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Question Of The Day: What One Non-Real Car Would You Have In Real Life?


Question Of The Day: What One Non-Real Car Would You Have In Real Life?

Ok, we admit that the title might be a bit off, so let us explain what we mean by “non-real car”. Between cartoons and video games, there is a plethora of vehicles that are purely made up, at best only have loose connections to real-life cars, and most couldn’t exist in real life for one reason or another. That doesn’t mean that you didn’t grow up watching the Saturday morning cartoons wanting to go for a ride in a real-deal Transformer that could talk to you, did it? Trust us, we heard kids growing up that would’ve donated body parts to science if they could have a conversation with Optimus Prime just once.

What you pick depends on what you were into growing up, and where you are now mentally. So, for the interest of stirring up some conversation, I’ll go ahead and explain my two choices…yes, two, because I grew up with cartoons as a kid and as an adult, I’m a bit of a gamer. First up was Inspector Gadget’s Gadgetmobile, from the 1980s cartoon series. A quick look at the side profile says that the car is pretty much an early 1980s Toyota Supra with louvered windows, but I didn’t care about what kind of car it was or the typical battery of tricks that Gadget used. What I cared about was the Gadgetmobile’s dual purpose nature: in addition to being a sports car, it could instantly convert into a van. Think about that…sleep in the van overnight at the track, then hit a button and the race car is ready to go. That sounds bitchin’ just thinking about it, doesn’t it?

The second choice comes straight from the world of Grand Theft Auto Online, the Imponte Ruiner 2000. If the Gadgetmobile represents childhood innocence, the Ruiner 2000 represents the adult I’ve become. In the game, Imponte is more-or-less the spoof of Pontiac, and the Ruiner line of cars is a mash-up of third-gen F-body and some very minor touches from the 1980s Nissan 300ZX and Mitsubishi Starion. The standard Ruiner smacks of a stickered-up IROC-Z Camaro, but the Ruiner 2000 is without question the one and only Knight Industries Two Thousand, from the LED lightbar, to the armament (machine guns AND missiles, great for clearing out traffic or sending a gas tanker into low-Earth orbit), pressurized jump ability for leaping over lane hogs in a single bound, and a chassis parachute for when you finally lose your cool and just want to literally hop off of a traffic-laden bridge and onto side streets. Tell me you couldn’t find a use for any of those tricks…you’re an oil smoke-screen away from a Bond car!

Those are my choices, but maybe you don’t agree. Maybe you are a Transformers fan, or always wanted to hitch a ride in the Mystery Machine. Maybe the G-6155 Interceptor from Spy Hunter was your choice for a weaponized hot-rod. Whatever the case, we want to hear what you’d like to be the new owner of below!


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24 thoughts on “Question Of The Day: What One Non-Real Car Would You Have In Real Life?

  1. Chevy Hatin' Mad Geordie

    Non real car?

    You mean that talking strobe light flashing solid gold Bugatti that lives in my mind isn’t really there – now where did I put my meds….

  2. Matt Cramer

    I want the Deliverator car from Snow Crash. Complete with a battery pack “with enough potential energy to fire a pound of bacon into the asteroid belt” and tires “with contact patches the size of a fat lady’s thighs”.

  3. Daniel Stoltz

    I would take any of the Speed Racer cars, the Mach 5, The Shooting Star, or the GRX

    1. Brendan M

      Yeah, but it tips over the second you put a drive-in tray on the window. No trips to Sonic for you!

  4. David

    The Mach 5, and there was little known cartoon (I believe the title was) Heroes in Hot Wheels.

  5. 69rrboy

    Anything from Speed Racer. The Mach 5, Shooting Star, GRX, the Melange, the Mammoth Car, one of the Car Acrobatic Team’s cars, etc.

    The GRX would be the fastest but the Mach 5 is coolest overall.

  6. Brendan M

    Buckaroo Banzai’s land speed race Ford. Not only does it break the sound barrier, it passes through solid matter and travels inter-dimensionally.

  7. NerdNerdNerd

    There used to be a Hannah Barbara cartoon about an anthropomorphized dune buggy that a bunch of kids drove on the beach. I can’t remember the name of it. That would be my choice…a living dune buggy!

  8. F.R.O.

    Herbie or the Trans Am with Formula hood from Corvette Summer. Also the Trans Am from the anime movie Redline or the Devil Z from Wangan Midnight.

  9. China

    Jason “Frankenstein” Statham’s Mustang in Death Race. Various options to handle traffic jams, lane hogs and tailgaters.

  10. BeaverMartin

    The red motorcycle from Akira, Wheels and Roadie from the Pole Position Cartoon, and the Turbo Teen dude would be a cool friend to have around. Since I have 3 youngins I should just stick with the Family Truckster from National Lampoon.

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