Sci-Fi’s Greatest Flying Cars

From The SFX Archives: Some of the best flying cars (and buses) – that actually LOOK like cars (or buses) – from science fiction and fantasy (with one exception, for product placement reasons).

(This is an updated and extended version of a feature published in 2010.)

Back To The Future 1, 2 & 3 (1985, 1989, 1990)

“Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” And to prove his point, Doc Brown reveals that his time traveling car has more than one trick up its exhaust: it can fly. One of the best final scenes in a movie ever, surely? The DeLorean used in the trilogy was a 1981 DMC-12, with a 6-cylinder PRV (Peugeot/Renault/Volvo) engine. And it’s amazing to think that with three blockbusters’ worth of publicity, the car company still went bust.

Tags: Back To The Future, Back To The Future Part II, Back To The Future Part III, Blade Runner, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dangermouse, Doctor Who, Featured, Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets, Joe 90, Repo Man, Space Precinct, Supercar, The Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, The Fifth Element, The Last Starfighter, The Man With The Golden Gun, Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds Are Go, Total Recall 2012, Wizards Vs Aliens