Jay Leno & Jeff Dunham Unveil The Wraith: The Most Mysterious Movie Car! | Jay Leno's Garage

I'm going to try not to quote characters in the movie. LOL

Chrysler Turbo Interceptor with a 2.4L 4cylinder producing 440 hp I believe. Way ahead of the game for the time period

The Wraith was filmed here in Tucson, and alot of it was filmed about 100ft from my front door as a kid. This wildcat holds a special place in my heart. Everytime I'm driving through the Saguaro national monument I imagine I'm driving against the wraith. And when my wife and I go to sabino Canyon I'm thinking about this movie.

In 1987, I was 15 years old. My family owned some apartment buildings in Maine. I was woken in the evening by my step father yelling about one of the apartment buildings on fire. We rushed to the site blasting through red lights and indeed, the whole third floor was ablaze. The renter was there with some friends and they were visibly impaired. The next day we went back and began going through the place to see how bad the damages were. Turns out, the ceiling of the third floor was gone and the sun of the morning was shining into the third floor apartment. There were artifacts inside that hinted at a party happening the night before, beer cans and ashtrays. A stack of rented VHS cassettes were melted on the TV stand. But there was one movie that survived. It was The Wraith. I watched it that night and fell in love with the movie car. I will never forget how that event, and the movie shaped my teenage self.

I’ve always loved this car!

37 hours away! Aahh come on Jay! I can’t wait that long! One of my all time favorite cars and definitely in my top 3 movie cars.

Watched this movie countless of times when I was a kid and still watch it from time to time.

BBS rims on 80s and 90s vehicles is peak aesthetics.

A wraith man,a ghost,an evil spirit and it ain't cool!

Imagine showing up to your local cars and coffee in that. Nearly forty years after the movie, I bet it will still draw a crowd of admirers. To this day, there's nothing else like it on the road. Powered by a 2.2L four with dual "hair dryers" (turbochargers). Outguns Ford's current Ecoboost 2.3 by an easy hundred ponies. Even Ford's larger 3.5 turbo would have a tough time keeping up.

I remember seeing it at the autoshow as a prototype.

Every die hard 2.2/2.5L dodge guys this is the holy Grail. I own a 91 spirit RT , I have owned it for 15 years. I have put a small fortune into keeping the stock look while modifying the heads, valves aftermarket turbo, manifold, cams, bov, and a great clutch with a lot of work to the transmission as well. It's just one of my many cars that I became fascinated with as a child and started to collect in my very late 20s I have a 335, 92 Z28, Volvo T5, a few trucks and all of the toys a man can have to keep himself entertained during the long winters where I live. I am very blessed to have the time, and financial ability to do what I love for work (USAF JBER Anchorage Alaska) and a family that makes my life worth living. I hope more people are able to find a hobby or passion that captures you attention and helps you to continue your education and knowledge of your hobbies. God bless y'all and Jay for his relentless pursuit to find these rare odd and captivating pieces of history

That for sure was the best part of that movie😂

The Wraith is a great movie. Very underrated

Comical, just comical. "I'd get out but I can't"

They need to do a "Cannonball Run" Race with only using TV/Movie Cars....But the Wraith, as a kid of the 80s this movie helped me become a car guy!

Holy hell. This guy lives about a mile from me. My GF and I were driving and we saw another of his movie cars (60's batmobile) and I said something about him having the Wraith, and 3 minutes later, it was at a car-audio place. Now I see it here! Awesome.

Lol, my eyes instantly locked onto just the car in the thumbnail and I found myself thinking it looked so familiar! I feel suitably stupid 😂

The Wraith was awesome; I watched it a bunch of times as a kid.

That’s a great cult classic. Even love seeing the camera crew shadows in the chase scenes 😂😂😂