If you've driven around California, you've seen the ubiquity of hybrids, particularly the Prius, but when it's translated to the big screen, something about the picture... changes. Where do all the hybrids go?

I wonder . . . did you see me?

Good question to ask my friend's little brother. He works in LA for one of the companies that supply cars and drivers (including stunt drivers) to all the TV and movie production companies. He is a stunt driver/aspiring actor. He used to manage Richard Petty's race track operations in Florida.

My guess would be that he will tell me that beyond manufacturer, in cases of corporate sponsorship of specific productions (Ford, Chevy, Toyota, GM, etc.), specifics are not usually required regarding car models.

The bad news is I doubt I will see him again until maybe next Christmas!

With our luck, we'd have:

• Director: John De Bello
• Writers: Costa Dillon, J. Stephen Peace, Rick Rockwell
• Cast: David Miller, George Wilson, Sharon Taylor, J. Stephen Peace ...

Yes, this is the director and cast of:

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
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Actually I recently viewed a movie with Dane Cook, "Good Luck Chuck" I believe. The girl he was hooking up with (Jessica Alba) had a Prius. In the movie she had a dead battery in a parking garage and he was attempting a jump start.

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It may not be big screen, but the TV show Numb3rs features a Prius as the vehicle of choice for one of the main characters. I've even heard the typical HSD whine when they show the car being driven in some scenes. The car was even forced off the road on one episode and no one got electrocuted either!

Constrast that to a show like CSI:Miami where it takes a convoy of 3 Hummers to get 3 people to a crime scene.

Two climate control systems, one inside and the other at the tailpipe.

2007 Camry Hybrid (in service June 2006)
FE: 6.77L/100km (34.8 mpg) over 37750km (23450mi)
75% city - Ave trip 20 min - 2 Winters

There was a thread on this site about three years ago collecting all the hybrid sightings on tv and in movies.

There were quite a few... and the Prius got mad center stage in the TV shows Weeds about a year ago.

A little effort can promote these, I am wishing to see hybrids on big screen.

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