In a jungle/tropical island chase scene (filmed in Thailand), Dom drives a 2020 Hellcat Widebody Charger. Fast and the Furious 9 will be no exception.
#FAST AND FURIOUS CARS MOVIE#
And while you might cringe to see collectible cars get destroyed on the screen, as Lieberman points out audiences for the most part just eat that kind of automotive mayhem up, which is why movie crews engage in such ruination of automobiles. Mopar has jumped on the Fast and Furious franchise as a way to showcase its latest, greatest muscle cars. Featured in The Fast and the Furious (2001), Jesse's heavily-modified white 1995 Jetta is one of the first cars of the franchise to capture fans' hearts.The car came with a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine good for 115 horsepower from the factory, but the movie version was likely much more powerful and was equipped with nitrous. image credit: YouTubeĬraig Lieberman was the technical advisor for the first two Fast and Furious movies, helping to pull off some of the most iconic stunts like when the Mitsubishi Evolution was blown up or the Saleen Mustang was crushed by the semi-truck. Lieberman explains this in greater depth in the included video, which is worth the watch. They’re made to look like a clone of the hero car, which is all nice and definitely collectible, but they’re not nearly as nice. Many of the stunt cars which get wrecked have a lot of issues, like a rusting frame or trashed interior. Just keep in mind the 9th movie is coming out in June, and from what we’ve heard the death toll for automobiles in that flick is exceedingly high.īefore you get too emotional, Lieberman explains that the cars you see getting destroyed aren’t really all that valuable or interesting. Out of those first 7 movies, Fast and Furious 6 is reportedly the worst offender by far, wracking up about 350 wrecked cars.
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Why so many? Well, with multiple stunt versions of the hero cars and those getting abused, plus the more expendable background cars which also get trashed in many scenes, the numbers add up quickly. Just in the first 7 movies there were nearly 1,500 cars wrecked, according to a report issued by Insure the Gap. Learn which Fast and Furious car is Vin Diesel's favorite here. the Fast and Furious series has wrecked way more than its fair share of cars. Even when compared to other movie franchises like James Bond, Transformers, etc. Warning: it’s shockingly high and might leave you feeling triggered, confused, and maybe even a little sad. Thanks to Craig Lieberman, we have a death count for cars in the Fast and Furious franchise.
A lot of cars have been sacrificed on the movie franchise’s altar…
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