A Starsky and Hutch Canon Compendium

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"A grown man doesn't drive a car like that, not a grown man." (Targets 2)

also see License Plates, also see Sets: Cars

References to the Torino
• Chris says it is a “hot dog.” (Heroes)
• Collandra describes it as a “a tomato, a big red tomato, red, striped, rubber wheels, mags, wheels going bye-bye.” (Psychic)
• Fifi says, “That jazzed-up car of his.” (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• Hutch mutters, as he sees the Torino up on the tow, “Well, I hope they tow this red tomato away for good.” (Plague)
• Hutch says it ”needs a tune-up every time it goes around the block.” (Vendetta)
• Hutch says it has “racing stripes.” (Heroes)
• Hutch says it is a “car show.” (Heroes)
• Hutch says it is a “piece of junk.” (Death in a Different Place)
• Hutch says it is a “so-called car.” (Death in a Different Place)
• Hutch says it is a “striped tomato.” (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• Hutch says it is a “two ton hunk of junk.” (Partners)
• Hutch says it is "red." (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Hutch says, "You just want me to ride around in a striped tomato like you got." (Snowstorm)
• Hutch says it is "fast." (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Hutch encourages the tow truck driver to "tow this red tomato away for good." (Plague)
• Hutch says, “It’s all right.” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Hutch says, “Starsky, that’s not very good on your suspension,” as Starsky drives it over a curb. (Committee)
• Hutch says, “The suspension in this thing makes it ride like a rock in a washer.” (Pilot)
• Hutch says,” riding around in that is about as discreet as a homecoming float.” (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• Hutch tells Merle he doesn’t want his car to look like a “parade float from Mars.” (Bloodbath)
• Hutch tells Starsky, “You gotta change your plugs.” (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Hutch tosses trash into the back seat and tells Starsky, “You ought to clean out the back; it’s a mess.” (Plague)
• Meredith calls it a “red tomato driven by some white-faced dude.” (Black and Blue)
• Meredith tells Starsky the Torino would “stick out in the ghetto.” (Black and Blue)
• Merle asks Starsky if he has decided to “get out of that old Torino and step up in class.” (Game)
• Merle calls it a “red tomato with the white stripe.” (Jojo)
• Merle says it “jive cheap stripe.” (Jojo)
• Smithers and Waldheim tell Starsky would be lucky if someone stole it. (Targets 2)
• Starsky is proud of its paint job (Pilot)
• Starsky says it is “sport.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it’s “missing,” and the “plugs need regapping.” (Partners)
• Starsky says it’s “not exactly a Model T either.” (Pilot)
• Starsky says the Torino “is candy-apple red", not just red. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says it “is capable of taking you anywhere you want to go, just about as fast as you want to go there.” (Partners)
• Starsky says it answers to the name of “Rhoda, Rhonda, Betty Lou.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it has “chrome air cleaners.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it has “double overhead cam.” (Targest Without a Badge 2)
• Starsky says it has “four fives in the rear end.” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says it has “superchargers.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it has a “chrome rocker cover.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it has a “quick motor.” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says it has a “tuned suspension.” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says it has shocks which “set it up on its nose more than most.” (Pilot)
• Starsky says it is “blueprinted.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it is “not fast, quick... there’s a difference.” (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says "This is one quick car." (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Starsky says it is “stroked.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it is a “very special car.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky says it is the “hottest machine on the el roado.” (Partners)
• Starsky says the battery is brand-new. (Targets 2)
• Starsky says the tires are nylon lined, steel belted, double layered and cost sixty dollars each. (Savage Sunday)
• Starsky says the Torino is a “great chunk of my will to live.” (Targets 2)
• Starsky tells Hutch the Torino, in reference to the LTD, “at least it’s got some speed.” (Hutchinson for Murder One)

