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The Pursuit Special is the fictional model of car driven by Max Rockatansky, the main character of...

The Pursuit Special is the fictional model of car driven by Max Rockatansky, the main character of the films Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. It is a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT coupe customized to become a police interceptor of the Main Force Patrol. The same car was used in both films. The vehicle is also known erroneously as The Interceptor due to The Mechanic describing it as "the last of the V-8 interceptors" in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. The first car shown in the film with the title "Pursuit Special" is the Holden Monaro (a stolen police vehicle) driven by the escaped criminal "The Night Rider". It is a major player in the opening chase sequence. Also known as a "Pursuit Special" (although it is only briefly called by this name by the radio voice of the female dispatcher in the film) is the car built to convince Max to stay on the force. This well known Australian car started out as a standard 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe. Then in 1976, film makers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began pre-production on Mad Max. Murray Smith was hired on as part of the film crew, and one of his tasks was to put together the Interceptor. He started by acquiring the XB Falcon, and along