Anatomy of a car chase

So, anyway, I felt as though I would be in remiss if I didn't post this. Gone in Sixty Seconds has a great car chase in it. However, it is most people's opinion, mine included, that it is not the greatest. It is a topic for debate, but, most agree at the very least, that the following three movies, in no particular order, comprise the greatest of all time.
Bullitt
Bullitt wiki
The French Connection
The Seven Ups
The Seven Ups Wiki
There is a common thread throughout. It is the man, the myth, the legend, although apparently not immortal, a god among men, ladies and gentleman, the original sickman,
Mr. Bill Hickman's Wiki
My man was teaching James Dean how to drift a car, way before there was a Tokyo Drift...
Yet another person of note, Brock Yates Wiki
And what the hell, just for fun. Little factiod, if you have seen this movie, Brock Yates has a cameo as the real Cannonball Run's organizer, Brock Yates...
It's just my opinion, but if everyone could be a little more like the big kids in this movie, the world would be a much better place(Damn man, they must have wasted so much film shooting it!).