Halloween parties are all about the arrival. The right vehicle is better than a room full of Thriller backup dancers. Whether you try to borrow your step dad’s bitchin’ black Trans Am to pull off a Smokey and the Bandit, or search Hertz for a Bumblebee yellow Camaro, a car can make the costume. Thanks to the Miami Auto Museum, we’re taking a look at a few vehicles that are a little more difficult to obtain but are absolutely worth it. So here are the top 5 cars to arrive at the Halloween party:
Batman – Batmobile
–Essential costume piece: cape
–Friends needed: none — You are Batman. The caped crusader travels in the lonely shadows. You don’t need any friends (ok fine, you can take Robin along if there’s room.)
Scooby Doo – Mystery Machine Van
–Essential costume piece: Great Dane — You’ve gotta show up that guy who thought his Dachshund deserves Scooby Snacks.
–Friends needed: 3 — If you’re a guy you want to be Shaggy; if you’re a girl you want to be Daphne; and if you’re a couple you want to be Fred & Daphne. So it takes a real friend to dress up as Velma.
Die Another Day (James Bond) – 2002 Jaguar XKR convertible
–Essential costume piece: If you want to be true to the movie, then have diamonds embedded in your face. Still, no one would blame you if you mixed villains and rocked a white cat.
–Friends needed: none – James Bond might need Moneypenny or Q to get along, but not you…you chose to be the bad guy. Go play lone wolf and stir up some trouble.
Harry Potter – Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe
–Essential costume piece: the script — It would stand to reason that a proper Harry Potter wannabe will need a good representation of the robe, glasses, wand, or even the scar, but that’s not the most important piece. Anyone driving this Ford should be armed with the full knowledge of the series. After all, if you just arrived in the only car to get attention in any of the seven books or eight movies, there’s a nerd who wants to have a word with you.
–Friends needed: 2 – Everyone wants to be Harry, but this is Ron’s car. Plus, if you add Hermione into the mix, then you can grab that boring couple you know and transform them into something semi-interesting for one night.
Dukes of Hazzard – 1969 Dodge Charger “General Lee”
–Essential costume piece: flannel shirt
–Friends needed: 2 – There needs to be at least one other Duke boy as well as a girl to play Daisy (preferable unrelated, unless you like other dudes staring at your sister/cousin in Daisy’s namesake short-shorts.)
Picture source: Miami Auto Museum