Cult cars, and leaving the best Aussie car for last
About this episode
A lively discussion on cult cars, focusing on iconic vehicles from movies and their impact on car culture. The hosts dive into classics like the Toyota Supra from 'Fast and Furious', the DeLorean from 'Back to the Future', and the Ford Mustang from 'Gone in 60 Seconds'. They also explore the significance of Australian cars like the VL Turbo and WRX, highlighting their unique place in automotive history. The episode wraps up with a quiz and personal anecdotes, making it a fun listen for car enthusiasts.
On this episode we talk about cult cars, what makes them a cult car and why they achieved this status? We also talk about how good the final HSV GTSR-W1 actually is with incredible testing results! (GTR fan boys might not like what is mentioned in this episode as GTR's never loose according to the internet). We have Adam in the hot seat for the quiz and we were also joined by James from Man vs Movies.
Toyota Supra
"...re talking movie, well, eyes, I mean, you got the Supra from especially from the faucet from the first Fa..."
Shelby GT500
"series of 12 films and, you know, like, but still, that was like a hero cupboard. And no one went nuts to go get gt500's. You know what I mean? No, 14. Original uniforms and everyone"
Ford Mustang
"...d I put them into lemons limes, lemons, Fastback, Mustang. I won't even ask GT500 nothing but they they mad..."
Delorean DMC-12
"is what it is and everyone loved it is. Is the DeLorean. Yeah, that's a cool car. Yeah, that is cool. It'..."
Ford Bullitt
"... like other cars, I mean, a lot of people mock up Bullitt Mustang as well. Yeah to gt390. Yeah, just take o..."
Toyota Ae86
"...ompany because of their one about the is that the AE86 from initially? Yeah, that's what that's called c..."
Saturn Aura
"...ujiwara tofu shop? Yeah, I mean, it gives it that aura. Mmm. Because like, like the 8086."
Dodge Charger
"...other another popular one in probably be like the charger is like from yeah. Ruff choose a juice fast weeks..."
Subaru WRX
"... people like you, I was just going to mention the WRX, which is a massive coal car. I mean, this is thi..."
GMC Typhoon
"...et then fpv kind of put their foot in it with the typhoon and then you had the excessive turbo which was re..."
Porsche Cayman
"... Now I mean like you've got cars like the Porsche Cayman S our family. Julia quadrupole quadrifoglio BMW M..."
Audi Quattro
"BMW M3 competition. Listen gdr Focus RS. Audi S5 Quattro mercedes-amg C. 43 AMG you know you GDI 40th anni..."
Nissan Gtr
"...about how fast lap time? Then I'm going to listen GTR. Then paddle fast lifetime, the Porsche Cayman S ..."
Chevrolet Corvette
"...'s got an LS. Your Ellis 9V a lot of arm out of a Corvette. So it is just a special. I think we talked about..."
Vauxhall VXR8
"Look, do I read it? I can't. I just give up vxr8 VX. Jeez. I should know these anyway so that ever..."
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