In the first three films, he is able to transform into a long-nosed conventional Peterbilt 379 semi-truck rather than the cab over design of his original Generation 1 body. In Transformers: Age of Extinction, he gains a first generation-style trailer form before changing into a 2014 Western Star 5700 Concept.
In this case, the original was based on a cabover Kenworth K100. This would eventually be changed into a Peterbilt 379. In fact, everything about the design of Optimus Prime “transformed,” so to speak. The truck now features a blue and red flame design and is no longer a cabover.
This is how the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, originally appeared. He was briefly changed to a Peterbilt truck for some of the earlier Transformers films, but director Steven Caple Jr.
In these movies, Optimus Prime is able to transform into a conventional Peterbilt 379 cab, rather than the cab over design of his original Generation 1 body. In Transformers: Dark of the Moon, he regains his first generation trailer.
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What truck is Megatron?
The 2006 Mack Granite military truck was converted to portray Megatron's vehicle form in the third cinematic film released under director Michael Bay in 2011. Since then, Megatron has appeared at various locations across America before landing at Mack Trucks Historical Museum in Allentown, PA.
Ironhide is the Autobots' stalwart weapons specialist and an old friend of Optimus Prime. He appears in the first three movies with the disguise of a GMC Topkick pickup truck. And this thing is big. Ten thousand pounds big.
In the original line of toys and in the animated series, Bumblebee is a small yellow Volkswagen Beetle. In the live action movies, he has appeared as vehicles inspired by the Chevrolet American muscle cars – with the live-action film versions being a yellow Camaro with black racing stripes.
Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime: The leader of the Autobots who transforms into a rusty 1977 Marmon 97 semi truck and later, a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 XE semi-trailer truck with flame decals.
Design choice really that and they wanted to make him a good looking truck that children would recognize. Hence his design became that of a modern Peterbilt truck and he has since used it in fact this predates the movies by a good I want to say 10 almost 15 years.
Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime / Nemesis Prime: The leader of the Autobots, who is searching for the truth about his Creators. In this film, he transforms into a blue and red 2014 Western Star 5700 Custom semi-trailer truck.
The first-generation Optimus Prime transforms into a Freightliner FL86 cab over semi truck. Within his chest is a mystic talisman, known as the Autobot Matrix of Leadership or the "Creation Matrix", carried by all Autobot leaders.
In 1956 Kenworth lost independent status and became a division directly under Pacific Car and Foundry. In 1954, Pacific Car acquired the Dart Truck Company of Kansas City, Missouri, and the Peterbilt Motors Company, of Oakland, California.
The 1992 Peterbilt 379 that portrayed Optimus Prime in the popular Transformer films sold at a Barret-Jackson auction over the weekend for $110,000. NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick bought the custom truck which the film's director, Michael Bay, said can do donuts at 70 mph, according to autoguide.com.
Plus Optimus has survived countless one-on-one encounters with Megatron and other high calibre Deceptions, in the same position Bumblebee wouldn't stand a chance. That's not to say Bumblebee is inept, he is faster and I'd say more agile than Optimus, but Optimus is vastly stronger and more tactically aware.
He even inflicted great pain on them to control them, showing just how much power he wields over those who serve him. Weak only to the power of the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, Unicron is easily the most powerful Transformer.
Hendrick, an avid car collector in addition to his day jobs as NASCAR team owner and the nation's largest Chevrolet dealer, paid $110,000 Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Collector-Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, to purchase "Optimus Prime," a 1979 custom Peterbilt truck used in the filming of the first " ...
Optimus Prime from the Transformers live-action saga just found a new home in the garage of Rick Hendrick. The owner of Hendrick Motorsports paid no less than $110,000 for the truck you can admire in the gallery below, which is top dollar for an old semi.
Like many of the vehicle-based characters in the live action films, Galvatron transforms into a real life vehicle (not one made up for the film). In this case his vehicle mode is the Daimler Freightliner Argosy 2014.
In the movie, the GMC TopKick serves as the tactical and cool-headed right-hand robot that helps save the world from the Decepticons, evil robots from an alien world.
