Memorable wheels from film history: Sometimes the car is the star of the show
Returning to help Batman fight crime in Gotham City is the sleek and powerful Batmobile in the 1992 film Batman Returns, starring Michael Keaton.
Christian Bale drove this Batmobile in the 2005 movie Batman BeginsBUXO/SIPA
3. Bullitt, 1968 Stars: Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset Cars: 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 (pictured), 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnum
The Ectomobile, a custom-built Cadillac Miller-Meteor from Ghostbusters II, 1989The Kobal Collection
1958 Plymouth Fury from the John Carpenter movie Christine, based on the Stephen King novel with the same name.The Kobal Collection
John Travolta, in leather jacket, takes command as the Greased Lightning Fantasy number comes to musical life in Grease.
A screening for Volkswagen Beetles was staged in 1969 in Las Vegas in conjunction with the release of Disney's "The Love Bug."WALT DISNEY PICTURES
Iris Adrian, Michele Lee and Dean Jones in original Beetle movie, The Love Bug. 1969.
THE BLUES BROTHERS, 1980, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a police car.
After borrowing his father's Porsche, Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise) tries to stop it from rolling onto a rotting pier and into Lake Michigan in Risky Business. (1983)
Inventor Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) explains the workings of his DeLorean time machine to a fascinated Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) in Back to the Future.
Susan Sarandon, left, and Geena Davis are best friends whose weekend getaway unexpectedly takes them on an adventurous, often humorous race against time in Thelma & Louise. Pictured on one of the Ford Thunderbirds use for filming the 1991 film.
The General Lee sails over a stream in The Dukes of Hazzard, starring Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson.
8. Death Race 2000, 1975 Stars: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone Cars: Several kit cars including a modified Fiat 850 Spider and a modified VW Karmann-Ghia
A race scene from Speed Racer. WarnerPhoto Courtesy of Warner Bros. P
The thunderous Mach 5, the supercharged race car featured in the film Speed Racer.
1994 Veilside Mazda RX7 in the 2006 installment of the adrenaline-inducing series, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
A Dodge Charger takes on a Toyota Supra in the 2001 movie, The Fast and the Furious. Brian (Paul Walker) and Dominic (Vin Diesel) drive the city streets as if they own them.
The Audi RSQ sports coupe is seen on display at the 2004 New York International Auto Show. The RSQ was designed for the 2004 movie I Robot.Stephen Chernin/Getty Images
The Ford Gran Torino from the movie Starsky and Hutch is displayed at the Barris Star Car Collection Auction at the Petersen Automotive Museum in 2005 in Los Angeles, California.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images