When on Earth, a Transformer typically finds a wide variety of human vehicles matching their general body plan and size available to adopt as a disguise mode. Although there are many thousands of options available, certain specific models of vehicle, however, are very popular disguises, seeing repeated use across multiple individuals and continuities.
Teletraan-1: The Transformers Wiki has certain requirements for a vehicle model to be listed here. There must be at least three unique toy molds (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the model. There must also be at least one unique character per mold: Generation One Bumblebee has four unique molds as a Volkswagen Beetle, but the only other characters who also become Beetles are all redecos of the first toy. Certain models are "lumped" together, such as the case for the Mazda RX car series, which includes the RX-7 and RX-8 types. This also, of course, takes into account the various fudging of the designs that are done in order to get a robot mode out of the toy, as well as avoid having to pay a licensing fee to the actual manufacturers (in most instances).
Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.
This policy is in place mainly due to the rampant use of redecoes as new characters, and is a little out of line with the phenomenon being explored... after all, isn't it kinda weird that out of all the myriad types of fighter jet there are in the world, that the Dassault Rafale in specific seems to pop up so often across soooooo many jet-form toy-characters?
- See also: Popular alternate modes (beasts), General Motors
Cars and trucks[]
Baja buggy[]
- Blacker / Gripper
Chevrolet Camaro[]
- Windbreaker / Carzap - Z28 (third generation)
- Sideswipe (RID)/ G1 Bluestreak (Universe) - fourth generation
- Movie Bumblebee - 1976 (second generation)
- Movie Bumblebee - 2009 (fifth generation)
Chevrolet Corvette[]
- Freeway - C4
- Motorhead - C4
- Skram - C3 hotrod
- Tracks (Alternators) / Ravage (1st Alternators body) / G1 Swerve (Alternators) - C5 Z06
- Sideswipe (ROTF) - 2010 Stingray concept
Corvette Indy[]
Dodge Viper (Chrysler)[]
- RID Side Burn (Spy Changer) / G1 Jazz (Universe)
Ford Mustang[]
- Trip-Up - First Generation (1960s hot rod)
- G1 Grimlock (Alternators) / G1 Wheeljack (Alternators) - Fifth Generation (2005)
- Movie Barricade - Fifth Generation (Saleen S281)
Lamborghini Countach[]
- G1 Sideswipe / G1 Red Alert / Clamp Down / Deep Cover / Tigertrack - LP500S
- Sunstreaker - LP500S
- G1 Breakdown - LP500S
- Free Wheeler / Deadwheeler - LP500 Quattrovalvole
- Laster / Motorvator Flame - 25th Anniversary
Lamborghini Diablo[]
Mazda RX[]
- Camshaft - RX-7FC3S
Pontiac Firebird Trans Am[]
- Windcharger / Camaro / Tailgate / Universe Rook - Third Generation
- Runamuck - Third Generation
- Roadhandler / Gunrunner - Third Generation
Porsche 928S[]
- Mini-spy Porsche
Porsche 959[]
Porsche 962[]
Military vehicles[]
M1 Abrams[]
- Movie Brawl/Devastator - heavily modified "stealth tank"
- Gigatank (component of Masterforce Overlord)
- G2 Megatron / Megastorm
- G1 Megatron (Hero) / Archforce / RID Bludgeon
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II[]
Boeing AH-64 Apache copter[]
Rockwell B-1 Lancer[]
- G1 Blackout & Spaceshot (the two robots combine to form a single vehicle)
Dassault Rafale[]
- G1 Skywarp (Machine Wars) / G1 Thundercracker (Machine Wars) / BWII Dirge / RID Skyfire / Wing Stun / Waspinator (Timelines)
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk[]
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle[]
- G1 Starscream / G1 Skywarp / G1 Thundercracker / G1 Sunstorm / G1 Ramjet / G1 Dirge / G1 Thrust (Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust were modified F-15s)
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon[]
- Needlenose - F-16XL
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor[]
- Hooligan / G1 Jetfire (Cyberjet) / R-Blade / Universe Wind Sheer / Timelines Ricochet - Navalized ATF
- G1 Skywarp / G1 Starscream / G1 Thundercracker (IDW continuity, non-toy appearances)
- Movie Starscream / Movie Thundercracker / Movie Game Skydive (non-toy appearance) / Movie Ramjet / Movie Skywarp
Miscellaneous[]
Concorde[]
Space Shuttle Orbiter[]
- Blast Master & Phaser (the two robots combine to form a single vehicle)
- Jetfire (Armada); his Energon form was a different shuttle, too.