References to Hutch’s Fords
• Hutch asks Merle to give it just a tune-up. (Bloodbath)
• Hutch calls it “Sweetheart.” (Game)
• Hutch refers to it as “an inanimate object.” (Game)
• Hutch says “I did (just have it tuned). It must be the ignition.” (Game)
• Hutch says it has “dignity.” (Jojo)
• Hutch says it “all it needs is a good tune-up.” (Jojo)
• Hutch says it has “inner flash.,” (Jojo)
• Hutch says it has “soul.” (Jojo)
• Hutch says it is “just beautiful.” (Survival)
• Hutch says to Gillian about it’s door, “Gotta get that fixed.” (Gillian)
• Hutch says, “This is not a garbage dump,” Starsky says, “Could’ve fooled me.” (Game)
• Hutch suggests to Starsky, “How 'bout I put you on roller skates and tow you along in back?” after Starsky complains about it. (Snowstorm)
• Merle says he’s giving “mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to this corpse,” referring to Hutch’s car. (Game)
• Merle says fixing it is like “going to a brain surgeon with a case of athlete’s foot.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says he “has standards” which Hutch’s car doesn’t approach. (Bloodbath)
• Merle says it is “beneath my dignity.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says it is a “clunker.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says it is a “piece of junk.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says, “Bugs wouldn’t be caught dead in it.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says, “Garbage belongs with garbage.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says, “I’ve seen cars, I’ve seen cars from Mars, I’ve seen peanuts in the White House, but this is disgusting.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says, “It’s lower than the belly of a flounder in the bottom of a sewer in the basement of a glue factory.” (Bloodbath)
• Merle says, thinking it is Starsky’s car, he must “have fallen on hard times.” (Jojo)
• Merle tells Starsky, regarding the LTD, “get this mess out of my face.” (Bloodbath)
• Soldier refers to it as, “Your tacky car, Hutchinson.” (Targets 3)
• Starsky asks Merle, regarding Hutch’s car, “You’re working on this heap?” (Game)
• Starsky asks, “Man, this heap is a piece of garbadge. When are you going to fix it? Listen to that squeak. It cuts through my brain.” (Snowstorm)
• Starsky asks, “Why don’t you get it washed?” (Pilot)
• Starsky calls it “this thing.” (Satan’s Witches)
• Starsky calls it a “Genuine Hutchinson Original.” (Survival)
• Starsky is worried it will “conk out on the freeway” as its “engine has been missing.” (Bloodbath)
• Starsky reminds Hutch, “Even Rembrandt painted a bowl of fruit once in a while, “ referring to Merle’s willingness to work on Hutch’s car. (Bloodbath)
• Starsky reminds Merle, “nothing supernatural… just get the bugs out.” (Bloodbath)
• Starsky says even if he won it in a bet, he wouldn’t take it. (Starsky’s Lady)
• Starsky says it "drives me nuts." (Snowstorm)
• Starsky says Hutch he “You really oughta do something about this car, like take it to a junk yard.” (Jojo)
• Starsky says Hutch is lucky he doesn’t get cited for “driving a public eyesore.” (Strange Justice)
• Starsky says Hutch’s car “is going to kill me.” (Jojo)
• Starsky says it “has stains.” (Survival)
• Starsky says it “will be the same old heap that you love so well.” (Bloodbath)
• Starsky says it has “dings and assorted dents.” (Survival)
• Starsky says it has “putrefied upholstery.” (Survival)
• Starsky says it has a need for “new spark plugs.” (Jojo)
• Starsky says, "I think this car of yours is a jinx.” (Snowstorm)
• Starsky says it is “a tub.” (Pilot)
• Starsky says it is “only flat on the bottom.” (Vendetta)
• Starsky says it is “uninhabitable.” (Jojo)
• Starsky says it is a “a hunk of squash.”(Vendetta)
• Starsky says it is not as ugly as Crandell’s car. (Snowstorm)
• Starsky says it should be in an ugly car museum, along with Crandell’s car. (Snowstorm)
• Starsky says the tire “recaps” are worth more than the whole car. (Vendetta)
• Starsky says, “A grown man doesn’t drive a car like that. Not a grown man,” referring to Belle. (Targets 2)
• Starsky says, “Crandell’s taste (in cars) is as bad as yours” (Snowstorm)
• Starsky says, “I thought you just had this thing tuned.” (Game)
• Starsky says, “It threatens my image!” (Pilot)
• Starsky says, “Who knows what disease lurking” in the back seat. (Jojo)
• Starsky says,” I’m ashamed of that car!” (Pilot)
• Starsky suggests he could “get out and push” it to make it go faster. (Jojo)

