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The Fast and the Furious Film Cars (2001) 

Dominic Toretto 1970 Dodge Charger and Brian O'Connors 1995 Toyota Supra Mk.IV

Dominic Toretto 1970 Dodge Charger and Brian O'Connors 1995 Toyota Supra Mk.IV 

Plot

Los Angeles street racer Dominic Toretto falls under the suspicion of the LAPD as a string of high-speed electronics truck robberies rocks the area. Brian O'Connor, an officer of the LAPD, joins the ranks of Toretto's highly skilled racing crew undercover to convict Toretto.

However, O'Connor finds himself both enamored with this new world and in love with Toretto's sister, Mia. As a rival racing crew gains strength, O'Connor must decide where his loyalty really lies.

Brian O'Connors 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS 2G

Brian O'Connors 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS 2G

Some Facts

Working titles for the movie included "Racer X", "Redline" and "Race Wars". Before "The Fast and the Furious".

During the Race Wars, real-life drivers brought their cars to participate in the huge scene.

This is the first and only movie in the franchise where Dom drives an import, in the other movies he drives American muscle cars.

Over 1,500 cars were at the Race Wars.

Dominic Toretto's black muscle car is a 1970 Dodge Charger with a 528ci supercharged Hemi and 727 automatic transmission. This Charger is the same body style (although one year newer) as the famous 1969 Dodge Charger "General Lee" of the The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) television series. After the filming of the crash at the end of the film, the same 1970 Charger wound up in the opening scenes of Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) as a car in the junkyard.

Danny Yamato in the 2000 Honda S2000

There are over 15,000 individual sound effects in the first street race.

The green 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS-T that Paul Walker is driving at the start, is the same one used in the movie Sex Drive. There were a few differences made to it, such as the roof scoop.

The first street race scene is supposedly a quarter mile race, taking approximately ten seconds. However, the race takes almost two minutes of screen time and shows the vehicles driving in excess of 150 miles per hour, faster than even a 1,200 horsepower Bugatti Veyron can accomplish a 1/4 mile.

The Volkswagen Jetta that Jesse drives in the movie, was later purchased by Frankie Muniz.

Volkswagen Jetta Driven by Jesse

The car Leon drives is a Nissan Skyline R33, which is not available in the United States and must be imported straight from Japan.

Featured main and minor film vehicles.

1994,1996 Acura Integra
BMW 3 [E36]
1978 Buick Skylark
1991 Chevrolet Caprice
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle
1998 Chevrolet Metro
2000 Chevrolet Suburban
1995 Chevrolet Tahoe
1970 Dodge Charger
1998 Dodge Dakota
1992 Eagle Talon
Ferrari F355 Spider
1989 Ford Aerostar
1992,2000 Ford Crown Victoria

1951 Ford Custom
1999 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning
1988,1999.1993 Ford Taurus
Freightliner Argosy
1993 Freightliner FLA 86 64 T
1995 Freightliner FLD 120
1993 GMC Sierra
1994,1996 Honda Accord
1994 Honda Accord Wagon
1992,1993,1999 Honda Civic
1993,1996 Honda Civic Coupé
1990 Honda Civic CRX
1993 Honda Civic del Sol
1997 Honda Prelude
2000 Honda S2000
1995 Isuzu Rodeo
1997 Jaguar XK8 [X100]
1988 Jeep Cherokee
1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Kelmark GT

 

1998 Lexus GS 300
2001 Lexus GS 430
1995 Lexus SC 400

1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V
1992 Mazda 626
1993,1995 Mazda RX-7
1985 Mercury Cougar
1992 Mitsubishi Diamante
1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2G
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder 
1997 Nissan 240SX
1999 Nissan Maxima
Nissan Sentra
1995 Nissan Skyline GT-R
Ottawa Commander 30
Peterbilt 359
1990 Plymouth Voyager
1983 Pontiac 2000
1977 Pontiac Grand Prix
1996 Saturn SL2
Taylor TYCR920L
1994 Toyota Camry
2000 Toyota Celica
1982 Toyota Celica Supra Mk.II
1993 Toyota Corolla
1994 Toyota MR2
1996 Toyota Paseo
1995 Toyota Supra Mk.IV
1995 Volkswagen Jetta A3
Volvo 740 Turbo

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