Power and Luxury: The Cars of American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street

With the recent airing of the Golden Globes, the film award season has officially kicked off. Two of the big winners from the Golden Globes were David O. Russell‘s “American Hustle” and Martin Scorsese‘s “The Wolf of Wall Street“. Both movies are period pieces loosely based on true stories of greed, crime, corruption, and money. Often times, a LOT of money.

“American Hustle” tells the partially true story of two con artists being forced to work with the FBI to help catch corrupt politicians in later 1970′s-early 1980′s New Jersey. The Wolf of Wall Street” stars Leonardo Dicaprio as a corrupt stockbroker who runs a billion dollar firm through corruption and securities fraud in late 1980′s-1990′s New York City. One of my favourite things about period pieces is getting to see the different sets, styles, and gadgets distinctly from that era. In particular, the cars. Fortunately, both directors knew that filthy rich criminals cannot resist lavishly expensive cars. The characters of “American Hustle” do drive some impressive cars but there is no comparison to the cars belonging to the greedy characters of “The Wolf of Wall Street”. Corrupt politicians are rich, but corrupt stockbrokers are stinkin’ rich.
Let’s take a look at some of the incredible cars featured in these two films. First, the more subtle and economical cars of American Hustle.