References to Belle, Hutch's Nash (Nash Metropolitan)
• Starsky calls it embarrassing. (Targets 2)
• Starsky says a "grown man doesn't drive a car like that, not a grown man." (Targets 2)
• Hutch tells Laura "I have my own car. As a matter of fact, I bought it yesterday." (Targets 2)
• Hutch tells Laura it's a "very pretty, little car, I call her Belle." (Targets 2)
• Laura comments that Belle seems "nice." Starsky responds, "You wouldn't think so if you saw it." (Targets 2)
• Hutch tells Starsky, "It's a nice little car, huh? I call her Belle." (Targets 2)

Huggy's transportation
• He owns an old, white Cadillac. Starsky borrows it. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• He drives an old, red Cadillac. (Huggy Can't Go Home)
• He is shown trying to repair a little scooter. (Iron Mike)
• He is shown with a big, black motorcycle. (Iron Mike)
• He drives an island taxi. (Playboy Island)

Things written on Hutch’s car window
• “Rick” is smeared in Hutch’s car window on the passenger driver’s side. (Committee)
• “Wash Me” is smeared in Hutch’s car window on the passenger window. (Survival)
• “Condemned 1847” is written on the “Genuine Hutchinson Original’s” back window. (Survival)

Starsky puts the hazard lights on the Torino plus one lovely headlight flash
• He puts them on in front of Lewis and Manning’s hideout. (Nightmare)
• He puts them on for the stop at the Chapel of Bodily Invigoration. (Specialist)
• He puts them on in front of Bellamar Market where Terry Roberts is shot. (Starsky’s Lady)
• Starsky answers Lionel with a “yes” by flashing his headlights twice. (Targets 1)

Bikes
• Cal and Rosie have them. They leave them out in the front yard. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
• Molly rides one. (Collector)
• Laura rides one. (Deckwatch)
• There is a blue one parked by Guy Mayer’s shed. (Crying Child)
• Wally rides one. It the same bike as Sonny’s. (Murder on Stage 17)
• Sonny rides one. It is same bike as Wally’s. (Survival)
• There is a bright red bike with training wheels at the Mission Ice House. (Bounty Hunter)

Model T
• Starsky’s uncle was killed by the crank of a Model T. (Trap)
• Starsky tells Henderson and Steele that the Torino isn’t “exactly a Model T.” (Pilot)

Motorbikes and motorcycles
• Cora Lee rides a yellow moped. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Huggy is seen sitting on his black one. (Iron Mike)
• Hutch rides a dirt bike. (Moonshine)
• Starsky and Hutch assist a crime by stopping motorcycle. (Targets 2)
• Starsky and Hutch ride one into warehouse; Hutch drives. (Starsky’s Lady)
• Starsky rides a dirt bike. (Psychic)
• Starsky rides one with the uniform back from the demolition site. (Savage Sunday)
• Starsky sits on Huggy’s puddle jumper. (Iron Mike)
• The bad guys ride one. (Death Ride)

Ships, berths and piers
• Amapola (Murder at Sea)
• Harry’s Greek tanker (Deckwatch)
• Lindero, Pier 12 (Terror on the Docks)
• Mara Quattro, end of Pier 17 (Tap Dancing)
• Port Authority Headquarters, Berth 57, near Warehouse 12 (Terror on the Docks, Tap Dancing)
• Royale (Groupie)
• Schiller Imports, Berth 55 (Ninety Pounds of Trouble)
• Star of Ceylon, Pier 32 (Terror on the Docks)
• Suma Maru, Pier 6 (Terror on the Docks)
• Sun Princess (Terror on the Docks)
• Wallenius Lines, Fred F. Noonan, Pacific Coast Agents, Berth 232, A, B (Tap Dancing)
• The loading dock doors for Piers 44, 45, 46 are seen as Starsky drives the cab to Pier 17. (Tap Dancing)

