McLaren 720S, Jeep Gladiator, Range Rovers And More Cars That Stunned Us In Hobbs And Shaw

Ever since we first saw the trailer of the next Fast & Furious instalment, we knew that an action and stunt packed movie was coming our way and like all its franchise, cars were going to be the centrepiece. And when motorheads like Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) are involved, some serious and mean hot performance sequences are guaranteed. You pick up any scene, be it the McLaren 720S and Triumph Street Triple RS chase, Land Rovers and Monster Flat Beds used to rescue Vanessa and destroy Idris's base or the lethal climax scene which involves customized old-school American muscle cars taking down the Heli, nothing was perceptible and the sequences left us stunned.

We at carandbike are not movie critics, so we aren't giving you a review. Instead, we are here to just take you through all the hot performance machines used in the film.

McLaren 720 S

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Jason Statham was seen driving the McLaren 720S.

Shaw's are known for their taste in cars and Deckard Shaw (Statham) opens the movies swiftly taking out the 720 S of its garage. The supercar which uses the M840T 4-litre V8 engine is seen putting all its 700 horses in action in the chase scene and you will love the detail shots of the engine and suspension along with the DRS when it's activated.

Triumph Street Triple RS

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Idris was seen riding the modified Triumph Street Triple RS

The Street Triple RS has not been used in its stock version and there have been quite a few modifications basically to go with Idris's character and make it look as mean and evil as possible. Idris is seen pulling off some menacing stunts riding the Street Triple and there are some scenes which are sure to give you Goosebumps, like the one where he had a narrow escape ditching a Lorry while chasing the 720S. That said, in all those scenes where we see the motorcycle flexing and shrinking are just a good job done by the graphics team.

Range Rover

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Range Rovers were used as Villain's convoy vehicle.

As in most of the cases, the Range Rovers in the Hobbs and Shaw are seen doing what they do the best. They are a part of bad man's (villain's) convoy and we can see them flinging in the air in almost every scene which involve car chase. All Range Rovers in the movie are finished in matte grey and get a unique LED headlamp set-up. As far as mechanicals are concerned, we can't confirm if they were the normal 3-litre iterations or the 5-litre supercharged models.

Jeep Gladiator

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The Jeep Gladiator had a little cameo in the movie and was used to just drive Hobbs, Shaw and Vanessa to Samoa (Hobbs home) where Hobbs was going after 25 years to seek help from his brother who supposedly was the "best mechanic" in the world. The fun part? Hobbs was welcomed with a punch in his face which was hard enough to hurt that giant of a character.

American Muscle Trucks

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Old muscle trucks were used in the climax of the seen.

The climax of the movies was shot in Samoa where Idris came with the gang to take the infamous virus. Hobbs and Shaw decided to go old school (not that they had any better option) and that involved lots of old and rusting muscle cars and trucks coming back to life. Hobbs was seen driving the rock crawler which had a winch fixed at the rear using which Hobbs took the helicopter down. Shaw's car was assisted by three more muscle cars to add-on weight and all of them together managed to take the helicopter down using the nitro boost at the end.



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