New TAG Heuer ad pitches Steve McQueen against Lewis Hamilton
McQueen and Hamilton : two legends duel at Le Mans To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of its Monaco watch, TAG Heuer has gone down the fantasy road and imagined who would have won the race between Steve McQueen and Lewis Hamilton. They’ve used footage from McQueen’s Le Mans in which they’ve inserted Hamilton, a technique we remember getting great results in movies... Read More
Tribute to the Best Car Chases ever made
We’ve been away for a while, so we needed a great video to start fresh again, and this one is just perfect. The author did a great job making a montage of his favorite car chases, highlighting the cliches of the art. As always, enjoy! Read More
Disney/Pixar officially announce Cars 2 for 2012
digg_url = 'WEBSITE_URL'; I don’t know for you, but for us, despite being an animated movie, Cars ranks among our cult car movies. The quality of the animation, the depth of the details, the quirky ideas, it all comes together beautifully. Personally, I really liked the enormous amount of research behind it and how they manage to show so much about the car culture, and... Read More
Star Car Shootouts
“Each week we’ll let two silver screen automotive icons face off and let you decide which stays and which one goes home.” The good guys at Jalopnik started their “Star Car Shootoot” a few weeks ago with Cannonball Lambo or Bond’s Lotus? Which Is Cooler?, which was won by the Lotus Esprit, continued with Bullitt Mustang or Le Mans Porsche?,... Read More
Ronin: the car chase in Nice
This has to be one of the most breathtaking car chase ever filmed. The bumper cameras really ad a high dose of adrenalin to it and there’s almost no music (which reminds of Bullitt), allowing the viewer to hear the engines pushed to the max. According to the Internet Movie Car Database, the main cars involved in the chase are a 1998 Audi S8 D2, a 1976 Mercedes-Benz 450... Read More
Our Downloads section is open!
We just opened it and you’ll find our main photo galleries there, including some new ones, along with wallpapers. The Bullitt Mustang, the Knight Rider, I Am Legend, The Golden Compass… they’re all there. Keep an eye on it, new stuff will be added soon. And if you have any requests, leave a comment! You have to leave your email address to do that, but we won’t... Read More
The Bullitt chase recreated
Motive mag is an automotive website with cool articles, fresh news and an excellent graphic design. Actually that’s the first thing that came to my mind when I went there. It’s a nice change compared to some of the most popular car websites… you know which ones I’m talking about. One of their guys, Jay Lamm, went up to San Francisco with a 2008 Bullitt... Read More
For 2007, the National Film Registry selects Back to the Future, Bullitt
digg_url = \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'http://carsplusmovies.com/2008/01/25/for-2007-the-national-film-registry-selects-back-to-the-future-bullitt/\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\; On December 27th 2007, the Library of Congress National Film Registry announced the 25 movies to be added to its collection for the year. Once again, this website didn’t exist at that time, so it’s no prime news,... Read More
2008 Bullitt Mustang wallpapers and gallery.
A nine-minute scene was all it took. To Establish the modern movie car chase. Ford has created a special website for its new Bullitt pony. It’s worth checking it out just to hear the engine roar! As it says in the intro: “A nine-minute scene was all it took to establish the modern movie car chase”. If we don’t agree on everything about the new Bullitt... Read More
2008 Bullitt Mustang jumping in San Francisco
To promote the new special edition pony, Ford put together some nice driving videos, screaming “Here’s what you could do in your Bullitt Mustang”. McQueen can rest peacefully, but they’re still worth watching. See them after the jump! Read More Read More
