What rare car's on-screen destruction made you the angriest?

"AMC/Renauledge" (n2skylark) 08/27/2015 at 12:27 • Filed to: None

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You can usually tell when mass automotive carnage is coming in a disaster movie by the relative age of the cars in the shot. They’re usually about 10-15 years old and common enough to read as you average street scene. Sometimes rare cars get destroyed in movies, though. And this makes me mad.

What single car’s destruction on film or TV has made you the saddest/angriest? Mine is the ‘74 AMC Ambassador Brougham wagon destroyed in Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

The ‘74 Ambassador Brougham wagon was a one year-only design, with AMC having given it a raft of standard luxury features, a brand new front end and updated rear fascia, and a new interior for 1974. It was the first wagon in the world with standard A/C starting in 1968. It had a standard V8, power disc brakes, auto transmission, power steering, and luxurious interior appointments. Then the energy crisis hit, so AMC canceled it after only 7,070 copies were made for the 1974 model year.

Ten years later, in 1984, the folks making Beverly Hills Cop decide to destroy one with a semi truck. And in the process it wipes out the tan ‘71-73 Ambassador wagon next to it. And probably not by coincidence.

I know you have the DB5 in Skyfall and the 250 California in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off to lament. They were destroyed for the emotional effect, though. But my tears were shed for this footnote in automotive history, destroyed in a throwaway scene and taking out a kinsman in the process.

(Thanks to imcbd.org for the wreck images.)

EmbraceTheRasp > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:32

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That poor Taurus and his arch enemy Impala in Days of Thunder.

Ha. Nevermind. they totally deserved it.

However, the sheer number of destroyed Duke-boys Chargers is actually depressing

daender > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:32

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Many tears were shed that we lost a Countach, even it was the ugly type, one less brutal Italian car on the road...

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:33

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The first time I still remember was when I was 3 or 4 years old. I don’t know what movie it was but they were parting out Mercedes 190s in a chop shop.

AMC/Renauledge > EmbraceTheRasp 08/27/2015 at 12:36

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The Taurus and Charger were rare? And yeah, it is depressing how many Chargers died. Same with Royal Monacos in The Blues Brothers. Still, they were fun to watch.

McMike > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:38

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daender > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:39

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Also RIP for the Miura in the original Italian Job , even if it was a shell at that point, that’s still one less chassis on the road.

Berang > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:44

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Studebaker Lark Italsuisse.

Only four made. And one was idiotically blown up for a movie nobody remembers because the film crew had no idea what it was and didn’t care.

TwoAngryCarbs > daender 08/27/2015 at 12:46

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Thankfully they only damaged easy to replace parts (non-structural). I heard somebody mention that it was intended to be restored after filming.

Sn210 > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:48

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The Ferrari 250 California from Ferris Bueller. My dad kept telling me it was a real one. I was obsessed with Ferrari’s as a kid

Edit: didn't see you already had this one covered. I know it was the obvious answer but still...

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:50

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At least the DB5 in sky fall was a replica. My heart still hurts everytime I see Eleanor get destroyed

AMC/Renauledge > Berang 08/27/2015 at 12:54

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OMFG!!! You’re kidding!

Which movie?

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 12:54

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theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Sn210 08/27/2015 at 13:32

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Very very incidentally, I’m actually listening to this as I read this topic.. odd.

boxrocket > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 13:53

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“Eleanor” in the later “Gone in 60 Seconds” (even if it was a replica, ot was beautiful).

The several Aston Martin DBS cars that got destroyed making the chase/crash scene in "Casino Royale". Gorgeous cars, all deserved a better fate.

RallyWrench > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 15:18

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The 911 they chucked off a bridge and set on fire in Old School kind of bugged me.

Berang > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 15:21

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http://www.imcdb.org/movie_75375-Uo…

AMC/Renauledge > Berang 08/27/2015 at 15:30

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Damn.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > EmbraceTheRasp 08/27/2015 at 15:46

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Wasn’t that a Chevy Lumina Euro though? The Lumina was Chevy’s stocker back in 1990, so it makes sense they’d use it in that scene, even though Ford’s was the T-Bird and they used a Taurus.

Ross Kraz > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 15:58

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Iheartmy365kHonda - Car enthusiasts do like FWD > AMC/Renauledge 08/27/2015 at 16:48

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BMW 530i in transformers! >=(

EmbraceTheRasp > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 08/27/2015 at 17:34

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You are correct. Thank you. I had removed the lumina from my thoughts. Now it's back in all its plastic glory

deekster_caddy > AMC/Renauledge 09/03/2015 at 13:38

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As sad as I was for the bluesmobile, it was probably the Ferrari in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off that got my attention the most.

I found out later of course that it was a fake, but at the time who knew!

deekster_caddy > boxrocket 09/03/2015 at 13:44

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Eleanor in the original - at least it was reused in the sequel! It always impressed me how they beat the crap out of that car, jumped it twice, and really drove it after the jumps. No CGI in the 1974 version!

I hate that the clips on youtube are from the DVD release - where they couldn’t get the rights to the original soundtrack. So instead of music, the jump scene is filled with horrible sound effects. Just turn the sound off and watch!

Another neat thing beating the crap out of the original Eleanor - the scene where he was exiting the highway at high speed and smashed into a light pole was not in the script. Hitting the pole was an accident. But the car still worked afterwards, so they kept it. You can see how the drivers fender is caved in in the jump scene shoot.