FORD BULLITT MUSTANG

Steve McQueen’s coolest-ever ride makes a modern-day comeback

by Todd Lassa

YOU NEED TO BE WEARING A LEATHER JACKET over a turtleneck as you slide onto the dark, charcoal leather driver’s seat of the Ford Bullitt Mustang—even if your local weather is nothing like the constant fog of San Francisco. Driving a car bearing this name requires you to look the part. Fire up the distinctly American, if now overhead-cammed, V-8, and you’ll hear the appropriately soft-spoken yet manly burble. It’s a sound befitting someone who dances to the beat of his own drum, of existential antihero Frank Bullitt—created and played by the icy cool Steve McQueen at the height of his still-cult-like powers—caught between the bad guys who wear badges and the bad guys who don’t. So you’ve bought into the car’s name, its aura, its raison d’etre, and you’re ready…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2001

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