Criterion has revealed 3 new downloadable vehicles for Burnout Paradise that come with a hefty dollop of nostalgia for gamers of a certain age, while carefully skirting around the legal issues involved in copying famous fictional cars.
The ‘Manhattan Spirit’ is the kind of car you might drive on your way to Bust some Ghosts. It definitely isn’t based on ECTO-1 from Ghostbusters.
The Carson Nighthawk is a dead ringer (although not so much that it is actionable in court) for KITT off of Knight Rider, if KITT was a slightly different-shaped car that didn’t talk and had a blue light at the front instead of a red one.
Finally the Cavalry Bootlegger avoids both Dukes of Hazzard copyright infringement AND unfounded accusations of racist iconography with the flag of Mexico replacing the Confederate flag of the Duke Boys’ General Lee.
