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Old 03-24-2004, 07:22 PM
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Here is an article/poll that was recently on cnn's website.

Top 10 Movie/TV cars

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - General Lee from the 1970s TV show the "Dukes of Hazzard" was the number one choice as most popular TV or movie car in a recent survey.

Hagerty Insurance, which insures collectible automobiles, motorcycles and boats, sent e-mails to about 50,000 people in its database of automobile collectors and enthusiasts, inviting them to participate in the on-line survey. E-mail recipients were also invited to pass the invitation on to friends. The company collected about 10,000 responses.

Classic muscle cars were the big winners. The orange 1969 Dodge Charger driven by the Duke boys was the number one pick. The 1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in the movie, "Bullitt," came in second. The 1967 Shelby GT500 nicknamed "Eleanor" in the 2000 version of the picture, "Gone in 60 Seconds," came in third.

"We thought the top choice would be the Batmobile, or maybe Tom Selleck's Ferrari from Magnum P.I.," says McKeel Hagerty, president of Hagerty Insurance. "We were surprised when the results were tallied and it turned out that 'General Lee' from The Dukes of Hazzard was the overall winner."

The red 1974 Ford Torino driven in the TV show and, recently, the movie "Starsky & Hutch" was the ninth most popular car.


Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee -- from the 1970s TV show

Bullitt's dark green 1968 Mustang driven by Steve McQueen

Gone in 60 Seconds' Eleanor - the 1967 Shelby GT500

Back to the Future's flux capacitor-equipped 1983 DeLorean

Batman's Batmobile from the TV series starring Adam West

Goldfinger's Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond

Smokey & The Bandit's 1977 Pontiac Firebird T/A driven by Burt Reynolds

Herbie the Love Bug, the 1963 Volkswagen from the Disney movie

Starsky & Hutch's 1974 Ford Torino driven in the original TV show

The Green Hornet's Black Beauty - from the 1966 television series
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