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First Test: 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt

Motor Trend’s first Test Run report on the 2008 Ford Mustang Bullitt, with Steve’s son Chad at the wheel

Bullitt Reloaded: Chad McQueen takes to the streets of
San Francisco in the reborn version of his father’s green machine


By Matt Stone
Photography by Wesley Allison


The chase scene from the 1968 Steve McQueen flick, “Bullitt,” was, is, and remains the most iconic ever filmed. There’ve been some valiant challengers: the late John Frankenheimer’s heart-pounding work through the streets of Paris in “Ronin”; making Minis fly in “The Italian Job” (the original and the remake); some intense, authentic action in the recent Bourne movies. But when the lists are made and the bets are laid down, “Bullitt” comes out on top. Every time.

Read the full report and view the exclusive pics HERE