10 Iconic Movie Cars It Would Suck To Actually Own

9. The 1950 Mercury Monteray - Cobra

First off, it's important to say that it's hard not to love this car: it's a beautiful looking metallic snarling beast, and you are fully aware that a badass will greet your reflection in the window of Oxfam as you drive past. Sly Stallone in a pair of aviators bringing noise on the drug cartels of the USA? I want a slice a of that pie, but where I live that means doing burnouts at the local Sainsbury's and confiscating spliffs from teenagers in the park. But there's a but to this car, and it's a big one: it's older than the Pyramids, and it will always break down. There's no denying that your cool rating will take a considerable battering when you are armed to the teeth, a cigarette hanging loose at your lips in an open shirt at the side of the road getting your cool car loaded on to an AA truck in the rain. An MPG rating simply doesn't matter, as it won't be going long enough for you to even start the old thing up. You don't need an Economics degree to work out that that buying a Chinook helicopter would be more cost effective for nipping to the shops to buy some milk. It still remains essential. Just not to drive.