The greatest screen engines of all time have been revealed – from Del Boy’s van to Bond’s Aston Martin
THE Van in Only Fools and Horses was voted the world’s best screen vehicle.
Del Boy and Rodney’s dingy yellow three-wheeler Reliant beat a number of popular television and film engines.
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One of the yellow tricycles from the popular TV series sold for £38,000 at auction in 2021.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from the 1968 classic and the time-travelling DeLorean from the 1985 film Back to the Future took second place.
James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, which first appeared in 1964’s Goldfinger, finished fourth.
KITT, the talking car from the 1980’s and 90’s TV series Knight Rider, finished fifth.
Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle from the 1977 film Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, finished sixth.
Even The Inbetweeners’ rickety Fiat Cinquecento made the top ten.
Aidan Rushby of car financing app Carmoola, which conducted the survey, said: “Cars on screen have stolen our hearts as much as the characters.”
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The most famous on-screen vehicles in the world – Top 10
Del Boy and Rodney’s Yellow Tricycle by Only Fools and Horses (42 percent)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (31 percent)
Doc-Brown’s time-traveling DeLorean from Back to the Future (31 percent)
Silver Aston DB5 driven by James Bond at Goldfinger (29 percent)
KITT by Knight Rider (28 percent)
“Herbie” – the 1963 Volkswagen Beetle (23 percent)
Ghostbusters Car (The Ectomobile) – from the 1984 film Ghostbusters (22 percent)
Original 1960s Batmobile (20 percent)
The Inbetweeners yellow Fiat Cinquecento (11 percent)
Orange Toyota Supra driven by the late Paul Walker in Fast & Furious (9 percent)
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