"Speed Buggy" would not be the last time Hanna-Barbera incorporated automobiles into animation. Both "Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch" and "Wonder Wheels" also featured cars that were able to talk and act like humans. Perlmutter grouped the three shows together, calling them a "trilogy". "Wonderbug", an occasional live-action segment on ABC's "The Krofft Supershow" (1976-1978), featured three teenagers and a talking dune buggy and often drew comparisons to "Speed Buggy" and "The Love Bug". Also compared to the show was Adult Swim's "Mike Tyson Mysteries", with "Rolling Stone"s James Montgomery calling it an ode to classic cartoons like "Speed Buggy", "Scooby-Doo", and "Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels".