Top 13 Cars From the Fast and Furious Saga

The Fast and Furious saga has come a long way from its humble street racing origins. Now, all the characters are borderline superheroes, and the cars don’t need to adhere to the laws of physics.

While cars may not be the main focus of the franchise anymore, there’s no denying that it has featured some excellent cars over the years.

In this article, we’ll take a look at a handful of those cars. There are still many others we could’ve included, but we went with the ones that are truest to the first movies when the cars were the stars.

Mitsubishi Eclipse

After the intro, where the three Honda Civics hijack a truck, we’re introduced to the first proper Fast and Furious hero car — Brian’s Mitsubishi Eclipse. Painted bright green, with vibrant graphics, a full body kit, and a big wing, it was the first car to showcase what would epitomize the cars in the first movie.

Chasing more power, Brian decided to install two large NOS bottles. He damaged the engine and lost the car to Dom in a pink slip race. Sadly, Johnny Tran then blew it up, but at least it led to the introduction of the now-iconic orange Supra. Roman also drove an Eclipse in the second movie, but the less said about that one, the better.

Dodge Charger

Apart from the RX-7 he drives at the beginning of the first F&F movie (and the Civics they used for the hijackings), Dominic Toretto tends to go for American muscle. For the final chase scene in the first movie, he brought out his late father’s Dodge Charger and pulled a tire-smoking wheelie.

Since then, Dom has found himself behind the wheel of several highly modified second-gen Chargers, including the Maximus Charger in Furious 7 and the Ice Charger in The Fate of the Furious.

Chevelle SS

As mentioned, Dom has driven other classic muscle cars besides the Charger. One of them was the 1970 Chevelle SS, which we first saw after the end credits in the first movie.

In the fourth movie, Dom returns, and so does his Chevelle. At first, it still has the same red paint as it did the previous time we saw it, but for his audition with Arturo Braga, he painted it gray and fitted a set of American Racing wheels. Dom’s Chevelle SS can also be spotted in The Fate of the Furious and Fast X.

Toyota Supra

After Johnny Tran destroyed the green Eclipse, Brian still owed Dom a “10-second car,” and he delivered a wrecked Toyota Supra. They buy a bunch of parts from Harry at The Racer’s Edge, along with some “overnight parts from Japan,” and Brian proceeds to beat a Ferrari F355 in a race.

The Supra actually belonged to Craig Lieberman, the film’s technical advisor. Some of the leftover cars from the first movie were repurposed for 2 Fast 2 Furious, so Slap Jack’s Supra actually appeared in both films, but with vastly different designs. At the end of Furious 7, Brian drives into the horizon in another Supra, a 1995 model owned by the late Paul Walker.

Nissan Skyline GT-R

It’s easy to understand why the Nissan Skyline GT-R was one of Brian’s favorites. Virtually every F&F movie has featured one of these Japanese supercar slayers.

In the first movie, Leon drove a yellow R33 Skyline GT-R. Brian was behind the wheel of the R34 on multiple occasions, and in Fast Five, he’s even managed to get his hands on a 1971 Hakosuka Skyline GT-R. Paul Walker loved these cars just as much as his on-screen character did, and the Bayside Blue car he drove in Fast and Furious was actually his car.

Honda S2000

The Honda S2000 is one of Johnny Tran’s toys in The Fast and the Furious, and Leon told Jesse that he had spent more than $100,000 on the engine. In reality, the engine only had around $8,000 worth of mods, according to Craig Lieberman.

In 2 Fast 2 Furious, Suki drives a pink S2000. It’s the exact same car they used when filming the first movie. It even still had the supercharger kit, so it was seriously fast.

1969 Yenko Camaro SYC

When the Chevy Camaro arrived in 1967, Don Yenko, an American race car driver and Chevrolet dealership owner, instantly recognized its potential and created some very special models over the years.

In 2 Fast 2 Furious, Brian won a Yenko Camaro in a race for pink slips, and it packed a massive 427 V8 with 500 wild ponies — enough to get it airborne when they had to catch a yacht. One of the stunt cars used in the movie was fully restored by Year One.

Mazda RX–7

Dom Toretto initially raced a VeilSide-kitted Mazda RX-7 with NOS installed under the seat, but as awesome as the car was, it received very little screen time.

In F&F: Tokyo Drift, Han also drives a Mazda RX-7 with a VeilSide body kit, but this time, it’s the full-blown widebody kit. They bought the car directly from VeilSide, and it was already fully built, boasting a variety of mods in addition to the body kit and wheels, such as an HKS turbo and intercooler, Rotora brakes, and other goodies.

1971 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

In Tokyo Drift, high school student Sean Boswell gets into trouble after racing his Monte Carlo project car against a Dodge Viper… through a construction site!

It’s the only real American muscle car to appear in the movie — unless you count the Nissan RB26DETT-swapped Mustang. Sadly, the Monte Carlo was totaled at the end of the race, but it was a great addition to the movie, and it did an excellent job of portraying a daily-driven work in progress.

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport

In Fast Five, Dom and Brian are involved in a train robbery. One of the cars they stole, and subsequently drove off a cliff, was the super-rare 1963 Chevy Corvette Grand Sport.

The original car was built as a response to the Shelby Cobra, but they obviously couldn’t use those in the movie. Instead, they had Mongoose Motors build 12 replicas, and the hero car was fitted with a 502 GM performance crate engine and Borg Warner Super T-10 transmission.

Corvette Sting Ray

In the Fate of the Furious, Letty drove a red widebody 1966 Sting Ray ‘Vette through New York. In reality, it was a 1965 model and the car started out as a barn find, needing a complete overhaul.

The production team swapped the 327 V8 for a more potent Chevy crate engine that sent 400 wild stallions to the rear wheels via a Muncie four-speed. ‘Vette enthusiasts may have noticed that the classic Sting Ray also received some exterior updates, such as the wide fender flares.

Acura NSX

At the end of Fast & Furious, Mia chased the prison bus carrying Dom in a black Acura NSX, and that’s exactly where the following movie picked up. However, this wasn’t the first time we’ve seen an NSX in the F&F franchise.

In 2 Fast 2 Furious, Tej owned an NSX that’s parked outside his garage. It’s got a Louis Vuitton-style livery but with different initials. The production team built several examples of Tej’s NSX, and it was supposed to have a much bigger role, but it ended up with just a few seconds of screen time.

Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII

While the Mitsubishi Evo VII in 2 Fast 2 Furious wasn’t the coolest car in the franchise, it deserves to be mentioned, and it was certainly better than its Eclipse co-star.

The Evo VII was never available in the U.S., but since Mitsubishi sponsored the movie, they had to find a way to include it. US Customs provided Brian with the car for the undercover mission, and its green paint and blue decals were a nice tribute to the Eclipse he drove in the previous installment. In Tokyo Drift, Sean learns to drift in another Evo, this time, an Evo IX that’s converted to RWD.