Electric cars are mostly a turnoff to Hollywood
Gas-guzzling sports cars remain dominant on the silver screen
08 August 2019 - 05:08
Ever since James Dean revelled in teen angst in his Mercury coupé in the 1955 classic Rebel Without a Cause, cars have been pumping exhaust into pop culture.
A decade later it was Steve McQueen losing hubcaps in a Bullitt Mustang, then Burt Reynolds burst into box office lore as the cop-fleeing Bandit behind the wheel of a Pontiac Trans Am. This past weekend, Jason Statham swerved a McLaren 720S under two tractor trailers to escape the motorcycle-riding antagonist in the latest Fast and Furious film, Hobbs & Shaw...
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