Photo: DeLorean Prototype Fast X/Universal Studios
Three examples of the V10-powered supercar, which each cost around £65,000,were used in the film and then wrapped in a bright chrome gold finish. Compared to other examples in the film, they were left fairly untouched and were said to be “straightforward” to work with while filming too.
more intimidating than a Hummer. These huge SUVs were the civilian version of a car originally designed purely for use by the US military. It was the Hummer H2 that was chosen to be used as the ‘armoured vehicle’ in the film. Handled by King’s UK team, he said it was a “lot of fun” buying the road-going Hummers, before stripping them and rebuilding them with a muscular, armoured body.Various examples are blown up in the film.
1968 Dodge Charger
If you’re a fan of the Fast franchise, the car you’ll have seen plenty of is an original Dodge Charger driven byVin Diesel’s character Dom Toretto. It’s been a feature since the original The Fast and the Furious from 2001, and returns again for Fast X. It’s a car Dennis McCarthy is particularly fond of, with the coordinator looking after the American cars since The Fast and the Furious:Tokyo Drift, in 2006. After some wild modifications to the Charger in previous films, for the tenth instalment, McCarthy said he wanted to “bring it back to where it all came from,” with a more traditional look. “The car we always put the most effort into will always be Dom’s Charger,” says McCarthy, with an impressive 14 different examples of the classic Dodge used in the filming of Fast X.
Dodge Charger Daytona Banshee SRT
The Fast franchise is renowned for its tuned, noisy engines, but in Fast X things get a bit quieter with an electric car starring. It’s no normal EV, though, but Dodge’s monstrous Charger Daytona SRT Banshee concept car. Showcasing a future electric muscle car, it is said to be faster than Dodge’s monstrous petrol Hellcat models “in all key performance measures”. “I think as far as an electric car goes, what Dodge has done is incredible, with the styling of the car is amazing. It looks great and I wished we’d had a bit more time to put it into an action sequence,” said McCarthy.
Mini Countryman
Hummer H2
Of all the cars you’d expect to see in a Fast and Furious movie, it wouldn’t be Mini’s Countryman. But in the true fashion of the franchise, these are no normal examples of
If you were to select a muscly ‘baddie’ car, it’s hard to get
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