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.

Teletraan-1: 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: Generation One Bumblebee has four unique molds as a Volkswagen Beetle, but the only other characters who also become Beetles are all redecos of the first toy. 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 specific seems to pop up so often across soooooo many jet-form toy-characters?

See also: Popular alternate modes (beasts), General Motors

Cars and trucks

Baja buggy

• Joyride / Ranger

• Fizzle / Wildspark / Blaze

• Ruckus

• Blacker / Gripper

• Jarugar / Rescue Force buggy

• Roller Force

• Aquafend / G2 Jetstorm

Note: While admittedly "Baja buggy" is a little vague and the exact model —if there is one— has not been determined, these examples all seem to follow a pretty uniform shape.

Chevy Camaro

• Windbreaker / Carzap - Z28 (third generation)

• RID Side Swipe / G1 Bluestreak (Universe) - fourth generation

• Movie Bumblebee - 1976 (second generation)

• Movie Bumblebee - 2009 (fifth generation)

Chevy Corvette

• Tracks / Road Rage - C3

• Freeway - C4

• Motorhead - C4

• Skram - C3 hotrod

• Tracks (Alternators) / Ravage (1st Alternators body) / G1 Swerve (Alternators) - C5 Z06

• Sideswipe (ROTF) - 2010 Stingray concept

Corvette Indy

• Detour / Deadhour

• Speeder

• Aquablast

Dodge Viper (Chrysler)

• RID Side Burn / Roulette / Shadow Striker

• RID Side Burn (Spy Changer) / G1 Jazz (Universe)

• G1 Sideswipe (Alternators) / Dead End (Alternators) / Sunstreaker (Alternators)

• Hot Rod (IDW comic, non-toy appearance)

Ford Mustang

• Trip-Up - First Generation (1960s hot rod)

• G1 Grimlock (Alternators) / G1 Wheeljack (Alternators) - Fifth Generation (2005)

• Movie Barricade - Fifth Generation (Saleen S281)

Lamborghini Countach

• G1 Sideswipe / G1 Red Alert / Clamp Down / Deep Cover / Tigertrack - LP500S

• Sunstreaker - LP500S

• G1 Breakdown - LP500S

• Free Wheeler / Deadwheeler - LP500 Quattrovalvole

• Laster / Motorvator Flame - 25th Anniversary

Lamborghini Diablo

• Neo-Wheel / Universe Hot Spot

• Firecracker / G1 Optimus Prime (Go-Bot) / G1 Sideswipe (Go-Bot) / R.E.V.

• Flash / Spin Road

• RID Prowl / Universe Inferno / G1 Sideswipe (Universe) / Sunstreaker (Universe)

• Armada Sparkplug / Drop-Test / Atlas

Mazda RX

• Camshaft - RX-7FC3S

• Getaway / Lightfoot - RX-7FC3S

• Siren / Goshooter - RX-7FC3S

• G1 Jazz (Alternators) / Zoom-Zoom / G1 Shockwave (Alternators) / Autrooper - RX-8

Pontiac Firebird Trans Am

• Windcharger / Camaro / Tailgate / Universe Rook - Third Generation

• Runamuck - Third Generation

• Roadhandler / Gunrunner - Third Generation

Porsche 928S

• Mini-spy Porsche

• G1 Dead End

• Sonic

Porsche 959

• G1 Nightbeat / Minerva

• Skystalker / Rabbicrater / Metrobomb

• Blowout / G1 Megatron (Go-Bot) / G1 Frenzy (Go-Bot) / RID Hot Shot

Porsche 962

• Backstreet

• Tailspin

• Daytonus / G1 Wheeljack (Universe)

Military vehicles

M1 Abrams

• Movie Brawl/Devastator - heavily modified "stealth tank"
• Gigatank (component of Masterforce Overlord)
• G2 Megatron / Megastorm
• G1 Megatron (Hero) / Archforce / RID Bludgeon

A-10 Thunderbolt II

• Powerglide / Bad Boy

• Tailwind / Windrim / Hot House

• Energon Sky Shadow / Energon Terradive / Cybertron Skyfall

• Wing Saber (Cybertron) / Wingblade

• Steel Wind / Skyglide / Universe Skyhammer

• Storm Cloud (Universe)

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

AH-64 Apache copter

• Battletrap

• Spinister

• Decepticon Tracer / Battlestars Tracer

• Chain Gun / Universe Ro-Tor

• Powerdive

• Energon Bulkhead / Energon Quickstrike

• Energon Blackout / Energon Stormcloud

• Classics Divebomb / Torque Gain / Universe Cloudraker

• Movie Game Shockwave

B-1B Lancer

• Windsweeper

• G1 Blackout & Spaceshot (the two robots combine to form a single vehicle)

• Missile Run / Universe Air Raid

Dassault Rafale

• G1 Storm Cloud / Skyhopper

• Hellbat

• G2 Eagle Eye

• G1 Skywarp (Machine Wars) / G1 Thundercracker (Machine Wars) / BWII Dirge / RID Skyfire / Wing Stun / Waspinator (Timelines)

• Armada Ramjet

F-111 Aardvark

• G1 Darkwing

F-117A Nighthawk

• Predator Falcon / Shadow Jet

• Skyjack / G1 Air Raid (Cyberjet/Universe) / Aero Raid / Delta Seeker

• Armada Wind Sheer / Shattered Glass Whisper

F-15 Eagle

• G1 Starscream / G1 Skywarp / G1 Thundercracker

• G1 Sunstorm / G1 Acid Storm

• G1 Ramjet / G1 Dirge / G1 Thrust (modified with VTOL fans in wings)

• G1 Air Raid

• Talon

F-16 Fighting Falcon

• G1 Skydive

• G1 Dreadwind / Buster

• Needlenose - F-16XL

• Micromaster Falcon

• G2 Windrazor

F-22 Raptor

• Fearswoop

• Hooligan / G1 Jetfire (Cyberjet) / R-Blade / Universe Wind Sheer / Timelines Ricochet - Navalized ATF

• G1 Megatron (Machine Wars) / Megaplex / BWII Thrust / RID Wind Sheer / Air Hunter

• G1 Skywarp / G1 Starscream / G1 Thundercracker (IDW continuity, non-toy appearances)

• Movie Starscream / Movie Thundercracker / Movie Game Skydive (non-toy appearance) / Movie Ramjet / Movie Skywarp

Miscellaneous

Concorde

• G1 Silverbolt

• Micromaster Sky High

• Supersonic / Universe Skydive

• Armada Jetstorm

Space Shuttle Orbiter

• G1 Astrotrain

• Blast Off / Shuttle Gunner / Movor

• G1 Sky Lynx

• Galaxy Shuttle

• Mach

• Blast Master & Phaser (the two robots combine to form a single vehicle)

• Raker / Universe Storm Jet

• Jetfire (Armada); his Energon form was a different shuttle, too.