Sir Topham Hatt's Car

Sir Topham Hatt uses his car to go to places when the engines are busy, or to see what the engines are doing. It once caused trouble when he drove it into a pothole, but he thinks it very reliable, and wouldn't want to get to work in any other vehicle.

Despite its usual blue colour, the car has taken on many forms throughout the years. It was blue in the Railway Series, but consisted of two different models in the television series. In jigsaws and other merchandise, the car is yellow, except for one where it is red. The plausible explanation is that the Fat Controller has more than one car.

In all cases, his car is presented as a typical vehicle of the 1940s. It is either loosely based on a Jowett Javelin or a Rover.

Trivia

 * Sir Topham Hatt's car is currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
 * In the season 13 episode Slippy Sodor, the car had three accidents, but oddly no scratch.
 * The car's model changed in season 5, making it more similar to its Railway Series counterpart.
 * In the same season, the car is seen moving on-screen for the first time in Cranky Bugs. This allowed it to play roles in later episodes, such as Lady Hatt's Birthday Party, while it was previously only used as a background element.
 * It's Wooden Railway, Take-Along, and Take-n-Play models are convertibles.
 * In the Thomas and Percy and the Dragon book, Sir Topham Hatt's car is based on a Ford Model T.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Learning Curve Wooden
 * Take-Along
 * Take-n-Play
 * Bandai Tecs (blue and yellow; discontinued)
 * De Agostini