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Greatest on-screen motors of all time reveaed – from Del Boy’s van to Bond’s Aston Martin
THE van in Only Fools and Horses has been voted the world’s greatest on-screen vehicle.
Del Boy and Rodney’s tatty, yellow three-wheeled Reliant beat a string of much-loved TV and movie motors.
Del Boy and Rodney’s tatty, yellow three-wheeled Reliant beat a string of much-loved TV and movie motors
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1968 classic came second
One of the yellow three-wheelers in the much-loved TV series sold for £38,000 at an auction in 2021.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1968 classic and the time-travelling DeLorean from 1985 flick Back to the Future were joint second.
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, which first appeared in 1964’s Goldfinger, came fourth.
KITT, the talking car from 1980s and ’90s TV series Knight Rider, was fifth.
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Herbie, the VW Beetle in the 1977 movie Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, came sixth.
Even The Inbetweeners’ clapped-out Fiat Cinquecento made the top ten.
Aidan Rushby, from car financing app Carmoola which carried out the poll, said: “On-screen cars have stolen our hearts as much as the characters.”
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The time-travelling DeLorean from 1985 flick Back to the Future was joint second
Even The Inbetweeners’ clapped-out Fiat Cinquecento made the top ten
World’s Most Iconic On-Screen Vehicles – Top 10
Del Boy and Rodney’s yellow three-wheeler from Only Fools and Horses (42 per cent)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (31 per cent)
Doc-Brown’s time-travelling DeLorean from Back to the Future (31 per cent)
Silver Aston DB5, driven by James Bond in Goldfinger (29 per cent)
K.I.T.T from Knight Rider (28 per cent)
‘Herbie’ – the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle (23 per cent)
Ghostbusters Car (The Ectomobile) – from 1984 movie Ghostbusters (22 per cent)
Original 1960s Batmobile (20 per cent)
The Inbetweeners yellow Fiat Cinquecento (11 per cent)
Orange Toyota Supra driven by the late Paul Walker in Fast & Furious (9 per cent)
