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The 2010 Dodge Charger SRT-8 is a four door muscle car produced by Dodge which appears in Fast Five, driven by Dominic Toretto and Brian O'Conner.

Biography

Fast Five

Brian, Dom, Roman and Han steal four police cars from a police station parking lot and two of them are modified to be used to drag the vault through Rio whilst the other two are used to allow them to blend in with the police.

Dom and Brian drive the Heist Chargers and break into the police station where they are able to steal the vault. They use the vault to evade police and at one point are able to switch out the vault with a fake. With the police gaining on them, Dom disconnects Brian's Charger from the vault and allows him to continue ahead whilst he stays back and stops the police using the vault. Dom is able to escape from his Charger last minute before it is flung off the side of a bridge and into the water.

Brian returns in his Charger and shoots Zizi and Luke Hobbs allows them a twenty-four hour head start to leave Rio in exchange for them defending him and his team.

Production Notes

Four Dodge Charger SRT-8 models appear in Fast Five. The first two SRT-8's that are seen are the four 2011 Police LX Chargers, two of which are specially prepared into vault heist cars, finished in matte black paint (the two suddenly becoming the 2010 Chargers). Together, the two cars provided enough strength to pull the vault loaded with money out of the police station. Whilst being pursued by the entire Brazilian police force under Hernan Reyes' payroll, both Dominic and Brian's Chargers lose their rear windscreens due to heavy gunfire. The cars are driven cleanly and suffer no further damage than bullet wounds until Dominic's Charger is flung by inertia at Herman Reyes' Volkswagen Touran.

Upgrades

Vault Heist Charger

  • Internal roll cage
  • Chassis reinforcement
  • Exterior rear-section cage
  • Heavy-duty winch (rear mounted)
  • Flat Matte black paint job
  • Nitrous Oxide system (Dominic's car)
  • XD Rockstar Wheels in flat black

Law Enforcement

There are also a number of SRT-8s used as police vehicles - the 2006 Dodge Charger and the 2011 Charger, both PPV (police pursuit vehicles). The most significant police SRT-8 that appeared would be the one which had an officer with a shotgun hanging out of the passenger side window who was about to shoot Dominic. This car, however, is shunted out of the way by Han Seoul-Oh.

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Trivia

  • The Charger SRT-8s that appear as vault heist cars, are an obvious nod to Dominic choosing the cars, possibly as an attempt to fill a gap that his original black 1970 Charger R/T should fill.
  • The Charger SRT-8s that appear in Fast & Furious 6 are also a reference to a past Charger R/T. The car's grey-on-black color scheme match that of Dom's Charger R/T in Fast Five.
  • Despite the Chargers being automatic transmission, Dom and Brian shift them as if they're manual transmission.

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