Ford Mustang Bullitt

Car chase aficionados reckon that the eight-minute, dialogue-free pursuit from the 1968 movie Bullitt is one of the best ever filmed. Certainly Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang made all the right noises and captured the imagination of cinema-goers - even if the plot was obscure.

Auto Express Car Reviews

March 2002

Car chase aficionados reckon that the eight-minute, dialogue-free pursuit from the 1968 movie Bullitt is one of the best ever filmed. Certainly Steve McQueen's Ford Mustang made all the right noises and captured the imagination of cinema-goers - even if the plot was obscure.

This Bullitt/Mustang connection has been used by Ford before, of course. In 1997 the firm launched the Puma coupe, with a TV advert showing McQueen apparently driving the new car through the streets of San Francisco where the movie chase took place.

Through all this time, the Mustang - the original cheap-horsepower 'pony' car - has remained on sale in North America. More than 6.9million have been sold since its debut in 1964, and now the blue oval has bitten the Bullitt and launched a limited edition commemorating the film.

We first saw this car at the Detroit Motor Show in January, but Ford has not advertised its presence except on the Internet and at Mustang owners' club meetings since. Nevertheless, 6,000 of the 6,500 cars slated to be built have already been sold. For ,000 (

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