Two iconic vehicles with connections to famed movie franchises — “Back to the Future” and “The Fast and the Furious” — will be on display in September with Spa-Con Infinity Eighth Edition, bringing together comics and pop culture fans from across the region at the Hot Springs Convention Center.

“We’ll have a 1981 DMC DeLorean featured in ‘Back to the Future’ and the actual 1985 Pontiac Fiero used in ‘The Fast and the Furious 9 (Fast Saga),'” Visit Hot Springs special events manager Alexis Hampo said. “And Scott Velvet, owner of the Celebrity Car Museum, will be with us to showcase these iconic cars. It’s bound to be great.”

Spa-Con Infinity: Eighth Edition  will run from September 20-22 with weekend passes and VIP passes available now at www.spa-con.org.

The 1981 DMC DeLorean Time Machine, the iconic car from the “Back to the Future” trilogy, has the ability to time travel because of the flux capacitor. In the first movie of the series Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is sent back in the time-traveling DeLorean that was invented by scientist Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd).

The 1985 Pontiac Fiero used in “The Fast and The Furious 9 (Fast Saga)” has rocket engines attached, giving it the ability to fly. The car was designed by the character Sean Boswell (Lucas Black) and driven by the character Roman Pearce (Tyrese Gibson). The car was used by Roman and Tej Parker (Ludacris) to travel to outer space and destroy a satellite. 

“It’s always such a great time having Scott Velvet come to Spa-Con,” Hampo said. “Over the last few years he has brought in some vehicles worthy of celebrity status and this year is no different. Both cars fit in with our space branding this year, which I think is super cool. One car time-travels, and the other was launched into outer space, how fitting for Spa- Con.”

DeLorean and 1985 Pontiac Fiero will be on display at Spa-Con Infinity in Hot Springs this September. Photos Courtesy Visit Hot Springs.