Made especially for the film, the flip car looks like something out of Mad Max or Robot Wars, not the Fast and Furious series. Based on the design of a Formula One car, it has a 8 cylinder engine producing 500 BHP. A real beast of a car. It’s also equipped with rear wheel steering, allowing it to almost sidestep left and right at high speed.
The piece de resistance is the ramp, a metal flap that raises up to protect the driver and send oncoming traffic flying through the air. The effect in the film is quite spectacular, with only a minor bit of camera trickery to hide a pipe ramp. Everything else is real, and the flip car really does send police cars spiraling through the air.
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