What is the cultural significance of the film Bonnie and Clyde?

One of
the most striking things about the film Bonnie and Clyde is the way it
shows how mass-produced automobiles were changing the ways in which both criminals and law
enforcement officials operated. A gang could commit a robbery and be many miles away before the
police ever got to the scene of the crime. This was not only the case with Clyde Barrow's gang
but with John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and all the notorious gangsters of the day. Cars were
easy to steal by hot wiring them. The auto makers had to invent new devices to make theft
harder. The police had to invent new methods and new technology, including two-way radio, for
chasing criminals. It is significant that in the movie, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow begin
their crime spree in a car and end up being killed in an...