The Missing Cars From Tokyo Drift

[@dave1986R]

It’s a shame that Tokyo Drift was the least profitable of the Fast & Furious franchise. That’s been a fan favorite ever since it came out. And as you said once that movie has JDM cars with wide body kits & big turbos, awesome race scenes, and hot Asian women. What’s not to love?

[@chrisfreimiller4878]

By far the best of the series guessing it wasn't t as big in box office cause of cast or lack of.

[@dave1986R]

@@chrisfreimiller4878 I hadn’t considered that. I just thought it was because most people aren’t really into JDM cars.

[@Natschke_Family_Adventures]

Tokyo Drift is my favorite movie in the series. It actually had a somewhat believable plot.

[@pennycopperhatch9315]

Adam LZ has one of the S15 Mona Lisa's currently as well!

[@89five3five]

Tokyo Drift was the only movie in the franchise that was about actual street racing. All the others were heist movies.

[@GF-mf7ml]

and Burnout game live action

[@markcozzie]

Typical Hollywood spoil everything

[@Marcus-mq6qs]

Tokyo drift was the best, I can sit down to watch the whole movie anytime it plays or streams.

[@amoghmadiwale2397]

I don't know, why Tokyo Drift didn't do business, it's still the best movie i ever seen.

[@Kev27RS]

Easy: It was a spin-off movie and didn’t have the main characters in it!

[@sonicallstarify]

​​@@Kev27RS I still think a sequel would slap I mean direct sequel showing more racing in Japan

[@Kev27RS]

@@sonicallstarify I agree! "Tokyo Drift" shouldn’t have been directly connected to the franchise’s timeline!

[@sonicallstarify]

@@Kev27RS I wonder if another timeline did the series split and we got Tokyo Drift movies every other main movie. I don't mind them tying TK into the main series, I just really wanted Hans return to be done much better. It was a lazy cop out

[@Kev27RS]

@@sonicallstarify Yeah, the way that the producers handled Tokyo Drift regarding its connection to the rest of the movies, is bullshit! If it wasn’t for the popularity of the character "Han", the UNIVERSAL producers wouldn’t have brought him back for the fourth movie and the storyline / timeline of the franchise wouldn’t be such a mess nowadays… It messed everything up! The producers decided to kill the coolest character of the movie while creating the movie Tokyo Drift. That movie takes place after Fast & Furious 6 NOW… It wasn’t supposed to be that way initially though. The producers took around 8 years to decide where to place and connect Tokyo Drift in the franchise’s timeline… All because they decided to bring the character "Han" back for the fourth movie. I guess the first big mistake was to kill the character Han in the Tokyo Drift movie. Then bringing him back in the fourth movie was the pivotal moment that messed everything up… It was the last nail on the coffin when Furious 7 came out and the producers started to "reinvent" everything related to Tokyo Drift… Han‘s comeback in Fast And Furious 9 doesn’t make any sense at all… It was all "fan service"! As much as I enjoy Tokyo Drift for what it represents, that movie will always leave a sour taste in my mouth… It’s unfortunate!

[@Ethan_Alexandur]

Tokyo drift is the best movie out of the franchise. No debate.

[@RAFAEL199O]

I think it's a matter of if you are a drift person

[@ricklp1861]

Facts

[@negativeindustrial]

2nd best, for sure. The first three, generally, are the only ones worth watching.

[@Kev27RS]

Cool movie but has lots of inaccuracies! The use of an EVO in a movie about *Drifting* is one of them… The best movie is and will always be the original one!

[@SpaceHCowboy]

2nd best behind the original. The rest are nonsense.

[@DarthRayvonGaming]

The tokyo drift R33 was up for sale in the UK around 2009. As was one of the 350Zs (one of the stunt ones had roof panel damage) not even expensive, both going for around £10k

[@JDMRightHandDrive]

The splooge Skyline, Craig you gave me a good laugh. Love the video, keep the content coming!

[@TruckerJDub]

What we really want to know is where is the VW "Hulk" Touran. That was the real star of the movie.

[@Dave689]

that thing was hideous

[@jjojo2004]

I think that car was a Honda Fit or some JDM Honda that is similar, it was NOT a VW of any type. 🤔🤔🤔

[@Dave689]

​@@jjojo2004 2005 Volkswagen Touran.

