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4) Johnny-Cab (Total Recall, 1990) One day all cabs will be like this. Tell it where you want to go, and then sit back. This is Google-Maps self drive car with a personality. In a strange city, what could be more reassuring for a tourist than a cab that keeps to the speed limit, gives city-guide commentary in any programmed language, and doesn’t try to fleece you! GS Rating: Refer to Google Maps as previously mentioned, a cab that won’t take you ‘round the houses to get to your destination ... 8/10 3) The Spinner (Blade Runner, 1982) Having just lambasted the De Lorean for implausibility, you may be wondering how this got here; Ridley Scott took the ‘impossible’ flying car, and for just shy of two hours, made it look possible. A full size (non-flying) replica will set you back between $60,000 and $80,000, although it might be uncomfortable to sleep in when your partner throws you out for not paying the mortgage instead. GS Rating: Thanks to Vangelis, Syd Mead and the rest of the crew, cinema’s most beautiful vertical parking manoeuvre… 8/10 2) Lotus Esprit S1 (The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977) Everyone has a favourite Bond car and generally it is the Aston Martin DB5 because it’s so damn classy. Let’s face it, we’ve all had someone in our car we’d like to eject at one time or other. Having recently watched Richard Hammond successfully build a fully working submersible, watertight Lotus on a Top Gear James Bond Special … well, that just sealed the deal for me. GS Rating: How to