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Police clocked a "Dukes of Hazzard" style Dodge Charger at over 110 miles an hour in Houston, leading to a high speed chase at times topping 120 miles an hour. The chase didn't end at the side of the road, but in the suspect's apartment, with him hiding in the shower. More »
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At something shy of five minutes, Parigot, a French-made animated film, would be a tough sell for a car chase movie. For one thing, there are no cars in it, only a bicycle powered by an outboard engine vintage motorcycle. But what’s lost in horsepower is more than made up for with sheer speed, disconcerting avian swarms and a breathtaking, mega-Euro cityscape. Go watch. More »
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Australian carjackers hate circles, which may explain why this young thief separated the wheels from a Porsche Boxster and a pickup truck in a single car chase. More »
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A British police officer thrown into the air after being hit by a stolen BMW managed to not only jump up but then run after and arrest the driver. Who needs Robocop when you have Dan Pascoe? More »
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The London Metropolitan Police had just 35 minutes to get a donor liver 29 miles across central London. Here's the real video of them playing one deadly serious game of relay. Can the two Rover SD1 police cars make it? More »
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67-year-old Lorraine P. Levine of Arlington, Texas attempted to mow down a police officer directing traffic at the funeral for a recently slain police officer yesterday. Her excuse? She halved her dosage of Xanax that morning. More »
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The only way to stop this reckless teenager terrorizing Ohio in a stolen dump truck last Sunday was to let the teen crash it. Watch the police wait and hope he doesn't take out all their squad cars. More »
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The latest Jamiorquai video involves frontman Jay Kay in a chopper chasing a classic 911 Carrera RS. The Porsche footage is great, but who is he chasing? Is it the pastry chef that damaged his Enzo? Get to the chopper! More »
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The incredible Brazilian Grand Theft Auto chase wouldn't have lasted quite as long in South Africa, where shotgun-wielding super cops will jump into your stolen truck and throw you out of it. More »
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Last year Ben Pluimer interviewed for a TV job, and was asked if he'd ever directed or shot car chases. He said yes, went home, shot this, and sent it back to them. He didn't get the job. More »
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Video games may not cause crime, but it's hard to watch this spectacularly violent Brazilian car chase and not wonder how much GTA this guy played to think he could drive over a bunch of cops and not get shot. More »
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An alleged carjacker crashed through the fence at Dallas Love Field airport moments ago, pursued by police while on only three wheels. The video's pretty amazing and the just-apprehended driver is amazingly toast. More »
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This classic gem of police chase incompetence opens with a woman in a Honda Accord literally driving circles around the pursuing officers and closes with the same woman outwitting one of the cops out of his squad car. More »
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Even a Swiss Army knife-equipped MacGyver couldn't hide that a major chase scene from the show's first season was lifted wholesale from the 1969 film The Italian Job. Luckily, mullets and Minis go together like cheesy music and ‘80s TV. More »
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Unarguably the most famous car chase in movie history, the Mustang versus Charger scene in Bullitt defined not only the movie, but Steve McQueen's image. Here's the original script, calling for high speeds, gunfire and a ball of flame. More »
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Did the 1958 film The Lineup influence the makers of that better-known San Francisco car-chase movie a decade later? More »
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The famous chase sequence in Bullitt was just about perfect, but it lacked a few crucial components. For example, where was the church procession blocking the road? The oil drums bursting on the pavement? And where was the Fiat? More »
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You would think a two-minute short film starring octopuses in love and in which the fastest vehicle is a Piaggio Ape cannot possibly be filled with fast-paced action. But you would be wrong. More »
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From Los Angeles, where this sort of thing happens all the time, comes this illuminating helicopter-cam footage of a plucky and tenacious yet felonious Honda Fit driver. Video after the jump. More »
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Bailing on a moving stolen vehicle in the middle of a car chase makes you a bad criminal. Bailing on a moving stolen vehicle with your girlfriend still inside makes you an awful boyfriend. Defending the driver? You're Dylan Ratigan. More »
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We cannot explain anything about this video, but "Ultimate Muscle Roller Legend" is equal parts WTF and NSFW. Under no circumstances should you open this at work, unless you work for an uber-gay motorcycle builder. More »
