Galpin Auto Sports of Van Nuys, California, built this custom 2008 Ford Mustang GT for the 2010 movie Kick-Ass. It featured prominently in the superhero send-up, driven by character Chris D'Amico, a.k.a. Red Mist, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse. In a memorable scene, Red Mist meets up with main character Dave Lizewski—the masked crusader and movie’s namesake, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson—and offers to join forces as his crime-fighting sidekick. “Come on man. I’ve got something I want to show you. …Meet the Mist Mobile,” he proclaims as the modded Mustang is revealed onscreen for the first time. The two ride around the streets of New York City at night, with Red Mist running through the car’s many custom features, including red “mood lighting” and the signature nitrous-purging hood scoop with red LED lighting that creates “the mist.”

Film director Matthew Vaughn reached out to Galpin Auto Sports ahead of the movie’s production, seeking a hero car with its own distinct character. What Galpin delivered was far from a simple cosmetic shell, but rather a fully functioning, high-performance custom build, with top-tier components from Ford Racing, Vortech, and others. Galpin tapped designer Rich Evans of Huntington, California, to sketch the one-off body kit. Once approved, Galpin built it out in Torch Red with black graphics and Red Mist logos to match the character’s costume, and added “scissor” doors that open upward, along with color-matched 20-inch wheels for further effect.

Galpin enhanced the Mustang GT’s already potent 4.6-liter V-8 with a Vortech V-3 supercharger kit, cold-air intake system, Flowmaster exhaust, and the nitrous-oxide setup. The stock Tremec five-speed manual was retained, but Galpin lowered and stiffened the suspension with Ford Racing springs and shocks and enhanced stopping power with a Wilwood braking components.

The fully customized black and red leather interior gained racing-style seats, auxiliary gauges, and a color-matched three-spoke steering wheel. The rear seats were removed in favor of a clean, uninterrupted custom-trimmed parcel shelf that extended into the open cargo area. The enhanced audio and infotainment system featured a seven-inch Kenwood touchscreen head unit with DVD, CD, and navigation capabilities, 1,000-watt subwoofers, front and rear cameras with in-dash monitors, and two prominent toggle switches on the center console to operate the nitrous system. The factory air conditioning, power steering, power windows, and power doors locks remained intact.

Galpin reportedly produced two Red Mist Mustangs, but the example offered here, which went on display at the 2010 Anaheim Comicon around the time of the film’s debut, is the only one to have been used in actual filming, according to the consignor. Now offered with just under 942 miles showing at cataloguing time, this infamous Mist Mobile is ready for more hijinks and adventures with a new owner.