There are certain things that are guaranteed to get the pulses of movie watchers racing: dramatic shootouts, high stakes gambling scenes and speeding car chases.
Aside from adding all out adrenaline action to a movie, cars can also be used as either the main plot of a film like in The Fast and Furious franchise, or be seen as an extension of a character’s personality.
The car first appeared on the market in the early 1980s, assembled in Northern Ireland, the car was the brain child of American engineer and inventor John DeLorean.
The choice of Mini Cooper’s as the escape vehicles in this film are perhaps what has made it so enduring. It simply wouldn’t have been as much fun if the heist members had made their ill-fated getaway in roaring supercars.
A great car for city driving and vertically challenged occupants, the Beetle became a commercial hit when it was portrayed in the 1969 family film The Love Bug.