Posted in Auto News on May 16th, 2011
Apparently, the green Mustang Fastbacks made famous by Steve McQueen during the 10-minute, 53-second Bullitt chase scene are all over “The City” lately. The vertigo-inducing car chase was recently recreated for a music video, which included a driver doing his best to channel McQueen; he even wore a royal navy blue turtleneck under a brown [...]
Posted in Auto News on Feb 26th, 2011
With slot cars, stop-motion animation and an unstoppable MacBook Pro, a British graphic designer has downsized one of the most popular movie chase scenes in cinematic history. Using a miniature green Mustang Fastback driven by a Lilliputian-sized Steve McQueen, and a much, much less than life-sized mock-up of San Francisco and its windy-hilly streets as [...]
Posted in Auto News on Nov 30th, 2010
New York City’s Department of Transportation would like for you to know that Manhattan’s speed limit is 30 miles per hour. The reason: If you hit someone driving 40 miles per hour, there’s a 70 percent chance they will die. Hit them going 30 miles per hour and there’s an 80 percent chance they’ll live. [...]
Posted in Auto News on Jul 2nd, 2010
To orchestrate the bumping, winding chase scenes through the streets of San Francisco in 1968′s Bullitt required a couple of Tuxedo Black 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 440 Magnums and two Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 CID Fastbacks. In 1977, director Hal Needham film used just five black and gold-striped 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans [...]