TV star cars which is best?

Racing across our TV screens over the past 60 years have been some automotive gems, some motoring mishaps, dream cars and machines highly likely to never become reality. From the Flintstone's foot-powered family car to the Batmobile, the great Herbie the Love Bug and Inspector Morse's Mark II Jaguar, there's always been a car for all ages on our small screens.

Mork and Mindy got around in a Moke, David Hasselhoff had a car named KITT which, even before his 20 year battle with the booze clouded his mind, was smarter than the driver. The spectacularly equipped for its time Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is now one of the most expensive film cars, and Ted Bullpit's life centered around his car in Kingswood Country.

Of course, there's no way we can forget the muscle machines young lads would race home from school to switch the box on for: The Duke boys' General Lee; Starsky and Hutch's viper red Ford Gran Torino; the GMC Van Mr T belted around in for the A-Team and the animated Speed Racer's Mach 5.

While various original cars used in filming of TV shows are nursed in cotton-wool in studio museums around the world or hidden away in private collections, for some auto stars there are plenty of replicas which continue to carry the torch for these hero cars.

Ford built about 1000 'Starsky and Hutch' Gran Torinos in 1976 because of the popularity of the show. There is one for sale in Ireland for 15,000 pounds ($26,500).  Want an A-Team GMC/Chevy Van replica  fitted with a LCD TV and DVD player ideal to watch re-runs of the series? That will set you back about 25,000 pounds ($44,180).

A 1970 Dodge Charger General Lee is for sale in the UK for 35,000 euro($51,016).  In 2002, 100 Speed Racer Mach 5 replicas were made. Based on a Corvette platform and street legal (minus the retractable saw blades featured on the prototype), they sold for between $72,500 and $125,000.

A recreation of the 1966 Batmobile  signed by nearly every cast member of that era  sold last year for $US165,000 ($201,000). The successful buyer also got a dinner date with Batgirl from the time, Yvonne Craig.  The aviation car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, from the 1968 movie staring Dick Van Dyke, had a $10 million price tag on it when it went to auction in 2007... but, just like the magical car it was, news of whether it reached its price target or not seems to have disappeared.

The General Lee (Dukes of Hazard)
1970 Dodge Charger - approx $51,000.

Herbie the Love Bug (Herbie)
1963 Volkswagen Beetle - approx $1900

Batmobile (Batman)
1966 creation - replica $US165,000

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 Movie
"Magical car'' based on aero-engined racing cars built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s - $10 million

Ted Bullpit's Kingswood (Kingswood Country)
1976 HJ Holden Kingswood - approx $1500
(carpeted ashtray and polished dipstick may cost more)

Mach 5 (Speed Racer)
Animated reality on Corvette platform - approx $100,000

A-Team GMC Van (The A-Team)
Replica - approx $44,180.

Starsky and Hutch Gran Torinos (Starsky and Hutch)
One of 1000 built by Ford - approx $26,500.