It's May, the month of Mother's Day and the newest release in the franchise that's all about family. Before it was about family though, it was about cars. With that in mind, the crew decided to compile Bitesize Breakdown's consensus Top Five On-Screen Vehicles.
Each writer ranks his or her top 15 selections in the category. Those lists are then weighted on a reverse point system. After all the points are tallied up, the entries with the most total points make up the Bitesize Top Five.
5. ECTO-1 (GHOSTBUSTERS FRANCHISE)
Plain and simple: The Ecto-1 is one of the most iconic vehicles in cinema history. It’s simple in its design (a white Cadillac Miller-Meteor Sentinel ambulance converted to limo-style with the Ghostbusters logo and some ghostbusting doo-dads on the top), the Ecto-1 has much more use than bringing the Ghostbusters to the ghosts they need to bust. It represents the earnestness and dedication of the scientists and their humble beginnings, not to mention the cool upgrades that we saw in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. - Adriano
4. MYSTERY MACHINE (SCOOBY-DOO FRANCHISE)
While the rest of the list may be “better” vehicles, I don't think there is one here that is more universally recognized to the highest number of people than the Mystery Machine. No matter your age, race, gender, geographic location, favorite genre, height, weight, MPAA rating… I think you get the point. Show some 7-year-olds a DeLorean, and they may look at you crazy. Show them the blue, green and orange van and they'll yell "SCOOBY!" For over 50 years, that van has been foiling somebody’s master plan, and your grandkids will probably see it rolling across their screen 50 years from now. How’s that engine still running? - Amarú
3. ASTON MARTIN (007 FRANCHISE)
Originally introduced in 1964's Goldfinger, the Aston Martin has become a staple in James Bond's bag of tricks. A sleek design (almost always found in silver) having evolved from the aforementioned DB5 in Goldfinger to the DBS in No Time to Die, the car has always been outfitted with whatever nonsense the Q branch can pack into it. From bulletproof glass to machine guns behind the headlights, rotating license plates and a passenger side ejector seat (you're joking!), Aston Martin has always been associated with the on screen brand of Her Majesty's Secret Service. Hopefully, the Bond/Martin combination will be one fans continue to see for many years to come. - Darryl
2. MILLENNIUM FALCON (STAR WARS FRANCHISE)
There are so many iconic spaceships throughout Star Wars, but the most notable has to be the Millennium Falcon. Although it may look like a piece of junk, it has survived many epic battles and is wicked fast. I mean, it completed the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. It also happens to be helmed by two of the greatest pilots and heroes on film, Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). - Paige
1. DELOREAN (BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE)
Back to the Future doesn’t work without the DeLorean in the same way that Top Gun doesn’t work without fighter jets. The vehicle is the movie, the thing on which every plot point and character beat hinges. As movie vehicles – and, more specifically, cars – go, it doesn’t get much more iconic than the scene-stealing time machine in Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy. Only Star Wars' Millennium Falcon could ever match up with the DeLorean’s instant recognizability or, more crucially, its charming personality. - Jacob
HONORABLE MENTIONS
BATMOBILE (THE BATMAN)
BATMOBILE (BATMAN '89)
USS ENTERPRISE (STAR TREK FRANCHISE)
HERBIE (THE LOVE BUG FRANCHISE)
BUMBLEBEE (TRANSFORMERS FRANCHISE)