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Five of the best TV cars of the 1980s

Five of the best TV cars of the 1980s

Check out our five favourite on-screen wheeled stars, from the A-Team's van to Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari. Did you grow up wishing your dad had a black van with a red stripe down its side; or a camp-voiced, but indestructible sleek black sports car that had a turbo boost button and a steering wheel like that from an arcade game console? You must be a child of the '80s, where cars were the stars and Saturday afternoons were filled with American TV show car mayhem; be it the good old boys 'doing no harm', or soldiers of fortune sorting out local militia who were up to no good. This week we pick our five favourite 1980's TV star cars, and yes, we know one of them is actually a van and the other a pick-up...

  1. GMC G-Series van, The A-Team

    GMC G-Series van, The A-Team

    Big, black, silver and red; you didn't fool with B.A.'s custom GMC van. Read more

  2. Ferrari 308 GTS, Magnum P.I.

    Ferrari 308 GTS, Magnum P.I.

    Private Investigators should be discreet, but nobody told Ferrari-driving Magnum P.I. Read more

  3. Pontiac Trans Am, Knight Rider

    Pontiac Trans Am, Knight Rider

    Knight Rider made a star of David Hasselhoff, but even he couldn't outshine a black, talking, Trans Am. Read more

  4. Dodge Charger, Dukes of Hazzard

    Dodge Charger, Dukes of Hazzard

    A leaping Dodge Charger with welded-shut doors and cousin Daisy in a Jeep Wrangler; what's not to like? Read more

  5. GMC pick-up, The Fall Guy

    GMC pick-up, The Fall Guy

    Not the type to kiss and tell, but he'd roll a brand new car, Colt Seavers preferring a GMC pick-up as his daily driver. Read more