You won't be disappointed!

Wonderful character development!

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

I loved the series, even with the continuity problems, when it first aired and my opinion hadn't changed over the years. When VEI released the first season in Canada, I was overjoyed. I highly recommend this series and the DVD set to any and all fans of relationship series. Although HARDCASTLE & McCORMICK is a typical Cannell production with car chases galore, at the heart the theme of the series was friendship, that between Milton Hardcastle and Mark McCormick. It was where the series was heading when it was cruelly cancelled, despite being more than high enough in the ratings to be renewed. It has truly aged well and can be enjoyed again and again.

The 'Coyote' was a kit-car for the pilot and first two seasons. It was in actuality a 'Manta Montage', a fairly popular kit car available at the time. There were a couple of minor body modifications to disguise it, but it is plain to see what it really is.It was powered by the new-at-the-time Chevy 2.8L V-6, which was a fairly sophisticated engine for it's time. This is the same engine that came in the Chevy Citation X-11.Brian Kieth, being as overweight as he was, clearly found it next to impossible to climb in and out of the Coyote easily and the scenes were filmed in such a way that this was not emphasized.The last season of the show, a 'DeLorean' DMC-12, the infamous stainless-steel, gull-winged sports car from John DeLorean was heavily modified to resemble the original coyote as close as possible. The heavy gull-wing doors were removed completely, and lots of fiberglass bodywork was created to disguise the fact that this was a completely different, much larger car. Mr. Kieth could more easily get in and out of it, so that was one big reason they switched.Side by Side, the differences between the original 'Coyote' and the DeLorean-based model were clearly obvious, and when the show used existing footage of the original Coyote interspersed with newer footage of the DeLorean-based model, the continuity of the episode was shot all to hell!The poster above mentioned that he thought the car was really a Porsche 917 race car. Not quite, but on the right track: The original car used for the Coyote, a 'Manta Montage' was a replica of sorts of the Porsche 917, although nowhere even close to the Porsche in terms of performance.

One of my all time favorites. This show had great humor in it. The time Mark tries to be a stand up, or the house party that went out of control, and the time they got involved with the CIA. The acting mixed well with the comedy. For a more mature audience than Night Rider, or the Dukes, but with all the same fun. I think that car was their trade mark. 10/10 I wish we would have it on cable.

Hardcastle And McCormick starred Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh-Kelly and featured the red Manta Montage/Coyote X car. The show involved a retired and athletic judge named Milton C. Hardcastle and convicted felon Mark McCormick driving around in a red Manta Montage/Coyote X car solving 200 cases that walked out of the retired judge's courtroom. Episodes include ROLLING THUNDER MAN IN A GLASS HOUSE THE CRYSTAL DUCK FLYING DOWN TO RIO THE PRINCE OF FAT CITY HOTSHOES LOVE THE PICTURE, HATE THE FRAME THE HOMECOMING THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED HARDCASTLE, HARDCASTLE, HARDCASTLE AND McCORMICK THE LONG AGO GIRL SURPRISE ON SEAGUL BEACH THE YANKEE CLIPPER SOMETHING'S GOING ON ON THIS TRAIN, IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER McCORMICK'S BAR AND GRILL CONVENTIONAL WARFARE THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED and A CHIP OFF THE O'L MILT.JOE SANTOS, SARAH WICKS AND JOHN HANCOCK WERE SPECIAL GUEST STARS AND MICHAEL ANSARA, CHARLES ROCKET AND STEVE LAWRENCE HAD RECURRING ROLES.