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Top Ten Best Movie Police Car Chases, With A Twist

Police car chases are as much a part of American cinema as the sappy love story and the life-like animated robot movie. With so many directors having tackled the police chase it has become a bountiful field from which to pluck perfectly formed flowers of destruction and tire smoke. As we continue our Jalopnik Automotive Amerigasm this week with the second part of our review of the 2008 Dodge Charger Police Edition, we figured we should see what the celluloid forefathers of this blacked out beast have been able to do on film. Except, the "top ten car chases" thing's been done so many times it's not funny. Since we know there's more out there than the usual Bullitt-to-Bandit list we've shaken things up a little — with five of the obvious best and five of the not-so-obvious best — silver screen police car chases. So grab your popcorn and hit the jump. More »

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12:30 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
8,569 views, 126 comments

Latest by om nom de plume: FOR FUCKS SAKE YOU MORONS.... THIS IS POLICE CHASES ONLY !!! GOD DAMN IT more »

fast and furious

Fast And Furious First Production Stills, Movie Both Grand And National

That's right, the fourth installment of The Fast And The Furious is to be called, merely, Fast And Furious, and here are the first pics. We wonder if calling it Fast and Furious means it isn't too fast, nor too furious, but just right. Among the cars featured you'll notice Vin Diesel's Chevelle SS, which we've seen before, and a Buick Grand National (non GNX), which is new to us. If you'd expect those to be the only cars in the film, you'd probably be wrong.

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10:40 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Matt Hardigree
7,102 views, 77 comments

Latest by toyotaboy: vin diesel loves him some classic cars more »

fast and the furious

Vin Diesel's Chevelle Pops A Fast, Furious WheelStand In New Movie

This here is some leaked video from the set of the fourth installment of the rice-sploitation The Fast And The Furious movie franchise. Remember that famous scene at the end of the first film, where Vin Diesel's blown Dodge Charger pops a massive WheelStand (by the way, we never remember if it's two words or if the "S" is capitalized — but we like how this looks)? Well it looks like the pacifier is at it again, this time in a Chevelle. Lined up against the Chevy looks to be a BMW M5, Nissan Silvia, and Skyline GT-R. Now if you're not a FatF fanboy, this raw footage is still enjoyable, seeing as it's lacking any of the mind-numbing dialogue and ridiculous story line the upcoming movie will likely have.
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11:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Mark Arnold
11,563 views, 88 comments

Latest by n/a: Sorry, but no way. Unless you have some good slicks or maybe some nice large mickey t's wrapped around those rear tires... you are not doing to pull a wheelie without some trickery (like the wieghts). In order to get more »

retro

Manta Manta Revisited: The English-Dubbed Trailer

If you've been around Jalopnik for a while, you already know that Manta Manta is perhaps the greatest German street racing film ever made. But for those of us not fluent in Deutsch, we've been left wondering what exactly is going on. Well, now thanks to this recently discovered English-dubbed trailer for Manta Manta, us 'mericans, Brits, Aussies, and whoever else now can really begin to understand just how totally awesome the movie is. And remember: Leaded gas lowers your car, giving you an edge.

4:30 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Mark Arnold
2,891 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: Shuto Kousuko Trial is better, and just as 80's more »

hoon of the day

Fast And Furious Chinese Drifting With Pregnant Passengerey

We're not so sure that drifting is a sport, but that doesn't stop those Chinese hoons from doing it. Yep, the language of drifting has apparently been outsourced translated into Mandarin. The Chinese apparently prefer to drift in... Japanese cars. What? Were you expecting a BYD? But wait, they haven't just ripped off the drifting formula and made it cheaper... they genuinely added something to the not-sport. Yes, we now have drifting with a pregnant woman riding shotgun— and in public traffic no less! Yes, that child is gonna be a real hoon prodigy.

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3:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
5,366 views, 49 comments

Latest by LuciferV8: That vid just makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.Nissan should base a commercial off the concept. more »

offbeat news

Polish Police Okay Limited Street Racing

Rejoice szybki i wściekły, you now have at least one sanctioned street racing venue. According to our favorite news source ever, Annanova, police in the Polish city of Lodz have defined sections of the city which will be open to no holds barred street racing. This is an attempt by authorities to concentrate street racing in one area to reduce the widespread racing throughout the city. While we like the reasoning and believe in sanctioned and safe racing, we can't help to think since this involves our occasionally ill-advised ancestors, it can only end in multi-vehicle/farm animal pileups.

