Our Favorite Movie and TV Cars

Bandit Trans Am

The Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am is easily one of the most recognized movie cars of all time. Something about the black and gold on the Burt Reynold’s Poncho set the hearts of America on fire. Watching Buford T. Justice try to catch the Bandit this Trans Am made everybody in the United States want that car. In reality, this car wasn’t an insanely high-performance ride, but the perception in the late 70’s of fast was much different than ours. A 9.4-second 0-60 time isn’t impressive in any way in today’s world. That is Toyota Prius territory. Even with this level of performance, Smokey and the Bandit shot the sales up for the next few years. In ’77 and ’78, the Trans Am sales went up 30,000 and in 1979 went up another 24,000. The Bandit left a mark on America with this black and gold beauty.