Production Notes
King's novel, the source material for Carpenter's film, made it clear that the car was possessed by the evil spirit of its previous owner Roland D. LeBay, whereas the film version of the story shows that the evil spirit surrounding the car was present on the day it was built.
Although the car in the film is identified as a 1958 Plymouth Fury, two other Plymouth models, the Belvedere and the Savoy, were also used to portray the malevolent automobile onscreen (Total production for the 1958 Plymouth Fury was only 5,303 and were expensive to buy at the time). Several vehicles were destroyed during filming, but most of the cars were Savoy and Belvedere models dressed to look like the Fury.
Christine's license plates read "CQB 241". CQB is a military acronym for "close quarters battle", where targets are engaged at very close range, very swiftly and usually very violently, leaving the victim with little chance of withdrawal and/or survival. The "241" on the license plate may be read "Two for One" indicating a fight of two (Arnie and Christine) against "one" (the next victim).
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