100 MPH+ In An Oldsmobile Bravada. Shots Fired. Just Another Day In L.A.

The CHP spots an Oldsmobile Bravada on I-15 near Cajon Pass, runs the plate and finds out the car is wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Indiana. And the chase is on...all the way to Universal Studios....with gunfire in stopped traffic...innocent motorists mere feet away.
 
Full story from the Los Angeles Times (with different video from KTLA).

Steve McQueen's 80th Birthday

If he were alive, he'd be 80 today. So let's celebrate by watching the ultimate Steve McQueen car moment: the chase scene from Bullitt.




For more on McQueen, the movie and the last-gen Ford Mustang Bullitt, go here.