Cobra Kai: The Make & Model Of Johnny's Car
What kind of car does Cobra Kai protagonist Johnny Lawrence drive in the show? Karate Kid sequel series Cobra Kai has gone from a sleeper hit to one of Netflix’s most-watched shows since it debuted in 2018. Set some thirty years after the original Karate Kid saga, the series sees Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence and follows their characters as they rekindle their old rivalry when Johnny reopens the Cobra Kai dojo.
Cobra Kai reveals the pair have undergone a reversal of fortunes in the intervening years, with underdog Daniel now a successful businessman and family man while the once-wealthy Johnny now a down-on-his-luck handyman and semi-functional alcoholic. Daniel and Johnny’s car situations are symbolic of this reversal too. In The Karate Kid, Daniel was stuck borrowing his mom’s old Chevy station wagon while in Cobra Kai he’s running a car dealership chain and driving an expensive Audi S7. Conversely, Johnny drove a brand-new red Avanti convertible in Karate Kid that symbolized his status whereas by Cobra Kai he’s driving a beat-up 1991 model of what's considered the ultimate mid-life crisis car – a red Pontiac Firebird.
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Johnny does upgrade his worn-out wheels, however – or rather he’s forced to. Towards the end of Cobra Kai season 1, his beloved Firebird is torched by Daniel’s cousin Louie LaRusso (Bret Ernst) and his biker pals in retaliation for Johnny vandalizing a billboard advertising Daniel’s dealership. Feeling partly responsible, Daniel offers to compensate Johnny with a replacement car from his dealership’s trade-in lot. Though Daniel tries to steer him towards a more
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