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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
9,052 views, 127 comments

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

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The 50 Most Memorable Movie Cars, According To Rotten Tomatoes

The film critics over at the site all about Tomatoes that are Rotten, have proclaimed a list of the 50 "Most Memorable" movie cars. We won't give it all away here, but we were actually fairly satisfied with their choice for the numero uno slot. Obviously, they're not total hoons like us, but we were still interested to see where a few of our favorites ended up. More »

4:40 PM on Fri May 9 2008
By Mark Arnold
5,194 views, 53 comments

Latest by n/a: and yes i know it's only "Cars in Movies" - but KITT has to be included anyway - even though more »

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Star Car Shootout: Championship Today

This is it. The final round of the Gone In 60 Seconds Star Car Shootout tournament. Where's Eleanor? She didn't make the cut. The remaining contenders? In one corner, we have the gorgeous and yet completely motionless Lamborghini Miura. In the other corner, a powerful combination of Italian style and American muscle, the Intermeccanica Italia. Now it's your job to figure out which car is the coolest star of H.B. Halicki's Gone In 60 Seconds. Place your bets, and hit the polls.


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1:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,594 views, 48 comments

Latest by hazaelox: MIURAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA yeah!... yes, um... the Miura. more »

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Star Car Shootout: The Final Four

This is it. The final four cars left in our Star Car Shootout tournament. It's been madness trying to get to here from our original selection of 32 cars, and maddening for you to deal with the brilliantly brutish poll system, but we've made it together seemingly none the worse for wear. Certainly, the cars left are all winner-worthy. Eleanor is no surprise, as she's the star of the show. The Intermeccanica and the DeTomaso are both robust Italian-American blends. The Miura is just dripping with style. But who will make the final round? That, friends, is up to you. UPDATE: Polls for this round are closed. Check out the finals here.

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1:00 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Mark Arnold
3,490 views, 46 comments

Latest by Slantsick goes hybrid: Burns Oil and Rubber: @DoggieDaddy: "You- are a meathead." [/Archie Bunker] Come on, dude- seriously? American fastbacks are by definition cool, although I'm not more »

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March Madness Down To Elite Eight, Voting To Final Four Today

And then there were eight. On Wednesday, we'll have the final round to decide which is the coolest car from the original Gone In 60 Seconds, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. Today, we have to pare these eight contenders down to a final four. Who's gonna make the cut? Which is the coolest? Eleanor or the Roller? The crushed Challenger or the Intermeccanica? DeTomaso or Manta? Miura or Vega? Your votes will decide.

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1:00 PM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,184 views, 40 comments

Latest by petersterncan: @danio3834: I don't care if it's a dipped-in-gold-diamond-encrusted Vega, it's still crap. Being a Cosworth model just means it's more »

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March Madness Narrowed To Sweet 16, Round 2 Of Voting Today

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.

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1:00 PM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Mark Arnold
7,085 views, 45 comments

Latest by kfdave: Can't believe the Billy mobile is losing so badly in this round..."Oh my goodness gracious". more »

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March Madness Begins, First Round Of Voting

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.

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1:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
11,509 views, 63 comments

Latest by n/a: Eleanor, Challenger, Pantera, Muira are my final four. more »

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March Madness, Jalopnik Style

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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1:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Mark Arnold
2,141 views, 50 comments

Latest by n/a: Mmmm Pantera for the win. more »

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Unique Performance Mustangs Allegedly Built By Prisoners, Used 13 Gallons Of Bondo

Just when we thought there would be a break from the Unique Performance Saga, we get word that things were even more rotten in the city of Farmers Branch. First, an investigation by CBS11-TV has turned up solid evidence that unskilled Texas prisoners were used to do the bodywork on the replica "Eleanor" Mustangs, including removing the VIN plates (which is illegal). Second, the poorly built cars cost upwards of $200,000 yet were built using approximately 13 gallons of Bondo each. Third, the U.S. Secret Service and Texas Department of Public Safety (state police) have launched investigations. Fourth, this may impact the way the prison system work program is implemented. Finally, according to authorities charges are imminent (probably fraud and title-washing to start). More pictures from the evidence locker (everything comes from Taiwan), a statement from Unique Performance owner Doug Hasty's lawyer and a quick primer for those that haven't been following the case below the jump.

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11:40 AM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Matt Hardigree
13,121 views, 50 comments

Latest by TheBrewPub: @milo_carrera: Whew, I didn't have to type anything. Nice summary. more »

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What Th'... It's the Smartleanor!

What happens when you take a Smart Fortwo and cross it with Eleanor the Mustang from "Gone in 60 Seconds"? A question that needn't been asked, to be sure. But there's an answer. Whatever it is, it looks like something that emerge about six months after Eleanor's egg has been fertilized. Oh, gross. – Mike Spinelli More »

12:33 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
By Mike Spinelli
3,845 views, 27 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: Don't you guys see the kid sitting in it? It's obvy just a pedal kiddie car...or the evil spawn of more »

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Hot Rod's Final Four Best Car Movie Candidates

Polls are open until the first of the year in Hot Rod's "Top Car Movie Ever" contest and while the contenders aren't exactly surprising in the earlier categories, it's rather shocking that the Gone in 60 Seconds remake beat out Ronin for the late-period nomination. We suppose Hot Rod's readership don't cotton much to them furrin cars. Unshockingly, American Graffiti and Bullitt are out front in the voting, but if Smokey and the Bandit doesn't win this thing, we're gonna go around smashing any and every Highland Green Mustang and piss-yellow/puke-green Deuce we can find. Save the Fords, friends. Alan Mulally will thank you. Vote Smokey, the film that Alfred Hitchcock once called his favorite guilty pleasure. Hal Needham for President! – Davey G. Johnson

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5:30 PM on Tue Dec 26 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
720 views, 5 comments

Latest by TechnoDestructo: The Road Warrior is the best movie ever made, and is the best car movie ever made. more »

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Mass Destructo: The Original 'Gone in 60 Seconds'

Because we are untrue to the Gearhead Code, which requires viewing the original Gone in 60 Seconds at least once a year, (we hadn't seen it since were about eight), we'd forgotten that the infamous chase sequence runs from Long Beach, briefly through Pedro, into Torrance and Carson and up to Redondo. Needless to say, the Harbor Area and South Bay have changed a lot in 32 years. And to appease the deities we have sinned against, we now offer up the trailer and a clip of the mayhem. More can be found via YouTube. More »

4:00 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Davey G. Johnson
62 views, 1 comment

Latest by gavinrobinson: a while back, wal-mart had this dvd for sale for $8 or something like that. people still walk in to my more »