25 Cars Inspired by Airplanes and Fighter Jets

This build was envisioned by two students, Daniel Chinchilla Ochoa and Alberto Fernandez Albilares, who went to the Car Design Master at Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan. The Gallardo-based car was designed before the Murcielago's replacement was released and is inspired by F22 fighter jets.

The turbines that power fighter jets are one of the main points of design integration into all of these cars, and few have more evident cues than this Ferrari Concept. Aside from looking nothing like a Ferrari, the car draws from the Ferrari 250 Testarossa prototype, and the twin-turbined F-18. Thank Albanian designer Marin Myftiu for this one.

It was only a matter of time before a car manufacturer let Jay Leno assist in building and designing a car. General Motors was that manufactuer. The car collector and comedian used GM's Advanced Design Studio in California to produce this carbon fiber and kevlar creation. The best part? The 650hp mid-mounted Honeywell LT-101 turbine engine mounted in a Corvette Z06 aluminium frame that eats up biodiesel.

Another GM/Buick in the '50s, another car with fighter jet aesthetics. Rather than a pointed and rounded nose, the Centurion's backset grille gives it more of a look of mounted machine guns, ready to blast any competition away. It's also got the rounded pointy rear, but the most unique aspect of the car might be the full glass bubble cabin. The Centurion name didn't make its production debut until '71, when a much less inspired and far less fun car was put out onto lots.

The Perdigó isn't modelled after just one fighter. It's modelled after three: The F117 Nighthawk, the Lockheed stealth ground-attack aircraft, and the F22 Raptor. The blatant intake in the front of the car is one of the most obvious jet takeaways we'll probably ever see on a car. The design is from the brain of Ondrej Jirec, a senior design student at the Art Center College of Design in Cali.

Before we new of the Rimac Concept_One, ther was this: the Aerius EV hypercar, an electric vehicle that also used four individual in-wheel motors to power it. It's also got solar panels to help power the car. It was created by Pei-Cheng "Patrick" Hseih.

B2. You know, like the stealth bomber? Duh.

The Pagani supercar was originally meant to be named the Fangio F1 after Formula One champion Juan Manuel Fangio, however, the Italian sports car manufacturer decided on Zonda, the name of an Argentinian wind caused by polar fronts. The special edition Tricolore took on the livery of an Aermacchi MB-339 PAN stunt plane as an honor to the country's flight team.

Rather than a pointed and rounded nose, the Centurion's backset grille gives it more of a look of mounted machine guns, ready to blast any competition away. It's also got the rounded pointy rear, but the most unique aspect of the car might be the full glass bubble cabin. The Centurion name didn't make its production debut until '71, when a much less inspired and far less fun car was put out onto lots.

The Mi-Ray, which means "future" in Korean debuted in Seoul in 2011. The hybrid sports car was developed in the GM Advanced Design Studio in Korea and had two front-mounted 15-kW electric motors that are powered by a 1.6-kWh lithium-ion battery.

A man by the name of Slavche Tanevski designed this wild creation. The Ankonian, named after a bull with black hair, was a concepual plan for a 2016 Lamborghini hybrid.

Here you have it: a Lockheed P-38 Lightning on four wheels. These are the exact graphics used on the plane, and it's got exactly 750 rivets to complete the look. This takes the already jet-like Studebakers to a whole new level.

The GM Firebird I, a Harley Earl design which debuted at the '53 Motorama is literally a plane on car wheels. It's got the pointed silo body, the tail fin and the wings. The second and third models, which debuted in '56 and '59 became more and more like cars, but still had obvious inspiration from the skies.

We guarantee there is no car on the planet that has an interior more similar to a jet than Galpin Auto Sports' Mustang XF-1. Used as a recruiting too (sign us up!), the modified Ford has a central seating location, no steering wheel, pedals on either side of the tunnel, and three giant screens. Ready for takeoff, indeed.

Carbon fiber, an enormous wing, an edgy body kit, masked headlights, and sharp black rims. Yep, sounds like HAMANN. The tuning company released this version of the Lamborghini, complete with decals intended to resemble a fighter plane.

It's chunky and almost SUV-like design doesn't exactly ring any fighter jet bells, now does it? But apparently this Saab concept is modelled after the Viggen fighter, a jet manufactured by Saab between 1970 and 1990. Maybe, if Saab is resurected, this is what the cars will look like.

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is one of the most well-known war planes, partially due to its fierce shark-toothed paint job. That look has been adopted onto many, many, many undeserving cars.

The cockpit inspiration on the Supersonic concept is obvious with the in-line seating and horseshoe steering wheel. Serbian industrial designer Marko Lukovic was responsible for the almost bullet-like aluminum three-wheel car.

Look at that rear window! And you thought the visibility on the new Camaros were poor. Roadmasters were one of the pinnacles of of GM luxury design, at the time, and part of that was due to the advanced engineering and styling of the exteriors.

Yeah, Chris Brown owns this car. We know, we hate that he's got dope taste in automotives, too. The Gallardo is based on WWII bombers, either the P-51 Mustang or the F-86 Sabre.

You've certainly heard of the BUICK LeSabre, but did you know that the original concept was branded under the umbrella GM name? The large rounded nose and tail of the futuristic concept make it look like a jet turbine with a body built around it. At a time when cars had fins and rear wings bigger than planes, this seemed like an appropriate build. The project was headed by Harley Earl, head of GM styling at the time.

Debuting back at the '07 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Reventon is one of the most rare and expensive Lamborghinis of all time. Only 20 were produced to sell, and it will cost you upward around $1.5 million to get your hands on one.

A true combination of a Formula One car and a fighter jet, the Tramontana R Edition has a V12 engine that produces 760hp. It only weighs 2,750 pounds, thanks to a completely carbon fiber chassis and body. That's good for a 0-100 (yeah, ONE freakin' HUNDRED) time in 3.6 seconds.

The Challenger Vapor is the other Galpin Auto Sports custom that is directly related to a fighter jet. From the exterior, the recruitment car looks like a stealthy bomber. The inside has night and thermal vision, remote control ability, and a biometric cabin entry.