Behind the Wheel of Dominic Toretto's Menacing Coupe
This is the defining, iconic car of the Fast & Furious movies: Dominic Toretto's 1970 Dodge Charger. It first showed up back in 2001's The Fast and the Furious, was an integral part of the story in 2009's Fast & Furious and it's back again for Fast Five. Along the way it has rolled after hitting a big green semi, been rebuilt and gone from glossy to flat black.
"Me and my dad built her," Dom (Vin Diesel) explains to Brian (super-dreamy Paul Walker) when the audience first sees the old Charger in that first film, parked in a dramatically lit, old wooden garage. "Nine-hundred horses of Detroit muscle," he continues as the camera slobbers over the genuine blown Hemi in its open engine bay. "It's a beast. Know what she ran at Palmdale?"
"No, what did she run?" Brian asks.
"Nine seconds flat," Dom answers. "My dad was driving. So much torque, the chassis twisted coming off the line. He barely kept it on the track."
Brian came back with the natural follow-up. "So what's your best time?"
"I've never driven her," Dom replied.
"Why not?"
"Scares the shit out of me."
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