{"id":10997,"date":"2015-01-14T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T20:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=10997"},"modified":"2019-11-04T19:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T03:10:52","slug":"best-bets-for-a-fast-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/best-bets-for-a-fast-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Best Bets for A Fast Escape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of us are law-abiding citizens that follow the rules of the road. When we want to go fast, we take our cars to the track. When we see flashing lights behind us, we find a safe spot to pull over and curse at our steering wheel. But ever since we were kids, we’ve had that dream of robbing a bank and getting away scot-free, all while looking as cool as Steve McQueen. But the real heart of that fantasy isn’t the money or the crime: it’s the getaway car. \u00a0What we dreamed of is that supercool go-fast car, and the reason to drive it like a bat out of hell. Here are the top five cars we dreamed of doing it in.<\/p>\n

1. \u00a01970 Dodge Challenger
\n<\/strong>We all know who the real main character was in “Vanishing Point,” this MOPAR star has always been a popular choice among bad guys on screen.<\/p>\n

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photo source: www.Jalopnik.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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2. \u00a01984 Ferrari Testarossa<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you were robbing a bank in the 1980’s Miami, this would be your go-to. Some may say jumping in a bright red, screaming V-12 Ferrari might\u00a0attract unwanted\u00a0attention. They might be right, but does it matter if the cops are all in Ford LTDs?<\/p>\n

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photo source: www.topcarrating.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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3. 1940 Ford Coupe<\/strong>
\nOne of the most popular\u00a0getaway vehicles used by bootleggers post-WWII was the Ford Coupe. An\u00a0easy to modify V-8, a big trunk, and stiff springs to keep safe\u00a0all the white lightning in the back. This car was a must-have.<\/p>\n

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photo source: www.autotradeclassics.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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4. 1970 Chevelle SS Wagon<\/strong>
\nWhen you think getaway car usually the words, four-door and wagon doesn’t come to mind, but if you have four big guys and a large amount of loot, nothing is better than a 454 equipped Chevelle SS Wagon.<\/p>\n

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photo source: www.chevelles.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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5. 1967 Amphicar<\/strong>
\nSo maybe a top speed of 70 MPH on land isn’t neck-breaking, and neither is 7 knots in the water, but the sight of waving goodbye to the fuzz as they stomp their hats on the dock is pretty impressive.<\/p>\n

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photo source: www.pleasurephoto.wordpress.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Let us know what your ideal getaway car would be.<\/p>\n

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Blame too many viewings of The Italian Job, but that fantasy of robbing a bank and getting away scot-free while looking cool is one of our favorites. Here are five cars that have fueled daydreams of fleeing from the law.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[107,3470,3713,543],"tags":[1812,1814,1810,1813,1811,140,1809,542,1994],"class_list":["post-10997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burnouts","category-news","category-road-racing","category-sports-car-racing","tag-1940-ford-coupe","tag-1967-amphicar","tag-1970-challenger","tag-1970-chevelle-ss-wagon","tag-984-ferrari-testarossa","tag-burnouts-2","tag-getaway-driver","tag-road-racing","tag-sports-cars"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/FEAT12.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-2Rn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10997"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66420,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10997\/revisions\/66420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}