Mini Cooper S Named Best Film car

That’s a toughie. Here’s a few others I would vote for:

• 1959 Cadillac Superior Hearse, Ghostbusters
• 1989 “Tim Burton” Batmobile, Batman
• 1981 DMC-12 Delorean, Back to the Future
• 1968 Highland Green Mustang Fastback GT-390, Bullitt
• 1970 Porsche 917K, Le Mans

I love the Mini/MINI – but what about all those Bond cars? I would have to say the Aston Martin DB5

I like Herbie. That car has soul.

Hey, DB kill the double post will ya?

One of my favorite car scenes is in the Bill Murray film “The Man Who Knew Too Little”. I’m pretty sure Bill’s character is driving a Mini when circling around a round-about many times. It just looks like so much fun to just drive in that tight circle over and over again.

Thank god that the new Elanore didn’t win. That car sucks, and I’m a Mustang fan. But really, this is a poll of not that many people. Take it for what it’s worth….

Matt

Really lousy acting aside, I still like the “Salzburg Connection” when the “hero” asks for a “small, fast car” and gets a BMW 1600…ahhh, the good old days! But the Mini’s in the pipe and on FIAT’s roof were pretty good too!

Dr. O:

I must take issue with your “the New Eleanor sucks” comment. I loved it. It was the only good part about that movie. Over-the-top, untamable horsepower. Good stuff.

Also, the 3 MINI’s in the Italian Job remake. They were great. Especially Charlize’s Red S.

Even better was the (classic) Mini Cooper S she drove like a bat out of hell through the city, and parallel parked handbrake-style, in the beginning.

Finally, let’s not forget the (presumed) Ferrari 275 GTB driving at full speed through the streets of Paris, in Claude Lelouch’s short film, “C’était un rendez-vous” .

Like all good heroes and heroines, the Mini is the perfect underdog character in it’s own right. It’s small, unpretentious, charmingly unassuming good looks mask a stout, quick heart capable of an almost certain greatness in the face of all V-8 powered adversaries.

How could it not have won?

Here are more films with Minis;

Alfie – starring Michael Caine

Three Men and a Lady (1990)

Four weddings and a Funeral (1995)

Double Team – starring Dennis Rodman and Jean-Claude Van Damme

Bridget Jones Diary (2001)

Bridget Jones – The Edge of Reason ( 2004 deleted scene)

Hitch (2005)

Match Point (2005)

Miss Congeniality 2 – Armed and fabulous (2005)

Crash (2005)

Wicker Park (2004)

Spanglish (2004)

Lords of Dogtown (2005)

Munich (2005)

If Only (2004)

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Plots with a view (2002)

Air Bud; Seventh Innning Fetch (2002)

Wasabi (2001)

The 51st State (2001)

Guardian Angels (1995)

Some kind of wonderful (1987)

Chinese in Paris (1974)

Day for night (1973)

Turkish Delight (1973)

The Wicker Man (1973)

Take it easy, its a waltz (1971)

The Upper Hand (1966)

Doctor in Distress (1963)

The Pink Panther – A Shot in the Dark (1964)

Cold Feet – UK TV series

Charmed – USA TV series

Tomb Raider (2001)

Minis were great in the I-Job but the coolest part of the movie was Noel Coward

Jon,

It was recently determined that Rendezvous was filmed using a Mercedes Benz 6.9. The 275 GTB would have been a mouch rougher ride, given the camera stablilization available at the time. The sound effects are awesome though…and the film is incredible.

I guess that makes our 2008 PW/B Cooper S with registration “ITALJB” an instant classic.

why the hell is this page smoothered in german mini’s and not a single pic of the best movie car in the world? a genuine 1969 mini cooper S, thank you for a great car Sir Alex, when mini’s were mini’s!!!