It’s a nitrous-fortified orange crush of a Toyota Supra. In its most famous scene (aside from the now iconic chase at the finale) outraced a Ferrari. The now iconic on-screen friendship between Vin Diesel and Paul Walker began in the first film when the two bonded over restoring and customizing a 1995 Toyota Supra Mark IV. The 13B-REW was the first-ever mass-produced sequential twin-turbocharger system to export from Japan, boosting power to 255 PS (188 kW 252 hp) in 1993 and finally 280 PS (206 kW 276 hp) by the time production ended in Japan in 2002. The third generation of the RX-7, FD (with FD3S for Japan and JM1FD for the USA VIN), featured an updated body design.
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Tough call here: Was the RX-7 good enough on its own or was it the fact that it was customized and made for actor Sung Kang’s character (fan-favorite) that made it cool? And yes the car was definitely “made” cool for the movie the actual vehicle is pretty impressive as well. The custom ride is a showing of the “East meets West” sensibility that the film’s “American teen in Japan” plot is all about. We see, even if we are not explained, the meticulous process by which a car is built and tuned up and tested and re-configured. This is shown in the film’s climax which has an American teen expatriate played by Lucas Black building and tuning a custom ride using the body and chassis of his father’s 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback with the engine of his totaled Nissan Silvia S15. Now that sounds odd considering the franchise is so associated with cars but Tokyo Drift is the only one in which the focus is automobile customization and culture.
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Tokyo Drift is the most polarizing film in the long-running franchise but regardless of your feelings toward the film and the series it can’t be denied that the one thing filmmaker Justin Lin’s film is all about the cars. Below are our picks for the best and coolest cars featured in this high octane action saga that brought motorheads and general audiences together.
While everyone has different reasons as to why they love and/or hate these movies, one can’t deny that a big part of their appeal is the way they showcase some of the best automobiles from all over the world. The Fast & Furious films started off as a small action thriller set in the world of street racing but was catapulted into pop culture and became one of the biggest and most successful film franchises in history. With the upcoming release of Fate of the Furious only days away from hitting screens all across the world, we decided to list our fan favorite cars from the entire Fast & Furious series.
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