A very young Brooke Burke makes an appearance as a car-hop at Big Kay Burgers and Steven Eckholdt also has a small part as the 'Daytona Boy.' Though the Wraith is filled with terrible acting and the special effects are dated, it is still a fun ride. Randy Quaid, Clint Howard and Nick Cassavetes round out a cast of strange supporting actors. The Wraith features a rockin' 80s soundtrack with music performed by Bily Idol, Robert Palmer, Motley Crue and even Ozzy Osbuorne. The car racing sequences were pretty well shot and still stand up today. The Turbo Interceptor was way ahead of its time when the movie was filmed but now seems a bit cheap. A young Charile Sheen stars as the wraith who rides into town in his mysterious 'Turbo Interceptor' and takes revenge on a gang of no good road pirates. Featuring 'Cudas, Corvettes, Dodge Daytonas, Triumphs and a supercharged Pontiac Trans Am, the Wraith has a classic collection of cool cars. The Wraith is one if the coolest 'car movies' ever and is bound to be a cult classic. There were four 'shells', empty bodies on bare, towable frames, that were sacrificed in various crash scenes. Two more 'drivers', consisting of perfectly detailed bodies on dune buggy chassis, were used for stunt driving chores. The original, on loan from Dodge, was used for close-ups and details. According to Gary Hellerstein, transportation coordinator for this film, a total of seven versions of the M4S were needed for filming. The M4S was powered by a Chrysler 2.2 liter four-cylinder one-of-a-kind engine that exceeded 194 mph.

The innovative body design was developed in the Chrysler studios, while PPG developed the finish - a special bronze pearl paint job formulated just for this car. The M4S was manufactured and constructed at an estimated cost of $1.1 million, and featured performance and technology to match that lofty figure. A joint effort of the Dodge Division of Chrysler Motors and PPG Industries, one of the highly sophisticated PPG Pace Cars for the PPG-CART Indy Car World Series, designed on 1981 by Bob Ackerman.

The black car featured in the movie was a real-life technological wonder, the Dodge M4S.

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