Vin Diesel’s video shows familiar American muscle cars from ‘Fast’ franchise

Vin Diesel unveils the cars expected to return for the finale of the Fast and Furious franchise.

On the back of a carrier truck, three classic cars rolled into an undisclosed location where Vin Diesel is car training for Fast X: Part 2 , the final feature in a series that’s really about family. “We’re on our way,” he wrote.

On that note, the last film in the mega-successful franchise intends to strike a nostalgic chord by paying homage to some old favorites for the last goodbye, beginning with the 1994 Supra Toyota that Paul Walker’s character drove. It was the first that Vin Diesel revealed was coming back on Instagram.

The original bright orange Toyota Supra featured a pearl-finish paint job from Lamborghini Diablo with the “Nuclear Gladiator” on the doors, according to Motor 1. The body kit also includes “a front spoiler and side skirts from Bomex, TRD-style hood, APR aluminum bi-plane rear wing, and 19-inch five-spoke wheels.” And there are plenty more cars coming.

Dom packs the heat: cars with muscle

Recently, Vin Diesel posted a video on Instagram of three black cars on the back of a truck pulling up to a location, as per CBR. Fans will recognize them: the Challenger, Road Runner, and Barracuda from Furious 7. Vin Diesel’s character Dominic Toretto drives the most expensive vehicles in the movie, according to Screenrant , so Diesel aims to impress.

The Dodge Challenger comes as no surprise as one of the Dom’s main cars from 2009. The Charger is his signature car, however, from 1970, though it hasn’t shown up yet, and it seems that intention is driving Diesel’s teasers on the way to 2026: the film’s scheduled release date.

Besides the Challenger, the Road Runner came at the end of Toyko Drift, about a bunch of military kids who start to race. Dom shows up with the Road Runner at the end of the film when he meets Sean at the race, according to Screenrant . Out of all his cars, “the Road Runner was the most revolutionary of the muscle car era” as it famously reached 494 horsepower.

Finally, at the beginning of Furious 7, Dom drives Letty to the Race Wars in the Plymouth Barracuda. Designed to take on the Mustang, it made history in 1970, as its designers removed all notions of it being a family car out of the picture, and thrust the machine as 100% pure muscle .

As a nod to his character and the film’s family bent, Dom’s father bequeathed to Dom a love of muscle cars — horsepower. So the final film, already, seems to be packing much more than muscle…heart.

The last of the franchise about family: back to basics

In anticipation of movie number 12, the sequel to Fast X and the last in the series, Vin Diesel has begun presenting the vehicles that graced the screen over the past 22 years. The first film came out in 2001 and launched a Blockbuster franchise that peaked at the Box Office with Fast and Furious 7, grossing 1.5 billion worldwide.

In a “Back to Basics” approach, Fast X Part 2 purposefully turns off from its previous muscular approach: big-budget, in favor of returning “to the beginning.” According to CBR , they’re expected to forego some of their more “outlandish sequences,” and perhaps Jason Momoa as the villain.

The film begins production in September of this year and is set to release in 2026. Vin Diesel is getting ready, and the world awaits to be teased further as to which vehicles will make it for the final ride along with new additions, as one might expect, but then, they might keep it pure and original. This is about family, in the beginning and in the end.