Trains
• The Texas Kid tells Hutch the Western Hotel is on Marshall, “near the railroad tracks.” (Running)
• Starsky wants a model train caboose for Christmas. (Little Girl Lost)
• A sign for the Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe Line is seen in the warehouse area where Starsky and Hutch chase Frank and Virgil. (Moonshine)
• Starsky and Hutch chase Frank and Virgil over train tracks. (Moonshine)
• Starsky plays with model trains. (Nightmare)
• The boy at the toy store tells Starsky “Lisa’s a girl, and girls don’t play with trains.” (Nightmare)
• Earl compliments Hutch, telling him he is getting to every place on time, “like a choo-choo train.” (Psychic)
• The truck driver tells Starsky Callendar took off “like Jesse James on a train.” (Plague)
• Starsky tells Huggy the symptoms of botulism “come on like a freight train.” (Game)
• A train yard, shipping containers and a moving train are seen in background where Sue Ann meets Tabor. (Long Walk)

Planes and helicopters,
• Starsky and Hutch fly to San Francisco. (Death Ride)
• Starsky, Hutch and the Baron ride in a small plane. (Set Up)
• Pommier is a pilot and shot by a plane. (Captain Dobey, You're Dead)
• A helicopter is shot out of the air. (Set Up)
• Starsky makes a paper airplane. (Jojo)
• Starsky and Hutch meet Lisa and thugs by a small plane. (Foxy Lady)
• Starsky and Hutch fly to Playboy Island. (Playboy Island)
• Linda Williams flies to Paris. (Death Notice)
• Hutch flies to San Francisco. (Sweet Revenge)

Miscellaneous Torino and LTD tidbits
• Hutch’s “Cops Need Love Too” bumper sticker is seen. (Running, Jojo)
• Hutch’s car horn goes off when the door is open. (Jojo, Survival)
• Hutch’s LTD has a burnt out headlight. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• The Torino has a buzzer on door when it opens. (Tap Dancing, Death Notice)
• Hutch accidentily pulls off the crank when he rolls down the window. Starsky tells him to put it back on. (Jojo)
• The Torino has an analog clock. (Trap)
• The Torino has an electric antenna. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• The Torino loses a hubcap as it pulls away from the funeral home. (Bust Amboy)
• Hutch’s car has a green and white sticker on the back driver’s side window, perhaps a parking permit. (Targets 1)
• The Torino is missing the rear view mirror half way through episode. (Bloodbath)
• One of the LTD’s brake light is burnt out. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• It takes Hutch at least three, possibly four, tries to get the Torino door to shut after arriving at the 4th Street Gym. (Golden Angel)
• Hutch's car either doesn't have an air conditioner or it doesn't work. (Death in a Different Place)

People call the Torino a tomato
• Hutch (Plague, Hutchinson for Murder One, Snowstorm)
• Collandra (Psychic)
• Meredith (Black and Blue)
• Merle (Jojo)

Hutch drives the Mystery Machine, er the Torino
• Hutch drives it, apparently for the first time, on the way to Huggy’s alley. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Hutch drives it alone while he looks for Starsky. (Bloodbath)
• Hutch drives it alone to the Professor's house. (A Coffin for Starsky)
• Hutch drives it alone in his short pursuit of Billy. (Terror on the Docks)
• Hutch drives it with Starsky as a passenger as they leave the funeral parlor after Goose slugs Starsky. (Bust Amboy)
• Hutch drives it with Starsky as a passenger when he drives Starsky back to his place to sleep. (Starsky’s Lady)
• He drives it alone. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
• Hutch drives alone after Starsky jumps out. (Running)
• Starsky offers to let Hutch drive his car. (Fix)
• Hutch gets in driver’s seat but doesn’t drive the Torino. (Savage Sunday)
• Hutch drives it with drunk Starsky laying beside him and then a hung-over Starsky. (Moonshine)
• While not seen, Starsky mentions Hutch went to fill it up with gas. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)

Starsky drives Hutch’s car
• Starsky backs the LTD across the street to get gas. (Satan’s Witches)

