Sean’s 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX GSR (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)

This is cool because it’s used to actually teach LA boy and former muscle-car driver Sean Boswell how to properly drift a car. TD itself features some of the most actual driving from any one film in the series, and riding along with Sean as he learns to pop the clutch, yank the e-brake and power out is actually quite immersive. Plus, it looks cool and juuuust below over-the-top in its black and red, APR Performance livery.

Roman’s 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo (2 Fast 2 Furious)

It’s got fangs for a front-end! Classic NASCAR wheels painted red! It’s got no glass on the side windows, and eventually none on the windshield either (because, well, it was in Roman’s way)! It’s got no doors like the General Lee! It’s a freaking demolition derby car that wins the heat by turning itself into a de facto ramp, and sending a station wagon cartwheeling to its eventual demise! It makes me finish every sentence with an exclamation mark!

(SPOILER ALERT: The first car we see Roman driving is the Monte in 2F2F; the last? A Caprice of similar vintage in F7. Interesting, that)

Fenix’s 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport (Fast & Furious)

Partly because we need to feature some bad guy cars here, and partly because it’s actually a pretty important plot device, Fenix’s Ford makes this list. It looks fantastic in its emerald metalflake paint, but it’s the tires that give it away; upon returning to the site of Letty’s infamous crash, It’s the Torino’s tire marks that lead Dom to Fenix, vengeance and on to the crew’s enemy #1 in the finale.

Tego’s Chevrolet R-3500 (Fast & Furious)

Well, for starters, it is involved in one of the franchise’s more deft stunts, as it does a one-eighty at speed, gets slammed into reverse, hooks up to a presumably full tanker trailer, and continues on its merry way. That’s cool, but what’s really cool is the actual truck used in the movie has basically an ultra-heavy duty rear end that can drive all four rear wheels. Oh, and of course, it’s got NOS. Two bottles full.

The Dodge Charger SRT-8s (Fast Five)

Yeah, they’re finished in a matted black paint. Yes, they have the abilities to hook up to – and remove, right through the wall – a massive safe. Yes, they have special e-brake handles that recall those seen on Formula Drift series cars. But forget all that. The bottom line is, these babies are involved it what might be the most outrageous car chase we’ve ever seen on the silver screen, as they drag the anchor-like safe – and anything it happens to latch on to – through the crowded streets of Rio de Janiero, yanking on e-brakes and pulling skids as if they hadn’t a care in the world. Or, a safe and about thirty pieces of various city paraphernalia dragging behind them.

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