8:00 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,872 views, 13 comments

Latest by maxwaver: This concept is crazy. JonMiles you're correct, for a rush in the US, race ze polizei. If you lose, the police willl drive you! more »

tuners

Fast And Furious 4 Mustang Built Live For Auto Show Crowd

If you're like us, you're waiting for the next Fast and Furious movie with bated breath. And since plot and dialogue are of decreasing importance to the series, they're already trotting out cars for the next installment. An early example is a heavily modified 2008 Mustang put together by the folks at Stangpede Mustang. Just to show how fast they are, the team demonstrated how quickly an FAF car can be created by converting a stock 2008 Mustang GT into a show car in exactly six hours (with an untold number of prep hours) for crowds at the San Diego International Auto Show. More »

1:45 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
6,961 views, 52 comments

Latest by n/a: If you're like us, you're probably going to wonder what sort of person gets excited about the next fast and furious. It might just be the same guy who writes an almost clever article giving hard evidence as to the more »

holiday re-gift guide

Jalopnik Holiday Re-Gift Guide: The Worst Car Gift Revealed

We were shocked, absolutely shocked the fake sunroof lost out to both Fast & The Furious-merch and the Fake Spinners, the eventual winner with 28.1% of the vote at 287 votes out of more than 1,000 votes. There were also a few of you that shared our disdain for Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul, though people generally could stand the car seats. More »

3:15 PM on Mon Nov 26 2007
By Matt Hardigree
795 views, 2 comments

holiday re-gift guide

The Jalopnik Holiday Re-Gift Guide: Fast and the Furious Merchandise

We agree with SWATLAX, anything Fast and the Furious related is a major faux pas when purchased for anyone but the most hardcore ricer wannabe. And if there's a gift that's worse than FATF-themed merch, it's FATF-themed merch that comes in the form of a freaking book!. More »

9:40 AM on Fri Nov 23 2007
By Matt Hardigree
1,112 views, 8 comments

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Wow, You Can Read the Brochure: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

The complete opening grudge race in "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," which pits a Dodge Viper against a '69 '70 Monte Carlo for thrills and spills at a construction site, is up on the YouTube machine. The clip leaves out one of the best car-related comebacks in movie history, but it's well worth the price of omission. Plus, we hear Donald Trump is planning to use, "I guess I have a new date for prom" to fire contestants on next season's "The Apprentice." [Thanks to Dave for the tip.] More »

1:43 PM on Fri Jun 30 2006
By Mike Spinelli
327 views, 10 comments

Latest by Adam: The viper never would have been able to keep up... that car (the actual one used in the film) had something like 800 hp in it. I think there were two versions of it actually, one had 1000 I more »

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Tokyo Drift Monte Carlo

This ragtag three-chord Monte from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift features some serious freakin' testosterone under the hood in the form of a Bill Mitchell-built, 632-inch Chevy big block. Breathing through a 1050 CFM Holley Dominator carb, the monster mill kicks down 800hp and 775 lb. ft. through a Richmond T-10 trans and puts it down via Goodyear baloneys out back. Somewhat unfortunately, it's a drag car, because we'd love to see this sucker drift. More »

11:30 PM on Wed Jun 14 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
736 views, Comment

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Extreme Angle! Do Not Upset the Car! Testing the Whips of 'Tokyo Drift'

We're not totally sure if we're gonna go see 3Fast 3Furious yet. But we do love us some good drifting, and there's some interesting stuff in the way of iron featured in the film, probably the most intriguing of which is the protagonist's '67 Mustang with a turbo GT-R Nissan six in it. If they did this to a 'Cuda, we might be mildly annoyed, but c'mon, what's gonna piss off the Mustang dorks more than throwing a freakin' Skyline mill in there? Badass. Now somebody build us a Pierre Cardin-edition drift AMX with a honkin' STi motor. After all, Subaru's kind of the AMC of Japan anyway. Except like not, y'know, dead. More »

8:00 PM on Thu Jun 8 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
608 views, 2 comments

Latest by OldElvis: I agree bring on the Drifting AMXs. I had a 72 with Pierre Cardin interior. I really miss the 401 Cu in Motor. more »

novelties

3 3ast 3 3urious

Man, we are so behind the curve on this one. But forgive us if you've seen this parody of the F&F franchise, "3 3ast 3 3urious." It's really one of the funniest parodies we've seen in a while. The way the narrator gets frustrated by all the 3s substituted for letters nearly put us away. More »

2:52 PM on Fri Oct 21 2005
By Mike Spinelli
180 views, Comment