Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes

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When on Earth, a Transformer typically finds a wide variety of human vehicles matching their general body plan and size available to adopt as a disguise mode. Although there are many thousands of options available, certain specific models of vehicle, however, are very popular disguises, seeing repeated use across multiple individuals and continuities.

TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki has certain requirements for a vehicle model to be listed here. There must be at least three unique toy molds (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the model. There must also be at least one unique character per mold. Certain models are "lumped" together, such as the case for the Mazda RX car series, which includes the RX-7 and RX-8 types. This also, of course, takes into account the various fudging of the designs that are done in order to get a robot mode out of the toy, as well as avoid having to pay a licensing fee to the actual manufacturers (in most instances).

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

This policy is in place mainly due to the rampant use of redecoes as new characters, and is a little out of line with the phenomenon being explored... after all, isn't it kinda weird that out of all the myriad types of fighter jet there are in the world, that the Dassault Rafale in particular seems to pop up so often across soooooo many jet-form toy-characters?

See also: Popular beast alternate modes, Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes, Licensed vehicle alternate modes, General Motors

Cars and trucks

Audi R8

Pushing the boundaries of what TFWiki.net considers a "toy" and an "alternate mode".


Chevrolet Camaro

"Why couldn't I be an '85 Camaro?"


Chevrolet Corvette

Not-So-Little Red Corvette


Chevrolet Impala


Corvette Indy

Not a bad run of toys for a car that never actually got produced.


Desert racing buggy

"Desert racing buggy" is an admittedly vague grouping, as vehicles of this stripe are made by a variety of manufacturers and further modified by their owners in various idiosyncratic ways, but these examples all follow a relatively uniform shape.


Dodge Viper (Chrysler)

This seems familar.


Ford Mustang

"Me Grimlock no horsey, me Grimlock king!"


Open Wheel Race Car


Funny Car

SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAAAAAAAY!
The term is used here specifically to represent various NHRA-style funny cars, distinguishable by their elongated noses, forward-mounted engines, and large rear wheels. Minor details may vary from toy to toy, but all represent a functionally identical style of vehicle.


Lamborghini Countach

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Clamp Down loves messing with Red Alert's head.


Lamborghini Diablo

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One of Optimus Prime's lesser-known forms.


Le Mans racer

Daytonus


Mazda RX

"Eliminating the RX-8 was illogical."



Nissan Fairlady Z

"DO NOT CALL ME DRIFT. DO AS I COMMAND!"


Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

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Now all he needs are some underbody neon lights and spinning rims.


Porsche 928S

Sonic


Porsche 959

Trivia time: The Porsche 959 wasn't street legal in the United States until 1999.


Porsche 962


Volkswagen Beetle

"Bumblebee was supposed to be in this picture, but I stuffed him in a locker."


Military vehicles

M1 Abrams

A single blue line - the new camouflage.


A-10 Thunderbolt II

In the Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers comic series, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and an unidentified "conehead" transform into Cobra Rattlers, which are heavily-modified versions of the A-10.


AH-64 Apache copter

The copter from the cover of Nuclear Strike.


B-1B Lancer


Dassault Rafale


F-4 Phantom


F-14 Tomcat

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"Talk to me, Goose."


F-15 Eagle


F-16 Fighting Falcon


F-22 Raptor

Starscream flies under a giant blacklight.


F-35 Lightning II


F-117A Nighthawk

Invisible to colorblind radar.


V-22 Osprey


Miscellaneous

Concorde

Eurocopter Dauphin

Space Shuttle Orbiter

"Tonight on Trick My Space Shuttle, we'll switch out the boring wings for some sweet F-16 ones."
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