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Saturday, December 05, 2015

1995 TOYOTA SUPRA MARK IV TWIN TURBO









1995 TOYOTA SUPRA MARK IV TWIN TURBO

Brian O’Conners second car in the film The Fast and the Furious, the 1995 Toyota Supra is iconic. In debt to Dom after losing a street race, O’Conner owes him a 10 second car so he delivers a rusted Supra from a junkyard and the crew rebuilds it. After close to $100,000 in upgrades the stock Supra’s 2JZ-GTE I6 330hp engine became a 544hp beast, capable of 0-60 in 3.4 seconds and running the ¼ mile in 10 seconds at 185mph. During the first test drive of the car, O’Conner smoked a Ferrari that tried to race him on the street. At the films end O’Conner puts the Supra up against Dom’s 1970 Dodge Charger for one final race resulting in a tie.










1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE SS










 1970 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE SS

Seen briefly at the very end of The Fast and the Furious and featured more prominently in the 4th film Fast and Furious, Dominic Toretto’s 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS is the car he returned to the series with. First seen with a red and black color scheme, the car is eventually modified and painted grey in preparation for an audition race. It’s unknown exactly what modifications where done to the Chevelle but the standard engine was a LS6 454 V8 with 450 base horsepower capable of 0-60 in 6 seconds and a ¼ mile time of 13.7 seconds. Unfortunately the Chevelle doesn’t survive the film as Dom used it as a timed bomb to injure/distract the films villain, by allowing nitrous from the tanks to seep into the car with the cigarette lighter turned on. Once the lighter sparked, the car exploded ending its life within the films.











1969 YENKO CAMARO SYC










1969 YENKO CAMARO SYC

Also seen in the film 2 Fast 2 Furious, the ‘69 Yenko Camaro was won by Brian O’Conner after racing another racer for pink slips with his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII. In a head-to-head race the Yenko Camaro would crush the Lancer Evo VII, but O’Conner out maneuvered the driver of the Yenko and emerged victorious. Used to escape police near the movie’s finale, as well as to chase down and eventually crash into a moving boat, the Yenko Camaro ended up destroyed like most cars in the franchise. The Yenko Camaro is a American muscle power house with a 427 cubic inch 7.0 liter V8 motor putting out 425hp. The Yenko performance package also included a z/28 suspension and gauges.









MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION VII









MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION VII

Seen in the second film 2 Fast 2 Furious, the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII was used by Brian O’Conner for his undercover mission to take down drug lord Carter Verone. Turbo charged with all wheel drive, the Lancer easily handles corners at speeds that would cause most cars to crash, allowing O’Conner to win an audition street race set up by Verone to choose the drivers he will use for his money laundering operation. Only used for part of the movie, this is one of the few cars driven by a protagonist that remains undamaged during its time on screen. Due to the GPS monitoring system integrated into the electronics of the car, O’Conner ended up ditching the vehicle for a ride that wasn’t as easy to track.











5TH GENERATION HONDA CIVIC









5TH GENERATION HONDA CIVIC

While only used in the first film and only for a small portion of the film, the modified 5th-gen Honda Civics are definitely among the most memorable in the series. Turbo charged and lowered to the ground with green underbody lights, these cars started it all. Used during the heists of tractor trailer trucks by Dom and his crew, these cars started a long history of crazy stunts seen in these films. While some may forget parts of the first film, everyone remembers the Civics driving underneath the trailers on the highway or the passengers climbing out of the sunroof to fire a harpoon gun through the windshield of the tractor in order to climb into and then take over the truck