latrell: There's some mighty fine rides lining up out there. But you know which one I think our friend should be looking out for? That plain-looking one right there.
[Points to a stock-looking Abarth 500]
Hiro: Huh? Doesn't look like much.
Latrell: It doesn't have to if it's got the right kind of monster under the hood. If you're not careful, that monster's gonna eat you up.
- For the sleeper car of The Crew 2, Latrell and Hiro discuss this topic while looking over the player's competition. Latrell singles out a plain-looking Abarth 500 as the main threat.
- One of the missions of Driver: San Francisco puts John Tanner in the shoes of a student driver and drive that Abarth 500 like crazy as a way to scare the driving instructor shitlessly. Did we mention there is this tiny Abarth 695 SS?
- Forza digs Abarth cinquecentos. From the classic Abarth 595 SS to the modern 500 SS which is also seen in the hands of traffic in Horizon.
- Plenty of Fiat 500s galore in Gran Turismo, typically as a useless joke car. In Sport, the 1968 Fiat 500 has only 15 horsepower and a ridiculously high center of gravity.
- In 4, your first Driving Mission puts you in that Fiat 500 where you overtake that other Fiat within the first corner of Deep Forest Raceway.
- And for some reason, it's an Undesirable Prize car in 5 after winning the B-Spec European Classic Car Championship.
- Finally, in 6, you get this venerable modern-day Abarth 500 where you can get after beating your first Sierra Time Rally challenge.
- For the free DLC, the Rookie Season of Horizon Chase gives you the new rookie car, and that of course is called... the Rookie. It's a 500 Expy driving school car, and even a student driver can bypass the 260 km/h Cap.
- The original car Slug called the "Slug Mobile" in Metal Slug is based on the Fiat 500 (the brand name is named backwards used to Car Fu enemy units that stand in your way. And it jumps too.
- The cute supermini Monarch Tike from MotorStorm: Apocalypse is shaped like a classic Fiat 500. While it's driven by numerous participants, Tyler uses this vehicle on the track Upper Bohemia: "Suburban Shakedown".
- Ridge Racer has this tiny 'lil 500 Expy that you shouldn't be fooled with by just its looks!
- The Âge Erriso/Alouette from Rage Racer combines both the Abarth 595 and the 1000 TCR, turned into a monstrous Pint-Size Powerhouse.
- In chapter 6 or R: Racing Evolution, Stephan Garnier procures a special racing machine for Rena Hayami to use for the next race; a Garnier-spec Fiat 500, packing quite a punch with almost 300 horses under the hood. It's a cute machine that can even humiliate seasoned rivals in Le Mans race cars!Stephan Garnier: I want you to drive this. Yes, it's a Fiat... ...but hardly an ordinary one.
- Almost every episode of Archer which contains lots of cars on the background, you're certainly guaranteed to see a red Fiat 500 everywhere it goes! This made prominent in episode 9 where Archer and Lana in Gay Paree used this car in a high-speed Car Chase in an attempt to apprehend Kasparov.
- A Cutaway Gag of Family Guy where Peter Griffin drove that teeny-weeny Fiat, who is way too fat to fit!Peter: Hey! You cut me off!
Pickup driver: What? Turn down your radio.
Peter: I can't. My stomach's pressed up against the dial. - The spies Alex, Sam and Clover of Totally Spies! were procured a micro car for the Italy mission against the "Evil Pizza Guys". That being said, it's a yellow Fiat 500 D lookalike with its Italian flagged roof.
The Continuity Reboot Green Aesop Hummer Dinger.
After Hummer's discontinuation in 2010, around 11 years later, General Motors announced the revival of the Hummer nameplate as a sub-brand under the GMC marque, but did not revive Hummer alone as a standalone brand.
The Hummer EV is GMC's line of all-electric pickup truck and sports utility vehicle unveiled in October 2020 and April 2021 respectively. A Mighty Glacier amongst 4x4 sports utilities, weighing roughly 5 US tonnes (about 10,000 pounds/4,500 kg), this EV is considered to be one of the heaviest civilian cars ever sold in the United States, which may concern consumers with its mass that possess safety concerns to the public and the environment.
The EV was known to be endorsed by LeBron James, as well as the car being test driven by United States president Joe Biden.
Film — Live Action
- The Hummer EV would be there for any movie with a main character played by Ryan Gosling:
- It's a Product Placement thing for Barbie (2023) where lots and lots of vehicles in the movie are ones manufactured by General Motors. One of them would be the car of Ken, a fully pimped out silver Hummer EV as his sweet sick ride. Alongide Barbie's pink Corvette, the EV Hummer it's so hot, it even got a Hot Wheels edition as part of the promotional package.
- Speaking of that, Ryan Gosling is set to drive this Hummer EV again in the 2024 film adaptation, The Fall Guy (2024), where this electric pickup serves as his stunt performing car.
- Diego Salgado's mansion in the "El Sin Nombre" campaign mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has this fully licensed behemoth parked in the garage. Outside of campaign, the Season One update allows you to drive this silent sports tank in Ground War and Invasion multiplayer modes... plus wacky skins applicable via Rewards Pass.
- When Ubisoft announced The Crew Motorfest, one of the pre-order cars announced would be this rapid-accelerating electric behemoth as one of the early access cars. And you get to try this in the Electric Odyssey Playlist where the Hummer EV is part of along with its Green Aesop icons.Danny: That is pretty fast for something that heavy!
- Only for the Nintendo Switch, has this in Cruis'n Blast, replacing the Hummer HX concept from the arcade.... and just for some odd reason, the car has six gears and engine noises to an electric vehicle, which actually defeats the sole purpose of being an EV in the first place!
- Forza Horizon 5 adds this Green Aesop behemoth to the badlands of Mexico in a 2023 update... and you also get to drive the aforementioned Barbie movie edition car that Ken drove in the movie.
