Gallery: if movie cars were rubbish

What if Bruce Wayne didn't have a trust fund? Or Michael Knight didn't know billionaire philanthropist Wilton Knight? Or Doc Brown hadn't robbed some plutonium off the Libyans?

So you don't have to trouble your imagination, Milan-based artist Gerald Bear has done the necessary, transforming Optimus Prime into a Piaggio Ape, Mad Max's Holden Interceptor into a Lancia Y10, and David Starsky's Gran Torino into a Fiat Panda.

Click on for the rest of his creations. And if you hit this link, you can download your very own paper craft Optimus Piaggio.