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Silent Hill · Sep 19, 2017

Grizzlyjin said:
Dom shits on Brian for driving Japanese cars over American muscle. If someone showed up in an electric car, they'd throw their empty Corona bottles at them.

But rebuilds a 2JZ Supra...lol

But to answer your question OP. Its because they are electric cars. Which are boring.

SwiftDeath · Sep 19, 2017

I could totally see the series get one of the supercar hybrids

I think both Mercedes and Porsche have concept cars they could use. Those things are insane, basically taking the concept of a Prius onto a formula one level

https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/mercedes-amg-project-one/

or

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_918_Spyder

Tesla seems tame in comparison

gutter_trash · Sep 19, 2017

sound

all comes down to sound being part of the movie magic of combustion engines

this_guy · Sep 19, 2017

Does NOS even work with electric cars?

itwasTuesday · Sep 19, 2017

If you want to get more in depth into the cars of F&F, google any combination of Dennis McCarthy + Fast and Furious + Cars. Hes the head car coordinator for the franchise. Multiple videos and articles.

HStallion · Sep 19, 2017

this_guy said:
Does NOS even work with electric cars?

Sure if you huff it

Dinokill · Sep 19, 2017

this_guy said:
Does NOS even work with electric cars?

No. Nitrous Oxide needs fuel.

Slayven · Sep 19, 2017

Dinokill said:
No. Nitrous Oxide needs fuel.

and air

Kenstar · Sep 19, 2017

this_guy said:
Does NOS even work with electric cars?

do more amps help ICE cars?

MemoryHumanity · Sep 19, 2017

Have you ever watched a Fast & Furious movie? Lol

DBT85 · Sep 19, 2017

I'd rather a tuned R34 than a tesla, and I want a tesla. I want snail whine or na roar. The soundtrack to a tesla is hardly getting blood pumping.

Also, if they drove teslas what would they stand around looking at at meets with their bonnet(hood) up with the hot women with barely any clothes on? "hey baby check my sweet luggage space".

cj_iwakura · Sep 19, 2017

sirap said:
Yup. Tokyo Drift was pretty much car porn.

What do you expect? It was an Initial D movie in all but name.

entremet · Sep 19, 2017

-Tesla didn't pay Universal money (biggest reason really)

-Car enthusiasts have a preference toward gas-powered vehicles due to tradition and nostagia, familiarity, and markers of common supercars--loud engines, smoke exhausts, etc.

-Tesla and other electric-powered vehicles have an image and demographics more aimed at the eco-friendly yuppie, not the person looking at car mags or restoring classic cars in their garage on weekends.

Finky Spunky · Sep 19, 2017

Still unknown, I maybe see one Tesla every 3 months driving around.

Dishwalla · Sep 19, 2017

Another thing is nearly all the cars in the F&F movies are modified cars, that's what the movies used to be entirely about, aftermarket modified race cars. Are there even that many aftermarket mods for Teslas? Seems to be against the entire point of the cars.

Sobriquet · Sep 19, 2017

Because under the hood there's a frunk.

YuriLowell · Sep 19, 2017

Because they are incredibly boring.

Flo_Evans · Sep 19, 2017

cj_iwakura said:
What do you expect? It was an Initial D movie in all but name.

Don't insult initial-D like that.

Pavaloo · Sep 19, 2017

itwasTuesday said:
You forget, Tej made NOS grappling hooks. He got this.

this is one of the greatest things i've ever seen

i need a usb labeled NOS

Darkangel · Sep 19, 2017

Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku! said:
The next F&F movie should be about Vin Diesel racing a self driving car to prove that man is better than machine and the bad guy can be an over the top Elon Musk parody.

That would be perfect.

sixteen-bit · Sep 19, 2017

Sobriquet said:
Because under the hood there's a frunk.

that's where they can store the DVD players

Pupperbabysassy · Sep 19, 2017

Although Tesla's are fast, they are not particularly furious.

v1lla21 · Sep 19, 2017

sixteen-bit said:
that's where they can store the DVD players

This is good. Lol.

