Fast & Furious 4: '70 Camaro F-Bomb

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The Fast and the Furious is back. The street-racing action movie series returns with a fourth installment, simply titled Fast & Furious. Better stock up on the NOS.

Eight years ago, the original Fast and Furious movie was one of the first car flicks to develop a cult following since the days of Steve McQueen and Burt Reynolds. With the possible exception of Hot Wheels, it was also the first mainstream tool to really exploit the untapped demographic of the import tuning subculture.
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Once it was announced that the new Fast & Furious movie was nearing production, speculation began about what was in store for fans of the F&F series. It wasn't long before spy photos of the action flick's set and cars began appearing online. It is now established that the upcoming movie will be hitting theaters on April 3.

The previous Fast & Furious movies' focus on cars rather than story line hasn't helped them achieve any decent critical success, but they've always been able to rake in money. While the first three movies were created to please a younger audience obsessed with modifying cars, usually in a horrifically tacky fashion, this F&F attempts to put emphasis on traditional action and plot, as is evident in the official trailer.

The movie marks the return of the two original main characters, Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), and also marks the return of some semblance of a plot. O'Conner is now an FBI agent hot on the heels of drug lord Antonio Braga, coincidentally the very same villain Toretto is after, as he is responsible for the death of Toretto's girlfriend. That about sums it up.

When a friend of a friend was able to attend an early screening of the film, we reported what he saw in a recent secondhand review. He said many of the computer graphics and special effects had yet to be cleaned up, but it was fun to watch anyway, with plenty of cool rides and hot women.

In a movie series known for unique and outrageous cars, such as the Skyline-powered Mustang from Tokyo Drift, we're excited to see the new batch of cars in action, including an R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R and an awesome Lamborghini LM002 SUV-slash-tank from the '80s. Aside from the GT-R and a few others, the usual roster of imports has taken a backseat this time, with the spotlight falling mostly on American iron from yesteryear.

Recently, Inside Line was given a behind-the-scenes look at the vehicles used in the movie. While many of the cars used in filming were actually replicas, often built in batches of six or seven to account for crash scenes, there are still a handful of cars that are the real deal. The off-road buggy wearing a fiberglass Skyline R34 body shell, however, is not one.

In the end, though, Fast & Furious 4 does sport tons of cool cars, and with no shortage of exciting chases, explosions and sexy girls, it will make for an entertaining way to pass a couple of hours. Whether you're going to see it because you love it or you hate it, it will likely make a bundle of money for Universal Studios, as will the upcoming DVD box set and the addition of a Fast and Furious exhibit in the Universal Studios tour.

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[jdubb408]

damn 1500 horses fukkk... this thing will destory alota shitty rice rocketz

[NissanTy]

was the real car even in the movie at all? or was it just all replicas? only thing about that movie i hated was when the f bomb did a wheelie in the sand...i mean really?

[Krazy1st]

I love how they make it seem like edmunds made the car... Nelson Racing made this for David Freiburger, Cheif Editor of Hotrod Magazine. It's a 406 twin trubo that makes 1540 hp and 1527 ft/lbs. Source: Nelson Racing.

[darkryder2004]

That car just screams "Badass."



[7Nub2Nub83]

@compaqnc6340 Like I said ... technical stoneage, but you just love them.

[JuanHulk91]

nre

[WindowsGamingXP]

I FOUND AN F-BOMB IN REAL LIFE!!! OMFG

(Not joking, Imma make a video about it)

[compaqnc6340]

@7Nub2Nub83 they're great man, you can't cant see on paper why they're great, it's just the way they feel, they're like that friend everyone has, not the smartest, not the smoothest, but they're always there for you and they're damn proud of who they are

[ao10s]

You have a 41 year old Camaro with 1500 horsepower and all you do is make a 43 second video?

[7Nub2Nub83]

All american cars are technically crap, BUT --- > they are COOL. Especially Muslecars look brilliant, their sound lets everyone get goose bumps. They are very raw and brutal and pure. I like that ! I would like to have a Camaro of 69 .. and the new one, that looks very similar. If you've got a big V8 engine you can get a lot of power out of it. But stock, those american engines are technical stone age. Like I said. they are not *good*, but many people like them. :)

[norcobigfootrider]

@juststraightupcrazy It was fake, there is no camaro in existence that can pull the wheels in sand from a stop, let alone already traveling about 80mph

[90XaSeR09]

@davidwaddell3393 I do know about frame building not a lot and i am aware about switching to coil overs but I personally test cars on track and I find that muscle cars still under steer a lot on corners and have uneven weight and powerslide around i would stick with my rx7 3 rotor track car that I find just right at staying on race lines around corners over a muscle car i also find a lot of muscle cars don't have that long of endurance at high rpm like a rotary engine machine