This list of fictional cars contains either cars that are the subject of a notable work of fiction, or else cars that are important elements of a work of fiction. For the purpose of this list, a car is a self-propelled artificial vehicle that runs in contact with the ground and that can be steered. This would include passenger cars, trucks and buses. This list includes vehicles that the characters of the story would regard as being the products of technological development, as opposed to supernatural or magical forces.
Cars in fiction may closely resemble real-life counterparts with only minor or unintentional deviations from a real-life namesake; such vehicles may still play an important role in a story. Or, the limitations of real cars may be completely ignored for story purposes; in extreme cases, describing the car is the main point of the story.
Film
Cars in animated films do not belong in this section.
- Truckster - station wagon in the 1983 comedy National Lampoon's Vacation.
- Cyclops - an extremely large, nuclear-powered bus in the 1976 comedy The Big Bus
- Bluesmobile - The Blues Brothers, 1980
- Landmaster - Damnation Alley, 1977
- EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle - Stripes, 1981
- Hannibal Twin-8 (built by fictional Prof. Fate) - The Great Race, 1965
- Leslie Special (built by fictional Webber Motor Company) - The Great Race, 1965
- Light Cycle - Tron, 1982
- Pursuit Special - Mad Max, 1979
- The Hearse
- Herbie - The Love Bug, 1969
- DeLorean time machine - Back to the Future, 1985
- The Gnome-Mobile
- "Eleanor" - Gone in 60 Seconds, 1974
- The Betsy 1978, based on book by Harold Robbins
- Cars in Death Race 2000 (1975) include The Bull, The Buzzbomb, The Lion, The Alligator and The Turbo
- Cars[clarification needed] in Death Race
- Cars in The Fast and Furious
- The Black Beauty - The Green Hornet
- Ecto-1 - Ghostbusters, 1984
- The Mirthmobile - Wayne's World 1992
- 2015 Tartan Prancer - Vacation
- The Flying Wombat - The Young in Heart
- Alta Pazolli - Love Potion No. 9 1992