| For those who love cars, customizing and racing | | | | car and began to alter its appearance for an even |
| are a way of life. Some dedicated performance | | | | more aggressive look. Lamborghini orange paint |
| enthusiasts, however, are putting their cars, their | | | | was applied (the only car in the movie to receive |
| buddies and their lives on the line by street racing. | | | | an actual high-quality paint job), as was a new |
| This sport is a type of racing that has drawn | | | | Bomex body kit. New 19" wheels were added, as |
| national attention due to the movies "The Fast | | | | well as a new rear wing, a new TRD hood and |
| and the Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious". It is not a | | | | some one-off Troy Lee graphics. The studio then |
| new thing. Over the years, speeds have increased | | | | set out to build 5 cosmetic replicas, shown in |
| and with the advent of cell phones and GPS | | | | various stages of completion, all designed to |
| systems, so has the technology that's why the | | | | replicate this original. |
| trend continues to grow. Movies like The Fast and | | | | Director Rob Cohen wanted to make a movie |
| The Furious have helped to spread the virtues of | | | | with lots of souped up cars going really fast, and |
| street racing where we can see the guys who | | | | in those terms, he succeeded. Races at night, |
| have a passion for cars. It's not a bad thing. It's | | | | races during the day, races in the city, the desert, |
| rather an exciting sport that requires training, | | | | and abandoned business districts in Los Angeles. |
| discipline and skill. When Universal Pictures launched | | | | Eclipses, Supras, Civics, Maximas, and all other |
| The Fast and the Furious into the 2001 summer | | | | sorts of tricked out import cars fly across the |
| movie season, most of the viewers said: now we | | | | screen. |
| have two new stars: Mitsubishi's Lancer Evolution | | | | After the movie the show was just begin. |
| VII and Eclipse Spyder, the 'hero cars' of the film. | | | | Anyone who has seen the movie wanted to |
| The street racing was getting a lot of press | | | | change his car or buy the new one - Mitsubishi |
| attention, the popularity of the modified import | | | | Eclipse. The street racing getting popularity. |
| cars was exploding, and that was amazing. | | | | Eclipses and Supras become the most popular |
| Mitsubishi's starring role in 2 Fast 2 Furious was | | | | cars in the world and young toughs no longer |
| seen in the industry as marketing genius because | | | | shouted "My Chevy can beat your Ford." |
| created a renewed interest in the Eclipse as a | | | | Allegiance and passion had moved to Mitsubishi, |
| tuner model. The same situation was in Toyota's | | | | Toyo and Honda. The Lifestyle of the Fast and |
| industry, when in the Spring of 2000, Toyota | | | | the Furious was a world of attitude fueled by |
| Supra was spotted by recruiters for Universal | | | | nitrous tanks and hot passion for the high-octane |
| Pictures and was selected to be the primary car | | | | excitement of street racing. |
| for the upcoming blockbuster. They rented the | | | | See Mitsubishi Eclipse and Toyota Supra live! |