The licence plate number has a Blues Brothers Shout-Out: the car number is BRD 529. Rally Vincent's 1967 Shelby /GT500KR/ from Gunsmith Cats.Eikichi then modifies it further by making the doors open vertically and adding teeth and eyes to the front. GTO: The Early Years: Since they don't have a car for the Valentines' Day Car Parade, Eikichi and Ryuji steal a König Benz car from a mechanic shop, mistakenly thinking it was the Cedric (also stolen) that they'd asked the mechanic to modify to look like a König.The Ogre AN-21, which is the Super Prototype to the Al-Zard.The Issuxark Series, which has a rotating roter on it.The Spiegel Series (from the HG family), a windowless racer that has the driver lie in it like a closed-cockpit luge sled.The HG Series (known as Steel/Stil,) a family of electric-powered super-racers that leans like motorcycles into curves.Its rivals over the years are just as colorful, including, but not limited to: The main car, the Asurada series of racers, is able to shapeshift (especially in its much later versions) has 6WD (except for GSX, which has the standard 4 wheels), rocket boosters, active fans for extra downforce and engine cooling, and needs an AI supercomputer to be driven properly. Just about every single race car in Future GPX Cyber Formula in its many iterations.Fire Force: The Special Armoured Fire Engine are custom armored fire trucks used by the Special Fire Brigades.Death Note gives us Matt's 1967 Chevy Camaro (or in the anime version, a 1968 Plymouth Road-Runner with a taillight panel from a 1969 Dodge Coronet 440, and in some fanworks a 1970 Chevy Chevelle), which he uses to lead Takada's bodyguards on a Chase Scene through Tokyo.As impossible as it seems, it's actually more awesome than it sounds. A coin-operated land yacht of a convertible with a hot magenta paint job that transforms into a bull-themed mecha. Cannon Busters: Philly the Kid's ride, Bessie.The Brave of Gold Goldran: Dran's vehicle mode is a three-seater with the steering column in the middle.Brave Police J-Decker with Deckerd, who is a police car.The Brave Fighter of Legend Da-Garn: Da Garn, Mach and Turbo Lander all have cool cars of various kinds as alternate modes. The Brave Fighter of Sun Fighbird has Road Baron, Guard Star, Guard Rescue and Guard Fire.Brave Exkaiser has Dash Max's vehicle mode be a race car, while Exkaiser's is a futuristic sports car.The Brave Series are no slouches to the trope too, and they overlap with Transforming Mecha as well.Another very valuable and sought-after piece of muscle-car history that is destroyed by Lagoon Company. In the first and second seasons, Benny owns a 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T (fitted with a hood from a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner).Not only is it cringe-inducing to see the kind of abuse it gets, but it's valuable enough to where they could sell it and have more than enough money to buy a brand-new car that's faster, more fuel-efficient and more comfortable, but, well, then they wouldn't be driving around a freakin' 1965 GTO. The team's car in Black Lagoon is a 1965 Pontiac GTO, and is one of the most well-known, highly sought-after and collectible classic American muscle cars in the world.It has surveillance equipment, machine guns, a big beefy engine, and it can change color. Roger Smith's Griffon in The Big O definitely qualifies.Shokupanman's van has wheels that are basically extendable legs, and both vehicles can punch and jump. Anpanman has Uncle Jam's Anpanman Go and Shokupanman's van, both of which can do, well, all sorts of things. If you're really lucky, you'll have a Cool Garage to park it in. Driving one also seems to ensure you'll have Rock Star Parking privileges. It may also be able to outperform similar or even superior vehicles simply by virtue of having the hero behind the wheel. No matter what manner it is in which the hero drives, as long as he's determined to stay on the straight and narrow and fight for the forces of good, his car shows an Empathic Weapon's ability to never get scratched, dented or even dirty. Most Cool Cars, even ones that have no inherent super abilities, will be curiously immune to breakdown, physical damage or a realistic fuel range. It looks cool, it goes fast, it might be modified to go even faster, its engine can be expected to make the Most Wonderful Sound, it may even be bulletproof and contain an assortment of weapons and gadgets. The hero's ride has to be just as unique and awesome as the hero is. And when they have to get from point "A" to point "B", no ordinary vehicle will do. Heroes need to be able to get to where the action is.
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