Editing Mach Five (section)

=== Film ===
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[[File:Mach5 Comic-Con2007.jpg|thumb|Mach 5 from the [[Speed Racer (film)|live action motion picture]] at the 2007 Comic-Con International]]
The Mach Five appears in the live-action film adaptation ''[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]'', directed by the [[The Wachowskis|Wachowski siblings]] and released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]].<ref name="bbcreport">{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/special_features/speed_racer.shtml |title= Movies - Speed Racer Special Report |last=  |first=  |date=|website=  |publisher= [[BBC]] |access-date=April 11, 2024 }}</ref><ref name="usatoday">{{cite news |last= Bowles |first=Scott |date=May 30, 2007 |title=First look: 'Speed Racer's' demon on wheels |trans-title= |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-30-speed-racer_N.htm |url-status= |language= |work=[[USA Today]] |location= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602124009/https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2007-05-30-speed-racer_N.htm |archive-date=June 2, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2024}}</ref> 

Mach Five was almost identical in design to the original anime and was used in the film's main races with an actual vehicle. However, the car was rarely driven on real roads, instead it was hung on a crane and the effects were generated by [[computer graphics]].<ref name="usatoday"/> 

The film portrays the Mach Five as initially a [[street-legal vehicle|street legal]] family vehicle, allowing for it to feature a rear compartment that Spritle and Chim-Chim later use to stow away in the vehicle. The Mach Five is later modified with gadgets and becomes Speed's alternate car for off-track races such as the Casa Cristo 5000, as well as everyday driving like a normal car. The Mach Five originally belonged to Speed's older brother Racer X.  Rex, who relinquished ownership of it to Speed before he left the Racer home. 

Along with the Mach Five, the movie features the "Mach 4" and the "Mach 6", two different single-seater cars created specifically for stunt races. The designs of the Mach 4 and Mach 6 are vaguely reminiscent of the Mach Five's (as in the original American comics), although the only functions the Mach 6 features are the jump jacks, which are standard equipment in race cars in the movie.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/video/trailer/vi2175926553/ IMDb Video: Speed Racer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 
Little about the Mach 4 is known, as it appears only briefly in the film and is portrayed as a red-colored companion to the 6.
Speed's main car for races on the WRL track (Thunderhead, etc.) is the Mach 6. The Mach 6 was destroyed in a fixed race, but was later rebuilt for the film's final race.