{"id":276310,"date":"2010-02-04T10:53:28","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=36087"},"modified":"2010-02-04T10:53:28","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T15:53:28","slug":"the-10-best-car-chases-of-the-80%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/276310","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Best Car Chases of the 80\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.\tThe Blues Brothers: 1980<\/h3>\n

\n 1974 Dodge Monaco<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt’s got a cop motor, a 440-cubic-inch plant. It’s got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas\u201d<\/p>\n

Believe it or not this car chase was one of the last really gritty car chases made. Oddly enough, this chase was actually supposed to be a spoof of what a great car chase should be and ended up being one of the best ones ever filmed. It also destroyed over 60 used police cars and made the \u201cBluesmobile\u201d a movie icon.<\/p>\n

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2.\tCannonball Run: 1981<\/h3>\n

\n1979 Lamborghini Countach LP 400 \/ 1981 Pontiac Trans Am<\/b><\/p>\n

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Just listen to that Lamborghini Countach rev\u2026 OH MY GOD!! That sound to a car guy is like crack to a drug addict. The 1981 Pontiac Trans Am unfortunately wouldn\u2019t have had a snowballs chance in hell of keeping up with the big Lambo\u2026 but who cares? It\u2019s one of the best movie openings ever for a car guy, plus you had Adrienne Barbeau constantly showing off her “Equipment<\/em>“…<\/p>\n

3.\tThe Road Warrior: 1981 <\/h3>\n

\n1979 Mac Truck \/ 1976 Ford F-150<\/b><\/p>\n

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By the time this chase took place the much-loved V8 Interceptor had been destroyed. So, armed with his handy-dandy sawed off shot gun, Max rigged up this Mac Truck and blasted through the Australian desert in a last ditch effort to get away from the Lord Humungous\u2026 he\u2019s awesome by the way. All in all there are probably thirty or so vehicles in this chase and every one of them, at some point, gets f*cked up. This is vehicular carnage at its best.<\/p>\n

4. Terminator: 1984<\/h3>\n

\n 1973 Chevrolet C-10 \/ 1972 International Harvester<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He was big, bad and made of metal, this was the Govinator in \u201cTerminator\u201d, the movie that made him a star. The closing sequence in the film consisted of a chase between a \u201973 Chevy step-side, a \u201975 Honda CB750 motorcycle and a 1972 International Harvester tractor-trailer. Odd combination, but shot together in the right sequence and it works out just fine.<\/p>\n

5. Against All Odds: 1984<\/h3>\n

\n1983 Porsche 911sc \/ 1982 Ferrari 308 GTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More of a car race than a car chase, it qualifies because they were actually chasing each other. Take one part 1983 Porsche 911 and the other a Ferrari 1982 308 GTS and what you\u2019ve got is a race to show who had the biggest winky in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

6. To Live and Die in LA: 1985<\/h3>\n

\n 1981 Chevrolet Impala \/ 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis<\/strong><\/p>\n

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One of the best ever filmed \u2013 the chase, not the movie. Most people don\u2019t even remember this flick, but everyone who saw it certainly remembers the car chase and the fact that it was over 8 minutes long. I\u2019ll tell ya\u2019, those mid-\u201880s Chevy\u2019s were tough as nails\u2026 <\/p>\n

7. Shaker Run: 1985<\/h3>\n

\n1980 Pontiac Trans Am \/ 1978 Ford Capri<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The plot on this one is somewhat convoluted, but in a nutshell – there is this Dude, Cliff Roberts, whose a stunt driver and he\u2019s been paid some moola\u2019 to take this chick whose heisted some plutonium or some other nuclear type stuff and get it out of the country. Roberts drives a right-hand drive 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, that\u2019s pink\u2026 yes pink, and on their way out of the country they get chased by some other Dude in a black station wagon type thingy who wants his plutonium stuff back\u2026 but that Dude crashes it\u2026 you know, the wagon thingy and steals a hopped up Ford Capri out of a showroom in the city they were in\u2026 I don\u2019t know what city it is though. He then chases the pink the T\/A through the mountains and tries to catch him. <\/p>\n

There, that\u2019s the plot\u2026 now press play and watch the damn video. <\/p>\n

8. No Man\u2019s Land: 1987<\/h3>\n

\n1985 Porsche 911 \/ 1985 IROC Camaro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Professional Porsche thief Charlie Sheen recruits undercover cop D.B. Sweeny to help him steel more Porsches to cut and sell. This chase takes place between a 1985 911 Turbo and \u201985 IROC (one of my 20 BAD ASS collectible cars for under 20k<\/a>). There\u2019s also a 1978 Lincoln Mark V\u2026 but he doesn\u2019t fair too well in the end.<\/p>\n

9. Cobra: 1986<\/h3>\n

\n1950 Mercury \/ 1979 Ford F-150<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou\u2019re the disease\u2026 and I\u2019m the cure\u201d; probably one of the cheesiest one-liners ever to appear on film. Sly Stallone is a cop whose trying to save Bridget Nielsen (when she was hot) from some bad guys. It\u2019s a typical 80\u2019s car chase that turns out to be quite entertaining. My favorite part is that tach at 3:14\u2026 it\u2019s reving at like 8500 rpms!! <\/p>\n

10. Risky Business: 1983<\/h3>\n

\n1976 Porsche 928 \/ 1976 Cadillac De Ville<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ah yes\u2026 who can forget the subway scene with Rebecca DeMornay \u2013 as a kid it didn\u2019t get any better. That was until Joel, Becky and Booger got chased by Guido the Killer Pimp in his pimp-o-licious \u201976 Cadillac DeVille. The end of this chase coined the phrase: \u201cPorsche\u2026 there is no substitute\u201d. <\/p>\n

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