Best Cars for Car Chases By Car Lists [50 more lists]

A list of the best cars for car chases, with photos. If you're in a car chase, these are the automobiles you want to be driving. It'd be easy to chock this list full of Ferrari's and other super cars, but let's face it. When it comes to chases, do you want to win? Or do you want to look good losing? Whether you're chasing the bad guy, or driving the get away car, there are countless types of chases. These vehicles will get you home.

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Ford Mustang

More specifically, a 1968 390 CID V8 Ford Mustang. This is not the greatest chase car in the world. Its old fashioned suspension will leave you sliding on the road more than catching your prey or getting away. That said, I'd be all but lynched if I wrote a list like this without including one vintage muscle car. So here it is, representing all vintage muscle cars, the Ford Mustang.
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Ford Transit

Sometimes speed is not the answer. Sometimes you need storage space, stealth, and just enough power to move without drawing attention. Small wonder then that the Ford Transit Van has been the top choice among European bank robbers for decades.
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Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Or more specifically, the Hennessey Ford F-150 SVT Raptor VelociRaptor 500 (pictured), which is an upgraded version of Ford's factory built Raptor. "Off-Road" has been a means of escape for decades. The trick, however, is getting to the wilderness when you're still stuck in the city. With it's 500+ horsepower and a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds, this truck will get you to where the pavement ends, and shoot you off into the horizon once you're there.
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Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1

As far as muscle cars go, this is the one you want. Currently the fastest muscle car on the market. In a straight line, you'll be out-dragging just about anything the other guys can throw at you. At lower speeds, you'll blend right in with the crowd.
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Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

This is currently the fastest production car in the world, and holds the record for fastest quarter mile time. The Bugatti Veyron is fast... but the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport is faster. It's W16 engine will overall out perform any other car on the road. That said... if you're the one being chased... you're not going to blend in.
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Ariel Atom 500

If we're simply throwing stealth out the window... for instance, say-- you're the one doing the chasing, then this car will catch anything. Why? If there's one thing movies have taught us, it's that if you're the one doing the chasing, you're going to have all sorts of things getting in your way forcing you to stop. This car does 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds. So yeah-- stop all you want. You'll be right back on the other guy's bumper in no time.
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Red Bull Racing RB7 Renault

If all you need is speed and performance-- If stealth is irrelevant-- If physical contact will not happen-- If the road is completely smooth-- If there are no tight hairpin turns-- Then and only then will this car suit your needs. BUT-- should that situation ever arrive, you will be unstoppable. This is one of the fastest Formula One cars to ever exist. You will accelerate faster, stop faster, and turn faster than literally anything else on the road. Period.
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Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9

Think this car looks like something your grandmother would drive? Good. Because that's the point. If you're truly a gear-head then you'll have seen the movie "Ronin". The Audi's take all of the thunder in that film, but if you watch carefully, there is one car in the pack keeping up with those Audis, an old Mercedes... and this is it: A production Mercedes sedan the German engineers went crazy over, cramming a 6.9 liter engine under the hood coupled with sports suspension. It's huge, but you can thrash it around like a mini. If blending in is key for escape, then this is the car for you.
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Volkswagen Passat

This is where you lean back and stare at this list as if I've gone insane. "A Volkswagen Passat.. What?!" But bear with me here. What you specifically want is a Passat with a TDI BlueMotion engine attached to a 6 speed manual transmission with a 18.5 gallon fuel tank. Why? Because this car will then get you 1030 miles on one tank of gas. If all you need to win is to outlast the other guy, then this is the car you want. It won't matter if the cops are driving Priuses. You'll be laughing your head off as you watch them pull over for gas while you escape into the horizon.
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Nissan GT-R

If a mixture of speed, performance, reliability, and stealth are what you need then this car takes the prize. The Nissan GT-R has styling that blends in with the crowd, yet it can easily take on a Ferrari if it needs to. It changes direction quick enough to cause neck problems, and best of all they're not too expensive either... so feel free to ram that other guy off the road.
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Batmobile

Yes, this car is fictional, but let's face it, it's the high-mark. This vehicle was specifically designed for chasing, and being chased. It is quite simply the car that all other chase cars aspire to be, and as that epitome it tops this list.

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Ford F-150 SVT Raptor

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport

Ariel Atom 500

Red Bull Racing RB7 Renault

Batmobile