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February 13, 2006
Bullitt, Dodge Chargers and Steve McQueen
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Booom! |
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Burnin' rubber. |
Contributed by Erik Nielsen,
Director of Marketing
I don't get to watch "Top Gear" as much as I want, but when I do, I catch the re-runs on the Discovery channel which seem to be repackaged versions more suitable for us Yanks. The other night I watched an episode that had Richard Hammond driving a 1969 Dodge Charger in anticipation of the one he was purchasing (they showed it later, lime green colors and all). What a cool car.
They commented, of course, on the role played by the Charger in the movie Bullitt as the cars of the bad guys, and Jeremy Clarkson mentioned that the characteristic "vague" steering of the Charger can actually be seen in the movie during scene with the exploding gas station, where one of the bad guys (who presumably was to collide with the gas station) instead swung off to the side.
All of this reminded me how popular "Bullitt" has been over the years. I had seen it once when I was a kid, but then watched it over the holidays (I think it was on AMC). Very fun. And now Absolut has an ad with a clip of Steve McQueen and his famous Mustang that says "Absolut Man". Apparently Hollywood still thinks the monumental car chase is still one of the best ever. Anybody else love this movie?
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Posted by aimsports || erik at February 13, 2006 09:12 PM
Comments
I would have to say that it's one of the best ever.
Posted by: James McGee at February 19, 2006 10:23 AM