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This Connecticut man had his heart set on the boat above. After being told someone else had purchased it, he decided to attach it to his truck and drive off with it. Bad idea. [CNN] More »
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A traffic stop led to a car chase and now a police standoff between the Secret Service, LAPD, a laser-shooting robot and the President-threatening passengers of this red VW Beetle. The health care debate has officially gone wacky. [FoxNews] More »
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If you're 14, don't hop in dad's Chevy Tahoe with friends for a DQ-run then flee from the cops at 100 MPH after an illegal left turn. It's not worth discovering earthen berms make great ramps. More »
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America's favorite car chase team, led by the maestro Shep Smith, follows the most GTA-style chase in recent memory. There are U-turns, spike strips, parking garages, and even a dude jumping off the roof! [FoxNews] More »
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Fox News' Shep Smith has, once again, raised car chase commentary to an art form. OMG, he's in the HOV lane! Someone tweet about this! It's a road warrior! Bless you, sir. [Fox News] More »
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Well here we are, Round 2 of Jalopnik-style madness. After the first round of voting, we've eliminated half of the 32-car field. And there sure were some upsets; Parnelli Jones' Big Oly Bronco losing to some white Italian car being perhaps the most shocking. We even had a last minute buzzer-beater, with "Billy" beating out the Rolls Limo by only 2 votes! But, now it's time to vote our sweet 16 down to an elite 8. We'll be one step closer to figuring out which car you think is the coolest on-screen in the 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds. Update: Polls have closed, voting for Round Three here. More »
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Yesterday, we gave you the brackets. Today, the voting begins and Jalopnik-style March Madness ensues. If you haven't finalized your own bracket for the office pool just yet, hurry up! The field of 32 cars from the original 1974 film Gone In 60 Seconds is about to get narrowed down by your votes. At the end this round, we'll be down to 16 sweet rides. Ultimately, we want to find out what you think the coolest car in the movie is. Now some cars are cool all by themselves, but you also have to consider what role they played on screen. So who knows what the results will look like? Update: Polls for Round 1 are closed. Vote in Round 2 here. More »
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Interested in all the March madness tournament bracketry, but not really into college hoops? Maybe you're looking for a way to redeem yourself after penciling-in Duke to go all the way? Whatever the case, we've decided to throw our own Jalopnik-style bracket-madness party! Instead of basketball, we've got cars! And don't think this isn't some randomly-selected field of Consumer Reports top choices. What we have is a 32-car selection from one of the coolest car movies ever made: the original Gone In 60 Seconds from 1974. Through the rest of this week and part of next, your votes will be tallied to decide the winners of each face-off. Polls will open tomorrow, so that gives you today to print out your own bracket, fill in your predictions, tell your buddies, and make up your own office pool. It also gives you time to go watch the movie, but if you want just a quick refresher, we've provided that too. More »
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Hollywood loves a good car chase and has, over the years, created certain conventions that are normally followed. Car chases almost always wind their way through crowded streets, over fruit carts/stands and within inches of certain danger. Apparently, Bollywood has its own car chasing/racing schtick: newsstand instead of fruit cart, open highways instead of narrow streets and, not surprisingly, dancing instead of danger. Boxster versus Mitsubishi GTO, who will win? Sanju or Sahiil, who will dance better? Furniture storm FTW! (Thanks to Dr.Danger for the tip) [YouTube, Wikipedia] More »
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Yesterday, Fort Worth's finest were in the middle of a pursuit with an old white Crown Vic that was involved in a gas station robbery (Is it just me, or does the sketchiest behavior always occur in decommissioned police cars?). Suddenly, a maroon truck sped past. The truck's driver, who was likely intoxicated, thought he was the one being chased and decided to realize his own worst fears by inciting the FWPD to pursue him. Both drivers were eventually caught, along with a third suspect involved in a separate chase on the other side of town, coincidentally occurring at around the same time. We can only imagine how many highball glasses of second-shelf hooch the local news producers knocked back after their shift. – Matt Hardigree More »
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You'd probably never think to relegate the dual between Steve McQueen and the Dodge Charger—driving hoods in "Bullitt" beneath any other car chase put to film. But then you remember — with help from Entertainment Weekly — why it's rightfully in second position. Two words: Popeye Doyle. [Thanks to pas Montreal for the tip.] More »
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