Torino is towed
• It is towed from the airport (Plague)
• The false one is towed to the police garage. (Pilot)
• It would have had to have been with slashed tires, but a repair truck comes to alley. (Savage Sunday)
• It would have to be towed after the engine is messed with. (Targets 2)
• It would have had to have been after the explosion. (Set-Up)

Convertibles
• Hutch drives a black one while undercover. (Bait)
• Hutch drives a red and white Edsel. (Las Vegas Strangler)
• Hutch drives an old, odd silver one while hiding from Starsky. (Game)
• Hutch drives one to see Humphries. (Survival)
• Starsky drives a black one into the bay. (Playboy Island)
• Turquet has a silver one . (Huggy Bear and the Turkey)

The ubiquitous cream-colored VW bug seen in first three seasons
• Abby’s brother drives it. (Vendetta)
• Bo Rile parks in front of it by Denise Girard’s place. (Bounty Hunter)
• Hutch leaps over hood when he takes Manning down. (Nightmare)
• Hutch nearly runs into it in his chase of purse snatcher. (Fatal Charm)
• It drives by Shockley as well as the shoe shine place. (Bait)
• It drives past Denise’s cab as she exits the Jungle Club. (Bounty Hunter)
• It is by Lana’s Massage Parlor. (Action)
• It is in front of the café Fireball runs into. (Psychic, Omaha Tiger)
• It is parked around the corner from the Chapel of Bodily Invigoration. (Specialist)
• It is parked by Huggy’s puddle jumper. (Iron Mike)
• It is parked by storefront when Hutch goes to confront cultists. (Bloodbath)
• It is parked in front of the convenience store Franklin Jones robs. (Crying Child)
• It is parked in front of Eunice Craig’s house. (Pariah)
• It is parked in front of Gillian’s apartment; Torino screeches up to a stop by. (Gillian)
• It is parked in front of Guy’s school. Starsky parks the Torino in front of it. (Crying Child)
• It is parked in front of Sam the Greek’s place. (Nightmare)
• It is seen driving by Ella and Vern's getaway car by the Leland Hotel. (Running)
• It is parked in front of the car Dewey Hughes hits when he makes his getaway from the candy store. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• It is parked in front of the Playhouse. (Vampire)
• It is parked on the same block as Ginger’s massage parlor. (Action)
• It is seen during a car chase. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• It passes the Torino, when the brakes are cut. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• It pulls up in front of stand, and John-John sells a paper to its driver. (Collector)
• Sterling is rousted up against it the underground garage. (Velvet Jungle)
• The Torino does a 180 turn in front of it on the street as they go to Harper and Chandler. (Committee)
• It is parked outside the sports arena. (Savage Sunday)
• It drives by Hotel Carmel as Zachary and Carelli are watching it. (Foxy Lady)

The ubiquitous light green Ford in all four seasons
• The “light green ’73 Ford” Hutch tells Starsky this is Don’s car. (Blindfold)
• Its door is torn off by motorcycle. (Targets 2)
• It is parked on the mountain drive Starsky and Hutch chase Willits up. (Committee)
* It is the bad guys' car. They shoot from it at Starsky and Hutch in the cab. (Death Ride)
• It is seen outside the Mayer house. Starsky parks in front of it. (Crying Child)
• It is seen next to the blue car Starsky goes between on his dirt bike, bumping the door shut. (Psychic)
• It is the car that swerves in front of Starsky’s dirt bike, making him execute a sweet jump. (Psychic)
• It is seen with a man leaning on it, across the street from the Funky Chicken when Dolphin gets gumbo. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Henderson drives it but it has a different license plate. (Pilot)
• Dobey drives it to the Biggs Slate standoff. (Strange Justice)
• It is seen parked outside Durson Paint Factory, next to Denise’s car. (Bounty Hunter)
• It is in the crush of cars at the Garras crime scene. (Collector)
• It is one of the cars Maurice tries to break into and steal. (Manchild on the Streets)
• It is seen in traffic jam when Starsky and Hutch chase Huggy and Junior (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Carl Starger drives it when he follows Starsky to the meet with Dobey and Hutch. (Tap Dancing)
• 131 GPE, parked in front of Funky Chicken, Dolphin and Red’s car hits it (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• 131 GPE, gets in the way of Hutch and Billy’s car chase (Terror on the Docks)
• 131 GPE, Rodell and Cabot’s car (Satan’s Witches)
• 131 GPE, Mike Ferguson’s (Iron Mike)
• 131 GPE, Dewey Hughes’ get-away car, it belongs to Sarah Kingston. The witness describes it. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• 131 GPE, Dobey drives Hutch to Train’s house (Black and Blue)
• 131 GPE, Flent and Duran’s (Little Girl Lost)
• 131 GPE, Tom Cole’s (Hostages)