Nastrodamous · Sep 19, 2017

because then there would be no granny shifting, not double clutching like you should.

Bitch Pudding · Sep 19, 2017

Maybe the F&F crew likes their cars "unplugged"?

HStallion · Sep 19, 2017

Just make Tyrese drive it end complain about it for 2 hours.

jcutner · Sep 19, 2017

HStallion said:
Just make Tyrese drive it end complain about it for 2 hours.

Sold.

Atlas157 · Sep 19, 2017

norm9 said:
Teslas are boring and would get smoked by any of the Toretto crews' cars.

And they can't do this-

Teslas need to stick to the Prius lane.

u rite

Poppy · Sep 19, 2017

they should make a humanoid robot drive the car and vin diesel has to race it and later vin diesel has to fistfight the robot

siddx · Sep 19, 2017

Other than them being dull to look at, a fast 0-60 doesn't make it a sports car. Bentleys and Rolls both have huge engines that can get to 60 faster than the vast majority of cars out there, but you'd never call them sports cars. They would get eaten alive by cars with significantly slower launches at any race track.

That said, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see one in the next movie with a flashy paint job and a body kit.

Aurongel · Sep 19, 2017

Tesla probably doesn't throw product placement money at them the way the large US Auto makers do. Plot-wise, they could always find a fun easy way to write the car's silent engine into the film. Use it for a sneaking mission maybe 🤔

HStallion · Sep 19, 2017

Poppy said:
they should make a humanoid robot drive the car and vin diesel has to race it and later vin diesel has to fistfight the robot

"Robots don't have FAMILY!"

Discotheque · Sep 19, 2017

Dalek said:
They'd have to pull over every now and then and recharge their cars.

Nah I'm pretty sure ludacris has already invented the ultra long life batteries for the crew in his garage

sixteen-bit · Sep 19, 2017

Poppy said:
they should make a humanoid robot drive the car and vin diesel has to race it and later vin diesel has to fistfight the robot

HStallion said:
"Robots don't have FAMILY!"

Little does the robot know that the street always wins.

As the robot lay dying it's revealed that the robot contained the consciousness of Han Seoul-Oh and Vin Diesel needs to get revenge on himself in the sequel

Cat Party · Sep 19, 2017

Poppy said:
they should make a humanoid robot drive the car and vin diesel has to race it and later vin diesel has to fistfight the robot

HStallion said:
"Robots don't have FAMILY!"

"No disassemble Number 5"

HStallion · Sep 19, 2017

sixteen-bit said:
Little does the robot know that the street always wins.

As the robot lay dying it's revealed that the robot contained the consciousness of Han Seoul-Oh and Vin Diesel needs to get revenge on himself in the sequel

It'll be like Superman 3 where Evil Vin splits from Good Vin and they do battle with a drag race.

itwasTuesday · Sep 19, 2017

Discotheque said:
Nah I'm pretty sure ludacris has already invented the ultra long life batteries for the crew in his garage

Just gotta update the firmware.

Code:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/hlVcgAk.jpg?1[/img]

WaterAstro · Sep 19, 2017

They should have the Top Gear modified G-Wiz in the movie. It's faster than the Mustang.

televator · Sep 19, 2017

Pagusas said:
Probably because part of their marketing in the begining was boasting about the Model S being the fastest 0-60 production car in the world or something like that.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/07/technology/motor-trend-tesla-acceleration/index.html

And there was a video of a model S smoking a Viper on the quarter strip.

Kenstar · Sep 19, 2017

Tesla Model S got 3:17 at Virginia Int. Raceway due to safemode kicking in less than a minute into the lap off fully charged and cooled battery

a stock 200hp BRZ's got 3:18

Shadow Puppetry · Sep 19, 2017

Why would they have luxury car?

BarringGaffner · Sep 19, 2017

There are Tesla's in the NYC scene where all the automated cars are taken over. Just not as hero cars.

Conciliator · Sep 19, 2017

combustion is cool and manly while electricity is quiet and sissy

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