FAST & FURIOUS COVERAGE @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com Opens Friday, April 3!!! In the movie business, cars are expendable. They’re not respected, nowhere near cherished, subject to abuse and constantly thrashed. It doesn’t matter if the cars are Ferraris or Ford Crown Vics, the job of any vehicle in a movie is to tell the story effectively — even if it must be destroyed in order to do so. And in a movie like Fast & Furious (opening April 3) the cars do a lot of storytelling. We should know; we went behind the scenes. In October of 2007, Dennis McCarthy was hired as the picture car coordinator for Fast & Furious, and after leasing a 60000-square-foot shop in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley and hiring a staff of mechanics and fabricators, he got started building the 240 or so cars that would be needed for the production — to portray about a dozen on-screen cars tied to a character. After all, duplicates were needed of every car to ensure the production never had to slow down; to perform specific stunts; and to be wrecked in the most spectacular way possible. Using documentation from the production’s picture car department and in-person interviews with McCarthy and his hard-working team of fabricators, Inside Line has created the most comprehensive guide to this year’s hottest movie cars. Here it is: Inside Line’s guide to the cars and trucks of Fast & Furious.
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Me personally I only like german cars, but I’ve noticed all my friends and a lot of other poeple when they want to buy a fast car or a car to buy and fix up themselves most people buy Japanese. Weather its Honda suburau, acura, mittsubishi. Then they fix those cars up to go fast. I don’t get why more poeple don’t do that with german cars?!?! They have some of the fastest cars there are. Anyone know?
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I think my car has a bad battery. I was successful in jump starting my car with another car. I could get it started and running for a few minutes with jump start cables. I then turned both cars off, disconnected the jump start cable. My car couldn’t start then without the cable.
Can I disconnect my jump start cable when the two cars are still running? That way I can drive the car to an auto shop and have the battery replaced.
Thanks.
Felix.
I’m starting to research different cars because I need to get a new one somewhat soon. I know I want a used car that has low mileage and is in good shape. Car safety is also really important. Can you recommend some websites that are good for overall car research and car listings? Thanks!
I have a 1990 Volvo wagon now and would like something similar to that, but newer and maybe not another Volvo since they are expensive to fix and from what I’ve heard the newer ones aren’t as good as the old ones.
Cars 2: Japan Race – Clip
Feb 22
Cars That Go Boom
Feb 18
Collectors pay top dollar for cars made in the 20s.
Back then automakers took pride in their product.
Now, anybody driving a car more than 10 years old doesn’t want to invest a dime in it because it’s virtually worthless on the used car market.
These days, filling the tank of a 10 year old car doubles its value!
And does it seem like we’re getting raped when we pay the money for what we believe is quality, but the car doesn’t end up lasting any longer than a Yugo?
Am I the only one that feels rage about the poor quality & workmanship and the high prices we’re forced to pay because of government mandated bumpers, lights, gismos, gatdgets, bells & whistles?
Like me on Facebook – www.facebook.com About a month ago on my way to work I came across something which looked like it was from the movies. There was a warehouse full of exotic and muscle cars being seized by the DEA and US Marshalls. All the cars combined are worth upwards of 4 million dollars. Some of the exotics which were seized which weren’t in the video included a Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster, Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR, Diablo Roadster, and a Rolls Royce Drophead which you can slightly see at one point. Checkout all the cars in the video as most of them are heavily modified. This was one incredible collection! Enjoy!
Richard Hammond and James May play with the ultimate big boys toys – real radio controlled cars in this fantastic clip from the award-winning motoring show. Go to www.youtube.com tosee a full list of all high quality videos available on the Top Gear YouTube channel and don’t forget to visit www.topgear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
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I know that at some point between 1994 and 2004 Mercedes-Benz went from making some of the best cars in the world to some of the worst cars in the world. I am planning on buying an old Mercedes, as they are beautiful cars (please don’t tell me that I should buy something else, that’s not what I’m asking in this question) and I would like to know exactly what year Mercedes started making poor quality cars. Please give me a specific year, so I will know that I should buy cars made before that year.
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