Cadillacs
• Connie’s crib has a “big black beautiful Cadillac with all the extras.” (Bait)
• Huggy drives a old red Cadillac. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Huggy has an old white Caddie. Starsky borrows it. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• Hutch comments Starsky is not a Cadillac, Ferrari, Rolls, Bentley, Corvette type of guy. (Golden Angel)
• Hutch tells the two foxy working girls, “Your caddy will be ready in a second.” (Iron Mike)
• Mac Johnson says, “Tafts end up with Cadillacs, Eddies end up at car washes.” (Omaha Tiger)
• Matt Coyle has one. (Iron Mike)
• Terry Evers has one. Starsky and Hutch question how she can afford it. (Death Ride)

Hearses
• Moon hides in black one to shoot Dobey. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
• Slade drives an old white one. (Vampire)
• O’Connor, third murdered cabbie, gets a black County Coroner’s hearse. (Quadromania)
• Dancers arrive in black one. (Bust Amboy)
• Goose drives one. (Bust Amboy)
• Billings is taken away in a black County Coroner’s hearse. (Committee)
• Dewey Hughes gets a white Coroner’s hearse. (Kill Huggy Bear)
• Elaine gets a black Coroner’s hearse. (Jojo)
• Monty Voorhees gets a black County Coroner’s hearse. (Bounty Hunter)
• Palmer gets a black hearse. (Birds of a Feather)
• Roxy is taken away in a black County Coroner’s hearse. (Heroes)
• Mac is taken away in a black one. (Specialist)

Starsky and Hutch in the back seat
• Hutch rides in the back of Starsky’s taxi. (Tap Dancing)
• Hutch sleeps in the back of Torino. (Bust Amboy)
• Starsky rides in back of convertible. (Bait)
• Starsky rides in back of LTD. (Death in a Different Place, Jojo)
• Starsky rides in back of test drive car. (Lady Blue)
• Starsky sleeps in back of Torino. (Bust Amboy)

Huggy rides in the Torino
• He rides in the front seat with Starsky. (Plague)

Huggy and transport
• He drives a taxi. (Playboy Island)
• He owns a white Cadillac which Starsky borrows. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• He drives a red old car. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• He has a “puddle-jumper" as well as a motorcycle. (Iron Mike)

The black 1963 Chevy with decals on back window
• Dewey drives it. (Manchild on the Streets)
• Fireball drives it. (Omaha Tiger, Psychic)
• Vic Rankin drives it. (Losing Streak)
• Ella and Vern drive it. (Running)

People who drive Pintos
• Alex Drew (Specialist)
• Diana Harmon (Fatal Charm)

People who drive a yellow Mercedes
• Kate Larrabee (Cover Girl)
• Tony Mariposa (Discomania)
• Joey Carston (Ninety Pounds of Trouble)

Chicks and their transport
• Diana drives a Pinto. (Fatal Charm)
• Allison May has a little orange sports car. (Targets 2)
• Helen drives a greenish blue sports car. (Murder at Sea)
• Helen drove a Volvo. (Blue Lady)
• Abby’s transport is a VW Bug, via her brother. (Vendetta)
• Laura Kanen rides a bike. (Deckwatch)
• Chris Phelp’s car is a Datsun 280Z or 250Z. (Heroes)
• Molly Bristol rides a bike. (Collector)
• Kate Larabee’s car gets blown up. (Cover Girl)
• Denise Girard borrows her neighbors car. (Bounty Hunter)
• Ella drives a black 1963 Chevy. (Running)

