Oh no not another fake Ferrari

[Number 5]

I have been disappointed to discover today that the Daytona used in Miami Vice was is actual fact a replica, the may be common knowledge but it's news to me.

Are there any other 'famous' cars that are replicas?


ETA link:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_in_Miami_Vice

[Ari]

Yup, totally common knowledge. Ferrari North America threatened to sue, but by then Miami Vice was so big that they negotiated the use of several Testarossas instead, and the Daytona bit the dust, blown up in one of the episodes.

Amusingly, in one episode the MV "Daytona" is in the "shop", and there's a yellow Daytona in there which is a real one. Some glaring differences such as chrome door handles on the fake, the real one has little catches on top of the doors.

[Ari]

By the way, fake or not, still totally the coolest car ever to appear on screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh0oSrjLlwY

[Rushmore]

What about Knight Riders' car is it reel.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

The 'Bueler 250 GT California was a rep as well.

Sold at auction couple if years back (well one of them did) for a pretty reasonable sum iirc

[Eighteeteewhy]

American stock car underneath IIRC?

[chr15b]

Rushmore said:

What about Knight Riders' car is it reel.

Can it catch fish?

[Nickyboy]

Eighteeteewhy said:

American stock car underneath IIRC?

I saw this car in person at Pinewood, defo was a Jag underneath

[bakerstreet]

Eighteeteewhy said:

American stock car underneath IIRC?

I think they did make some Astons for that same bond film using 4x4 running gear mated to Mustang V8 engines.

[DanielSan]

bakerstreet said:

Eighteeteewhy said:

American stock car underneath IIRC?

I think they did make some Astons for that same bond film using 4x4 running gear mated to Mustang V8 engines.

The cars used for driving on ice (Jag and Aston) both had yank V8 lumps and 4x4 systems.

On another note, Eleanor in Gone in 60 seconds is a fake GT500.

Edited by DanielSan on Sunday 27th January 21:47

[rubystone]

Nickyboy said:

I saw this car in person at Pinewood, defo was a Jag underneath

All the stunt cars had 4wd and mustang engines in them...I bid for one at an auction some years ago...from memory it reached £30k...I nearly owned a Stag used in Diamonds Are Forever too..

[Fun Bus]

Rushmore said:

What about Knight Riders' car is it reel.

I believe it was a kitt car.

[TheHeretic]

The Ferrri in The Rock was a rep at some point, presumably when they crashed it.

[y2blade]

StreetHawk was fake
So was Blue Thunder & AirWolf

[Luke.]

Y'all need to have a reality check.

[deltashad]

Hardcastle and McCormick car was a beetle, with a 914 engine. It just looked like a McLaren.... ish.




Now, I thought that Automan used a fake Countach,I just checked, they didn't. A real LP400 was used for the show. Big budget, shame it flopped. loved that program.

[Conian]

The Z4 in ... Golden Eye (I think) wasnt a real one.
BMW wanted the car in the film, but didnt have production cars ready, so lent them a prototype and told them to make copies which had to live up to BMW quality.

[The Surveyor]

Conian said:

The Z4 in ... Golden Eye (I think) wasnt a real one.
BMW wanted the car in the film, but didnt have production cars ready, so lent them a prototype and told them to make copies which had to live up to BMW quality.

It was a Z8 in Golden Eye which was a replica, not a Z4. Still, as it was cut in half that probably wasn't a bad thing!

[soad]

Ari said:

Yup, totally common knowledge. Ferrari North America threatened to sue, but by then Miami Vice was so big that they negotiated the use of several Testarossas instead, and the Daytona bit the dust, blown up in one of the episodes.

Good job too, as Testarossa looked way way cooler.

[007 VXR]

swerni said:

y2blade said:

StreetHawk was fake
So was Blue Thunder & AirWolf

fk off!

Airwolf was real!!,

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