“Lord Vader, Your Car Is Ready”. It’s a tagline that originally appeared for the 1987 Buick GNX, and has since applied to anything black, sinister and fast. But for the 2014 Comic Con in San Diego, Hot Wheels had one of their “Darth Vader Car”, a vehicle that mimics Darth Vader’s helmet, turned into a real-live car. Built by Picture Car Warehouse and based on a C5 Corvette chassis, the car has plenty of malice to back up the evil looks. The car has a lift-roof cockpit and still seats two. Small details such as the backlit exhaust, the split windshield are nicely thought out. The triple headlights look right, the red stripe tires one one-off wheels by MHT are perfect overkill and the whole car looks like the Sith Lord’s personal demonized hot rod. It even makes the breathing sound…you know the one.

The Darth Vader Car will be touring Comic Cons across the country this year. With luck, they’ll make their own smoke as they roll onto stage…with the engine tuned to 563hp, it shouldn’t have trouble frying tires. Unfortunately, the car is limited to 80mph, which means that it’s freeway-friendly, but that’s all. It wins the looks award and fans across the country will line up to check it out. There is no word yet on whether the security system comes with a force-choke mode.