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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
3,637 views, 48 commentsLatest 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
3,521 views, 46 commentsLatest by Slantsick- on layaway at SPATULA CITY: @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
4,204 views, 40 commentsLatest 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
7,121 views, 45 commentsLatest 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
11,549 views, 63 commentsLatest by gracilism: 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.
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1:30 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Mark Arnold
2,195 views, 50 commentsLatest by superdude4agze: Mmmm Pantera for the win. more »
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Bullitt Charger Or Bluesmobile Monaco?
We took a break from Star Car Shootout last week during all the Geneva coverage, but we're back today with another great matchup. The last shootout had two of Steve McQueen's silver screen rides go at it, and after two weeks of voting, the Mustang from Bullitt has beaten the Porsche 911 from Le Mans in another closely contested battle-o'-cool.
Just to keep everyone excited for this Saturday's Bullitt screening Detroit meetup, we're pitting the '68 Dodge Charger from Bullitt against the '74 Dodge Monaco Bluesmobile from the original Blues Brothers movie. Both are big black Dodges with thumping V8s. Both starred in spectacular chase scenes and performed big-air jumps. But your votes will decide which one has that certain undefinable something: Which one is cooler?
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1:01 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,136 views, 106 commentsLatest by DerKublewagen53: I can't choose, they are both 440's. Although the 440 did have higher performance ratings in '68 than in '74, more »
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Bullitt Mustang Or Le Mans Porsche?
Each week we'll let two silver screen automotive icons face off and let you decide which stays and which one goes home, tailpipe between their legs. That's right, it's like an online Thunderdome — except without the death thing. We call it the "Star Car Shootout." Let's get ready to rumble.
Last week we had the inaugural match of Star Car Shootout, in which the James Bond's Lotus Esprit from The Spy Who Loved Me went head-to-head against the Lamborghini Countach from Speed Zone in a battle to decide which big screen star was cooler. We've counted the votes, and with most of the precincts now reporting, Jalopnik projects that the Lotus has won.
This week, we've got another big-shot superstar facing off against a relative underdog. Appropriately for our whole "Which is cooler?" hook, both cars co-starred with the "King of Cool" himself, Steve McQueen. Now, while McQueen certainly surrounded himself with some impressive rides over the years, for this shootout we had to pick just two of them. The others will have to wait their turn. So for this match, we're pitting the Ford Mustang 390 GT from Bullitt against the Porsche 911S 2.2L from Le Mans. Yes, you're now probably already visualizing those scenes in your head, but just in case you aren't, we've got the clips after the jump.
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1:00 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Mark Arnold
7,375 views, 123 commentsLatest by MadMikeBeliso: BULLET MUSTANG! Like Steve McQueen, that car is a legend! For decades, that chase seen was the best more »
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Cannonball Lambo or Bond's Lotus? Which Is Cooler?
Each week we'll let two silver screen automotive icons face off and let you decide which stays and which one goes home, tailpipe between their legs. That's right, it's like an online Thunderdome — except without the death thing. We call it the "Star Car Shootout." Let's get ready to rumble.
Recently we told you about the Rinspeed sQuba, a vehicle which blatantly mimics 007's Lotus Esprit submarine from The Spy Who Loved Me. And while the scuba-diving Elise is pretty cool, it just doesn't compare to James Bond's original Lotus-sub when it comes to the "cool" factor. Which got us thinking: Sure, the Q-branch Esprit is one of the most famous movie cars ever, but just how cool is it? Superstar fame does not equate coolness; some people find infamy or obscurity much cooler. For instance, let's compare the Esprit to another wedge-shaped supercar that's capable of crossing a body of water: the Lamborghini Countach from the film Speed Zone. But before you make a knee-jerk decision, watch the clips below:
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12:00 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Mark Arnold
4,525 views, 78 commentsLatest by Shapeshifter: Oh: If we're going purely off the clip then obviously it's Bond. Unless they actually managed to pull that off, more »
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