THE TOP FIVE MOVIE CAR DEALERS...

CADILLAC MAN

Robin Williams plays a philandering car salesman taken hostage by one of his victims, an enraged husband played by a young Tim Robbins.

MATILDA

Who could be better as a comically ruthless motormouth than Danny DeVito? But in fairness to the trade, even the dodgiest dealer wouldn’t glue on a bumper, or use a portable drill to turn back a mileage clock!

FARGO

A different type of forecourt slimeball, played by William H Macy in the Coen brothers movie, had to cook up a crazy scheme to kidnap his wife to cover up his financial misdeamours.

MINDER

George Cole’s charming rogue ‘Arfur’ Daley had a ‘lock-up garage’ full of dubiously acquired goldfish, garden gnomes and fake watches. But his main ‘nice little earner’ was dealing cars.

USED CARS

Rugged Kurt Russell doesn’t usually do slimy. But there are all sorts of dealers. In

Used Cars, he plays Rudy Russo, who battles a ruthless rival for business with ludicrous (and funny) results. Didn’t do that well at the box office, but became a cult hit.