Starsky or Hutch dive into car window
• Hutch dives into the Torino window as it drives. (Targets 1)
• Hutch dives into the Torino window as it drives. (Plague)
• Hutch dives into the Torino window at the hotel. (Cover Girl)

Starsky and Hutch driving things that aren’t their usual cars
• Hutch drives a big rig. (Set-Up)
• Hutch drives a bumper car. (Starsky's Lady)
• Hutch drives a convertible. (Survival)
• Hutch drives a dune buggy. (Murder at Sea)
• Hutch drives a forklift. (Tap Dancing)
• Hutch drives a green and white Kawasaki dirt bike, perhaps same as Psychic’s. (Moonshine)
• Hutch drives a motorcycle. (Starsky’s Lady)
• Hutch drives a plumbing truck. (Specialist)
• Hutch drives a red and white Edsel convertible. (Las Vegas Strangler)
• Hutch drives a Rolls Royce. (Bait)
• Hutch drives a squad car. (Pariah, Psychic)
• Hutch drives a tractor. (Trap)
• Hutch drives an old orange truck. (Targets 3)
• Hutch drives Belle. (Targets 2)
• Hutch drives Dobey’s car. (Sweet Revenge)
• Hutch drives Luke Huntley’s car back from Huggy’s. (Birds of a Feather)
• Starsky drives a 1963 two door green Chevy. (Savage Sunday)
• Starsky drives a big rig. (Set-Up)
• Starsky drives a black convertible. (Playboy Island)
• Starsky drives a black, four-door car that Hutch dislikes. (Targets 3)
• Starsky drives a crane. (Texas Longhorn)
• Starsky drives a green and white Kawasaki dirt bike, perhaps same as Moonshine’s. (Psychic)
• Starsky drives a squad car. (Tap Dancing, Committee, Psychic)
• Starsky drives an old panel van. (Death Ride)
• Starsky drives cabs. (Death Ride, Quadromania, Tap Dancing, Deckwatch)
• Starsky drives Huggy’s white Caddy. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• Starsky drives junk yard trucks. (Psychic, Bounty Hunter)
• Starsky drives the green sedan Zachary leaves for him. (Foxy Lady)
• Starsky drives the armored car to the warehouse. (Hostages)

Starsky and Hutch car walking and “bonnet” abuse on their own cars
• Starsky, Hutch and Merle walk on the on LTD. (Bloodbath)
• Starsky stands on the Torino’s back bumper to look over the fence on 6th St. (Nightmare)
• Hutch gets on the LTD. (Death in a Different Place, Pilot, Gillian, Jojo)
• Hutch gets on the fake Torino. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• Hutch gets on the Torino. (Omaha Tiger, Targets 1, Silence, Terror on the Docks, Collector, Lady Blue, Bounty Hunter, Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty, Long Walk)
• Starsky gets on the Torino. (Hutchinson for Murder One, Long Walk, Pilot, Silence Nightmare, Bounty Hunter)
• Starsky walks on the fake Torino. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• The only person who gets on the Torino’s hood that isn’t Starsky or Hutch is a construction worker after the car crash. (Partners)
• Starsky walks over the LTD's hood. (Jojo)

Evidence that Hutch can appreciate an expensive car
• He refers to the fancy convertible they drive as “a fine set of wheels.” (Bait)
• He rubs it when shopping cart bumps it. (Bait)

Episodes with no Torino, no LTD
• Murder Ward
• Las Vegas Strangler
• Action

Window are shot out on the Torino
• They are shot out by the thugs near the oft-seen underpass. (Death Ride)
• They are shot out by thugs in the police garage. (Sweet Revenge)
• They are shot out by thugs in the chase at the coffee house. (Targets 1)
• Not Starsky’s Torino, but windows are shot out by hit men. (Pilot)
• Though not by bullets, the windshield is broken. (Partners)
• The whole Torino is destroyed by a bomb. (Set-Up)

Starsky will empty out his bank account and hock the Torino
• It appears he will do it to send Gillian away. (Gillian)
• He says to Huggy he will do it to save Hutch’s life. (Plague)