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Devon · 06-30-2011, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kahdir

I don't know... I really like the first 5 min. of "I am Legend"... hearing that supercharger wine through Central Park

This /\ and This \/

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Originally Posted by Sunlover

I love my car, and enjoy the Transformer movies, but the car chase in "Bullitt" will always stand as the best, IMO.

JetBlackStealth6687 · 06-30-2011, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunlover

I love my car, and enjoy the Transformer movies, but the car chase in "Bullitt" will always stand as the best, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Supercamaro64

i agree completely. mustangs have been in more movies, but im pretty sure tranformers trumps them. just MO tho

this is exactly what I mean...Im not for disrespecting a 'stangs place in pop culture...its pretty well entrenched...its just the power of today's blockbuster movies that impresses me

CamaroKid300 · 06-30-2011, 11:37 PM

Man all of you are wrong!

Fast and furious' with all the rice wagons > transformers > Gone in 60 sec > I am legend > any other car movie.

PSYCH.

I'm going back to watching TV.

Camaro FTW

FastEddie · 07-01-2011, 12:14 AM

That's ridiculous! I mean WHO would be dumb enough to let a movie influence how they feel about their car...

khalsa013 · 07-01-2011, 12:37 AM

^true

JetBlackStealth6687 · 07-01-2011, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by FastEddie

That's ridiculous! I mean WHO would be dumb enough to let a movie influence how they feel about their car...

not what Im sayin at all. Its like any electrion, 40% will always go one way (stang) and 40% will always go the other (camaro). Advertising and Marketing, and product placement will be what is used to sway the other 20%.

What Im askin is, "is the fact that Camaro sales are thru the roof right now largely attributable to an ultimate coup (not coupe) in product placement in a movie?"

RS1017 · 07-01-2011, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Kahdir

I don't know... I really like the first 5 min. of "I am Legend"... hearing that supercharger wine through Central Park

this. that mustang looked so sick too.

acatlover13 · 07-01-2011, 12:06 PM

It's going to be a long time before a more iconic "car" movie comes around than Smokey & the Bandit.

You can't tell me that EVERYONE--young & old alike don't think of S & B when they see a late 70's TransAm with that screamin' eagle on the hood. Yes...5th Gen Camaros/Transformers is close, and the Mustang/Shelby will invoke both Bullit & Gone in 60 seconds in a car enthusiasts brain.

But no car/movie combo will ever be as ingrained in our minds as Smokey & the Bandit...IMHO.

And to the product placement question....yes. Cool cars in cool movies will have people going out and at least wanting if not actually buying that car. After I saw Fast Five, I told my husband, "If those new Chargers really do have enough power to pull a safe out of a concrete wall....that will be my next 4 door."

heRS · 07-01-2011, 12:18 PM

You can't see a Charger without thinking about the Dukes of Hazzard now, admit it...

JetBlackStealth6687 · 07-01-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by acatlover13

It's going to be a long time before a more iconic "car" movie comes around than Smokey & the Bandit.

You can't tell me that EVERYONE--young & old alike don't think of S & B when they see a late 70's TransAm with that screamin' eagle on the hood.

But no car/movie combo will ever be as ingrained in our minds as Smokey & the Bandit...IMHO.

...well said. This is the point Im gettin at. A Camaro never had "iconic" cred. These movies may have had enough reach to trump all the cred held by Mustangs due to movies like Bullit, etc...

=Stephens= · 07-01-2011, 12:28 PM

So, I went to Transformers 3 last night. I parked so when you pulled up, you could see my car right away. I then waited outside for a bit til the movie started. As I was waiting, I counted 20 people stopped and took a photo of my car with their phones. And mine isn't even yellow! How cool is that?

SlingShot · 07-01-2011, 12:33 PM

IMO the best car movies ever, Vanishing Point, Bullit, Gone in 60 Seconds (both versions), Transformers ...

Xello · 07-01-2011, 12:44 PM

Need a Camaros in the movies fix? Check this site out. http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?ma...=Camaro&page=1

Most are fleeting moments of Camaros but still fun to browse through. Who would of thought there was a Camaro in "Attack of the 60 foot Centerfolds"?

JetBlackStealth6687 · 07-01-2011, 03:19 PM

A classic, to be sure

06-30-2011, 11:37 PM	#17
CamaroKid300 ace5.org Drives: 2017 ZL1 M6 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 6,142 View My Garage	Man all of you are wrong! Fast and furious' with all the rice wagons > transformers > Gone in 60 sec > I am legend > any other car movie. PSYCH. I'm going back to watching TV. Camaro FTW __________________ Stock...For Now.

07-01-2011, 12:06 PM	#22
acatlover13 Emerald Coast Camaros Drives: 2010 2SS/RS Camaro IOM/IO Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Lynn Haven, Florida Posts: 3,054 View My Garage	It's going to be a long time before a more iconic "car" movie comes around than Smokey & the Bandit. You can't tell me that EVERYONE--young & old alike don't think of S & B when they see a late 70's TransAm with that screamin' eagle on the hood. Yes...5th Gen Camaros/Transformers is close, and the Mustang/Shelby will invoke both Bullit & Gone in 60 seconds in a car enthusiasts brain. But no car/movie combo will ever be as ingrained in our minds as Smokey & the Bandit...IMHO. And to the product placement question....yes. Cool cars in cool movies will have people going out and at least wanting if not actually buying that car. After I saw Fast Five, I told my husband, "If those new Chargers really do have enough power to pull a safe out of a concrete wall....that will be my next 4 door." __________________ ECC on Facebook 2010 Camaro SS/RS IOM, IO interior, Custom Striping, Razzi body kit ADM CAI w/scoop/Dynatech Headers & Hi-Flow Cats/Solo Performance Exhaust, FTI 3600 Stall/Comp Cams custom grind cam/LS3 conversion/FAST 102 Intake

07-01-2011, 12:18 PM	#23
heRS Raised by Wolves Drives: IBM 2010 2LT RS M6 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 5,980 View My Garage	You can't see a Charger without thinking about the Dukes of Hazzard now, admit it... __________________ Tori click the sig pic to view my build thread

07-01-2011, 12:33 PM	#26
SlingShot Drives: 2012 ZL1 - #670 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seminole, Fl. Posts: 8,009	IMO the best car movies ever, Vanishing Point, Bullit, Gone in 60 Seconds (both versions), Transformers ... __________________

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