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Sunday, December 06, 2015

1970 DODGE CHARGER R/T









1970 DODGE CHARGER R/T

The vehicle driven by Dominic Toretto at the climax of the first film, the heavily modified 1970 Dodge Charger R/T was owned by his father. Capable of a 9 second ¼ mile time and producing 900hp, even Dom was afraid of it. During the film’s climax, Dom uses the Charger to chase down Johnny Tran who is killed during the chase by O’Conner. Afterwards, the two decide to race, pitting the Charger up against O’Conner’s heavily modified Supra. The race ends in a tie, but shortly afterwards Dom crashes into a semi-truck, totaling the car. The Charger makes a return in Fast and Furious, having been partially rebuilt by Letty then finished by Dom, only to have it again destroyed when Dom abandons it to avoid a series of explosions. Miraculously, the vehicle makes yet another return in Fast Five, when it is used during a jailbreak. It is seen one final time when it is destroyed (for the final time) after it is rammed by an armored car.









Saturday, December 05, 2015

NISSAN SKYLINE R34 GT-R











 NISSAN SKYLINE R34 GT-R

The signature vehicle of Brian O’Conner throughout most of the series is the Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R. The Skyline’s 2.6 L RB26DETT twin turbo motor produced 450hp.The Skyline used in 2 Fast 2 Furious was used to win the race at the open of the film, until it was shot with a EDU harpoon gun that fries the electronics in the vehicle. O’Conner has a Skyline in Fast and Furious for most of the film, using it during the audition race as well as through the underground tunnels from Mexico to America. This Skyline was destroyed when Dom turned his 1970 Chevelle into a bomb. The Skyline is seen multiple other times throughout the franchise but doesn’t have a prominent role other than being associated with O’Conner.









2011 DODGE CHARGER SRT-8









2011 DODGE CHARGER SRT-8

The Dodge Charger SRT-8 was the car of choice for the bank vault heist in Fast Five. The stock Dodge Charger SRT-8 came with a 6.4 HEMI V-8 that produced 465hp and 465 ft-lb of torque. After heavy modifications the Chargers used rear mounted heavy duty tow winches to tether themselves to a bank vault and rip it out of the building then engage police in a high speed chase. Topping anything that had come before, this chase sequence was intense, with the two Chargers roaring down streets side by side towing a giant vault behind them. Every sharp corner sent the vault swinging through traffic and knocking aside anything it its way. Aside from bullet holes the cars suffer very little damage, until inertia from the vault flings Dom’s Charger into an oncoming Volkswagen Touran.









NISSAN SILVIA S15 SPEC-R











NISSAN SILVIA S15 SPEC-R

Seen multiple times throughout the series, the Nissan Silvia S15 is a Japan only car (although it was sold under the name 200SX in Australia and New Zealand) and is the favorite of the character Han Seoul-Oh. The Silvia’s SR20DET engine was turbo charged and had an output of 250hp. The car was seen in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift briefly when Han allowed newcomer Sean Boswell to borrow his Silvia for a drift race. Things do not go well for Sean during the race and the car ends up totaled after slamming against multiple walls and support pillars in the parking garage they were racing through. Sean acquires a new Silvia by the film’s end and other Silvias can be seen in various other entries of the series.









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.