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Jeremy Clarkson voted screen’s greatest automotive icon

Published 27 April 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
Jeremy Clarkson has beaten Hollywood legend Steve McQueen and three James Bonds to take the title of screen’s greatest automotive icon.
1968 Ford Mustang GT390 Fastback Bullitt

Bullitt Mustang heading to auction next year

One of the most iconic cars to ever grace the silver screen could be yours after the Ford Mustang that starred alongside Steve McQueen in 1968...
Published 16 August 2019

2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt review

Buy a Bullitt Mustang as soon as you can: the great age of the automobile is coming to an end and there will soon be no more like it.
Published 24 April 2019
An electric Ford Mustang is on the way — but it's an SUV

An electric Ford Mustang is on the way

It's one of the most famous cars ever made, but the Ford Mustang as made famous in Bullitt will soon spawn a pure-electric coupé-crossover.
Published 28 March 2019
The chase is on: hunt begins for missing Ford Mustangs from Steve McQueen's Bullitt

Hunt begins for missing Mustangs from Bullitt

For Steve McQueen fans and car enthusiasts alike, it is a mystery as gripping as the car chase that made the 1968 crime drama Bullitt famous. Now
Published 16 March 2017
Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding Bullitt (video)

Chad McQueen and Ford Mustang GT: faster than a speeding...

Remember the scene in Bullitt when Steve McQueen in a Ford Mustang pursues a pair of baddies in a Dodge Charger through the precipitous streets and...
Published 08 May 2016
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Behind the scenes of Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

The year was 1970. Steve McQueen was the king of cool, the biggest film star in the world
Published 12 October 2015
Ford Mustang 390 GT Fastback Bullitt races Dodge Charger, by The Sunday Times Driving

Faster than Bullitt: 1968 Ford Mustang vs 1968 Dodge...

Steve McQueen made the Ford Mustang a movie star, but could it really hunt down a Dodge Charger? Nick Rufford and Ben Barry hit the track to find...
Published 29 September 2014
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Video: Bullitt remake sees action transferred to, er...

It's not exactly LA, and the smart Nisa Local in sleepy Silverstone village is no downtown liqueur store, but as a tribute to the famous chase sequence...
Published 09 May 2014
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Faster than a speeding Bullitt

The car chase in the 1968 film Bullitt set new standards for the day and has been voted the best in film history ‒ but could the Mustang have really...
Published 01 April 2014
Top 10 Greatest movie car chases

The 10 best car chases in movie history

We nominate the greatest motorised pursuits committed to film
Published 27 September 2012