Picture Car Glossary

VFX vehicle or digital car

What is a vFX vehicle or digital car?

Updated June 2026 · Revolution Picture Cars

A VFX vehicle or digital car is a computer-generated picture vehicle created by the visual effects department rather than using a real physical car.

Digital cars are used when a required vehicle does not exist, when stunts are too dangerous to perform physically, when a scene requires vehicle counts or destruction impossible to achieve practically, or when the production needs a futuristic or fictional vehicle design. Even when digital cars are used, a real hero car is often photographed for reference and to match lighting, surfacing, and dimensional accuracy in the CGI model.