Iconic Chevy vehicles From TV and Film!

Here at Landers Chevy of Norman, we love classic Chevy cars, trucks and SUVs almost as much as we love watching movies. Put the two together, and you’ve got a match made in Silver Screen Heaven. Seen below, check out our picks for four of our favorite movies featuring four incredible Chevrolet vehicles. Whether you’re talking about the four-wheeled star of the show or a vehicular bit player on screen for only a few moments, these picks will hopefully get you ready to settle in with some popcorn and watch a great movie that spotlights just a few of the many, many Chevy vehicles that have appeared in film and TV over the years.

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1955 Chevrolet
“American Graffiti”
One of the most beloved Fast Car movies of all time, writer/director George Lucas’s 1973’s “American Graffiti” features a smorgasbord of early American hotrods on display. Though John Milner’s screaming-yellow 1932 Ford “deuce coupe” gets top billing (powered, we might add, but a hot Chevy small-block V8), we can’t help but covet the car driven by the film’s “villain”: a flat-black 1955 Chevy 210 sedan driven by Milner’s rival Bob Falfa (played by a very young Harrison Ford. Loud, unapologetic, with radiused rear wheel arches and a crude “mailbox” hood scoop, Falfa’s ’55 Chevy is all kinda cool, and looked to be on its way to Valley Supremacy over Milner’s deuce right up until the film’s spectacular — if tragic for Chevy lovers — finish.

1999 Chevrolet Suburban
“The Sopranos”
One of the four-wheeled stars of HBO’s smash hit “The Sopranos” from literally the first moment of the show was mob boss Tony Soprano’s burgundy 1999 Chevrolet Suburban, which featured a heavy steel grille guard on the front. In addition to appearing in the opening credits for all six seasons of the show, Tony’s ‘Burb plays a role in several memorable scenes during the first four seasons, including one episode in which Tony blacks out while behind the wheel after a panic attack, and another where he manages to fight his way out of a mob hit by two murderous gunmen outside a convenience store. When the truck was auctioned off by the show’s production company in 2013, it sold for $110,000, with Tony Soprano actor James Gandolfini signing the driver’s side sun visor: “Take care of my car.”

1967 Chevrolet Impala four-door hardtop
“Supernatural”
While other similarly-themed shows by the dozens have come and gone, the horror/sci-fi hit “Supernatural” just keeps ticking, on the air pretty much continuously since 2005. Audiences just can’t seem to get enough of Sam and Dean Winchester, brothers who fight the forces of evil all over America. To get there, the brothers’ preferred mode of transport is a coffin-black 1967 Chevrolet Impala four-door hardtop, which they drive in pursuit of baddies from werewolves to vampires to banshees. Originally purchased by the production company as a 12,000-original-mile “survivor” in Colorado, the brothers “hero car” is now one of a fleet of four-door Impalas used by during filming. The original, however, is always the star. Used for close-ups, the black Impala now sports a custom interior, corner-carving suspension and a healthy 502 cubic-inch big block crate motor from Chevrolet Performance

1985 Corvette

“The Big Lebowski”
The story of a shiftless So Cal loser named “The Dude” who gets mixed up in a kidnapping scheme when all he wants to do is hang out with his friends and bowl a few frames, 1998’s “The Big Lebowski” by The Coen Brothers is now recognized as one of the best films of the 1990s and one of the greatest comedy classics of all time. Though the red 1985 Chevrolet Corvette C4 coupe we’re spotlighting here doesn’t move under its own power the whole time it is on screen, it has a crucial role to play in one of the funniest scenes in the film, a case of mistaken identity that ends in a heartbreaking but hilarious tire-iron orgy of destruction at the hands of hair-trigger moron Walter Sobchak, played to perfection by John Goodman. If you’ve never seen the film, the phrase “You see what happens, Larry?!” will be burned into your mind permanently by the time the credits roll. Sorry, Little Red Corvette. You deserved better, but thanks for the laughs.

Since the beginning of cinema Chevy and movies have gone together like milk and Oreo cookies. Got a favorite Chevy from film or TV? Drop us a line and share your favorites sometimes. And if you need an iconic Chevrolet to star in your family’s unique American Story, come see us at Landers Chevy of Norman, or check out our full selection online right now.