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Testing The Cars Of The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift

$150,000 Asking price of the VeilSide Fortune RX-7, which was crowned Best of Show at the 2005 Tokyo Auto Salon
$50,000 How much Universal actually ended up paying
$20,000 Cost of the custom red leather interior inside of the VeilSide RX-7
6 Cans of flat black Krylon spray paint used to paint over this interior
1 RB26DETT-powered 1967 Mustang fastbacks built for the movie
5 Different V-8 Mustang fastbacks created for the movie
2 Mustangs destroyed in the movie
7 Nissan Silvia S15s imported for the movie
4 Number of these Silvias that were Spec R versions with the SR20DET, the other three used the NA SR20DE
0 Number that actually had an RB swap
25 Nitrous oxide (NOS) bottles installed on various movie cars
0 Cars actually ran nitrous oxide
2 MkV VW R32s converted to rear-wheel drive by Volkswagen AG (in Germany)
4 VW Touran minivans converted to like the Incredible Hulk. Why? We don't want to know
8 Mistubishi Lancer Evolutions converted to rear-wheel drive
1 RWD Lancer EVOs broken during our test session
1 1970 Monte Carlo engine detonated at the same test session
$14,000 Cost of the Monte Carlo's Billy Mitchell-built 572 cubic-inch engine that was destroyed
9,373.4 How many cc's 572 cubic inches equals
4,000 Approximate number of Toyo T1R tires offered for the movie production
2,000 Approximate number of tires actually used
170 Volk Racing wheels donated for the movie
30 Sparco racing seats acquired
30 Recaro racing seats acquired
50 Most number of wheel/tire changes per night of filming
45 Days used to build all 200 movie cars
100 Cars wrecked during filming
260 Rented modified cars used for parking garage scene
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