Factual error: Neighbor states: '72 Challenger, 4.9-liter, V8. The '72 Challenger came with a 3.7-liter slant-6, 5.2 and 5.6-liter V8. (00:11:30)
Suggested correction: Sounds like the neighbor is mistaken, which would just be a character mistake. Remember, the car wasn't his. He had just inherited it, recently as Hutch points out. He admittedly didn't even know the correct 0 to 60 time.
Deliberate mistake: Hutch is in the trunk of a BMW 7 series ranging in years from 2001-2008. The trunk is equipped with an interior trunk release cable if somebody gets trapped in the trunk. While the car is in motion Hutch manages to free himself of his handcuffs and open the trunk. If the trunk is opened while the vehicle is on a light would flash on the drivers display alerting him/her to "trunk ajar" with a little picture of a car with an open trunk. I know I had one for 5 years. (00:51:50)
Suggested correction: What you described is true, but there's no mistake in the movie. We never see the dash when he opened the trunk, so you can't say it didn't come on. Then he only had the trunk open for about 10 seconds, and we don't know what anyone in the car said. The driver might not have noticed it, noticed it and saw it went back off, or said something about it. But less than 15 seconds later, Hutch breaks into the back seat and starts attacking, so even if the driver did notice it, it's pointless now.
Continuity mistake: When Hutch kicks open the door at the couples house, it changes color and style in the next scene.
Suggested correction: If you're talking about the couple that robbed him, Hutch never kicked any door open. The couple lives in an enclosed apartment building and when he leaves, he goes to open their front door (which would lead to a hallway). When the shot changes, he's now exiting the apartment building itself (which leads to the outside). So it's a different door.
Factual error: The film begins and ends with Hutch handcuffed in custody, being interrogated by two police detectives. He was apprehended at the scene of a major violent crime with many fatalities, he has a gunshot wound, and he's a likely murder suspect. In real life, Hutch would be strip searched and treated for injuries under tight security, and he would not be allowed to carry personal effects into the subsequent interrogation. But during the interrogation, Hutch impossibly produces a pack of cigarettes and lighter, a can of cat food, a metal can opener and a live kitten from inside his jacket.
Suggested correction: You're missing the concept that he was a special individual. He would not be treated as you suggest, because of the uniqueness of his character.
His "special" status was unknown until the end of the film, when the two detectives simultaneously receive phone calls with orders to release him. Before that, he was still in handcuffs and being interrogated, and his identity was still a mystery to the police.
