Who is your favourite Autobot Car?

[BigTransformerTrev]

My top 5 in order:

Inferno
Tracks
Wheeljack
Hound
Sideswipe

Soft spots for Blurr, Kup & Mirage as I had them as a kid. All others acquired as a teen or adult

[M-bot]

Hound, all the way. Wheeljack probably second.

[5FDP]

Prowl FTW!

[GoktimusPrime]

Prowl FTW!

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Not Moist?
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[5FDP]

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Not Moist?
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Nah, don't own the figure, just his box

[Zommael]

I thought long and hard about this before voting Hot Rod. The poll was specifically asking about favourite Autobot Cars from childhood, and while I had an Autobot who turned into a car (Flash) I didn't have an Autobot Car as a kid. But when I turned 18 and started collecting Transformers properly, one of my first acquisitions was a reissue "Rodimus Major" i.e. Hot Rod. I do have a bit of nostalgia attached to that toy, and while I'll always prefer TFs with a bit more articulation, I also have fond memories. Plus, 18 was long enough ago now for me to say that was "when I was a kid". So I'm going to have to go with Hot Rod. I also bought a Jazz reissue, but it wasn't as good as Hot Rod.

[liegeprime]

Wheeljack, he wasn't the first autobot car I owned but he is the best looking in carmode for me.... robot mode... lets not go there.

[i_amtrunks]

Prowl, with red Alert and Inferno very close behind.

What little kid can go past emergency services vehicles (however unrealistic a Fire Chief Countach would be)

[DaptoDog]

Surprised there is no love for Mirage. His alt mode is sublime.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, but he also has the one alt mode that you'll never see driving down a civilian road, and is therefore holds the least appeal as a robot in disguise.

Yeah, I know that technically you'd never see Smokescreen, Red Alert or Wheeljack too, but you can see Datsun Fairladies and Lancia Stratoses, as well as Lamborghini Countachs and fire chief cars (just not both in combination ) IRL. But you're not going to see a Ligier JS11 on a regular road. Most kids in the 80s probably never saw a race car IRL unless your parents took you to the races. Most of us probably only saw them in action on TV. This is why Bluestreak is personally my favourite because you could and would see Datsun Fairladies driving down the road. As recently as 2007 I saw a Datsun Fairlady Z driving on the road on my way to a Transfan meet in Sydney! I immediately whipped my camera out and took a quick snapshot.

While this particular car doesn't sport the same colours as Bluestreak, Bluestreak has believably ordinary colours that you can find on a regular street car. #robotsindisguise

Having said that, I do love Mirage too. He was my second Autobot car. I actually really love the head/face design on the original toy and much prefer it over the more simplified G1 cartoon head/face. The toy-accurate head/face feels more "Voltron-esque." If they ever make an MP Mirage, I really hope that TakTOMY include an additional toy-accurate face.