Lola

"Don't touch Lola!"

- Phil Coulson to a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician

L.O.L.A (Levitating Over Land Automobile), often refered to as "Lola", is a cherry red belonging to S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson. Lola bears a California licence plate bearing the license number 681 PCE.

When in flight mode, the wheels would fold down and open up to reveal a hover device of some sort and the Corvette badge on the rear of the vehicle would flip over to reveal the S.H.I.E.L.D. insignia.

Quality Time
Robert Coulson would spend time with his son Phil tinkering with the red Corvette that would become known as "Lola". The two would work on the car even when Phil desired to be elsewhere.

Coulson's Personal Car
"Don't touch Lola!"

- Skye

Phil Coulson shows Skye that Lola is a flying car when he is called back to the Bus to help with the identification of an 0-8-4.

While at The Sandbox, Felix Blake touches Lola as he leaves the Bus after he and Coulson have a conversation about S.H.I.E.L.D. protocol and Coulson's Team.

While in Mexico doing research into Skye's past, Melinda May decides to tell Coulson about her sexual relationship with Grant Ward as they sit in Lola. After they spot former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Richard Lumley, Coulson chases him with Lola. After Lumley starts to climb away,  Coulson activates Lola's flight mode and tells him that he is with S.H.I.E.L.D.

During the HYDRA Uprising in which Grant Ward and Deathlok took control of the Bus with Skye as their captive, Coulson snuck in through the landing gear compartment, opened the cargo door, and rescued her with Deathlok in pursuit. They then literally jumped into Lola with both Deathlok and Ward firing at them to which Coulson retaliated by firing rounds from machine guns in the headlights to distract them as they reverse out of the cargo bay with the Bus in mid-flight. Skye almost fell out after not following Coulson's order to "buckle-up", but was pulled back in as they activated Lola's flight mode and flew down to the ground. They landed in a street parking space to which the parking inspector asked them for the parking fee.

Lance Hunter asked Skye if she ever jumped from a plane during their mission to Morocco. She told him about the experience she and Coulson had with Lola.

Using Lola as a Decoy
"It's not the first time you've taken a look under Lola's hood, is it?"

- Phil Coulson to Alphonso Mackenzie

Though he was impressed with the work Alphonso Mackenzie had done on a 1962 limousine, Coulson told Mackenzie that he was not permitted to repair Lola.

Mackenzie told Leo Fitz that he hoped to repair the real Lola as he drove a radio controlled toy version of the car through the hallways of the Playground. Fitz lifted the toy and asked if it could fly; Mackenzie told him it could not.

Phil Coulson praised the miniature version of Lola that Alphonso Mackenzie had given him when Mackenzie asked if he could work on the real version. Coulson asked if the miniature could fly; Mackenzie told him it could not. However, it did have a camera which Mackenzie used to find the location of the Toolbox.

Standing beside Lola on the Bus, Melinda May and Alphonso Mackenzie discussed the disappearance of Lance Hunter and Mackenzie's whereabouts.

While Alphonso Mackenzie was looking under the hood of Lola, Phil Coulson confronted him on his loyalty to S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson said that he knew everything about the vehicle and was amazed at how the toy replica that Mackenzie gave him was so exact, except for one piece of equipment that Coulson knew was a camera.

A New Driver
Skye drove Lola to visit her father, who had recently gone through the T.A.H.I.T.I.-related procedures in order to erase his memories, after assisting S.H.I.E.L.D. against the Inhumans.

Specifications
"People tend to confuse the words 'new' and 'improved'."

- Phil Coulson to Grant Ward

Lola is a fully restored S.H.I.E.L.D. collectable. A 1962 Chevrolet Corvette with modifications based on designs and technologies developed by Howard Stark, Lola is flight capable (VTOL) and equipped with flamethrowers, machine guns and the world's first GPS system. She holds clear sentimental value to Coulson with him reciting "Don't touch Lola!" to lower-level agents not a part of his team. It has become something of a mantra of his, even being recited by Skye to a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician when Coulson goes missing.

Trivia

 * A miniature version of Lola sits behind Coulson's desk in his office at the Playground.

Behind the Scenes

 * In the Season 1 gag reel, a clip shows Lola unintentionally locked as Clark Gregg and Chloe Bennet attempt to board the car.