[@cam8209]

​@jjojo2004 honda fit did not exist at time of filming and the car shown was almost definitely a VW touran

[@kibawhitefang7176]

I keep thinking that one of the reasons why the third movie didn’t sold profitable tickets is because during that time the pirate movies were at all times high. 🏴‍☠️ 💿 But I do remember go and watch that movie in theaters and the room was full with people that by the time the movie end and everybody started leaving, they couldn’t help themselves but to rev their engines on their way out. No matter if your car even sucked. So people did liked the movie, but when pirates movies were so available why bother. 🏴‍☠️ 💿

[@Kameleon916]

tokyo drift helped me sale my bucket s13 single cam ka for 20k...thank you tokyo drift

[@niwouackermann8517]

Tokyo Drift was the best one out of them all to me. That R33 GT-R actually did not have Volk CE28 rims on in the move scene, it had Volk GTC rims on.

[@u5qcm]

Thank you, Craig, for another brilliant video. It was great to see the segment on Morimotos 350z, which was my video request. Keep them coming 👍🏻

[@wraithsworld7532]

I think most of the F & F from 1-6 was good but after that it’s just a no go unless Craig is their lead advisor again because they definitely need help with getting the franchise back on track with real scenarios for car enthusiasts with real street racing and no space travel or cars flying . Great job on the research Mr Lieberman. Hope you and the family are well.

[@chrispaulson2934]

Many years ago, I was working at a Nissan dealership here in CA. One of the black 350 Z cars had come in for an inspection and minor repairs. Had A F&F Tokyo Drift license plate frame. At the time I didn't know what that meant cause there was no Tokyo Drift movie. Only 2 Fast 2 Furious. Months later Tokyo Drift came out in theaters.

[@derekdreke4990]

That's cool

[@finesticons8395]

The silver and blue R33, i saw it for sale as a chassis on Yahoo Auctions japan about 6 years ago. It still had the chrome star stickers around the body.

[@母熊幼崽]

youve become one of my favourite car youtubers in the past few years, such cool videos and passion for cars

[@tkskagen]

Tokyo Drift is my favorite out of the first 5 movies. What ever happened to the RB powered Mustang, that was the car in the movie that made me love it...

[@DmitriyKl]

It was RB powered

[@Adiya_55]

​@@DmitriyKl adding to your point, If I'm correct, the only one that's RB powered is the Hero-1 car, the rest of them are V8 powered. And they just change up the sound in editing...

[@markcozzie]

2jz powered, what a casual, hilarious

[@yyeo3880]

2mil turn down for a skyline is kinda rediculous, could have sold it and re-invest it in a 400RR

[@frankiem749]

So how much would the Chrysler minivan that Paul drove in "vehicle 19" bring in. Granted that movie isn't well known but Paul still drove it.

[@GF-mf7ml]

That price for a Minivan 😂

[@someone.............]

The GT-C suits the purple R33 better than the CE28

[@mr.cangieter8758]

The GT-C was the VS-KF of the early 2000s. There was a grey S15 Spec-R with a Vertex Ridge kit and GT-C that was my teenage dream car for years. Then everyone became obsessed with the Stance movement and 3-piece wheels and the GT-C, GT-V and similar Volk Racing wheelsnof the time, fell to the back of the car scene. the GT-C was even featured on the Need for Speed Underground 2 cover. It was truly the wheel of the early 2000s.

[@Kev27RS]

I agree!

[@Unknown_Tranquility]

The scene with Han's Veilside RX7 and the R33 GT-R, is without doubt, the purest moment to the entire series - I've long thought it was the best scene by far and it's interesting to hear your thoughts on it too. I've seen something similar in real life, long before the films were produced and it was utterly EPIC.

[@Danielebsir]

One of the Monte Carlo's in Tokyo Drift is in a junkyard in the United Kingdom. I have a friend that bought some parts off of it.

[@nolahahnshouse3389]

I named my Miata Monica after ja rules Monica comment from Tff

[@MaxxedRoss]

The silver R33 was for sale in the UK in the late 2000s. I cant remember who was selling it but its highly unlikely that it was a replica.

[@sirsancti5504]

I have a weird "history" with Han's Orange car.. I really liked it, but did not recognized what model was it. Spent some time searching what was it. Then I discovered it was an RX7 and ... I still prefer the original lines of the model. It's stupid on my part, but in my head (and knowing/respecting how iconic the movie model is) it felt as a downgrade on the original design. (Note: I don't dislike the mocvie's car, I'm talking in direct comparison on it and an original RX7).

[@parkermorris90]

Tokyo drift won the time challenge.. And it's got lots of rewatching potential just like the first two movies. Every movie after is single-serving. Don't wanna watch them again

[@jvrkandc]

Thx again Craig.Well done video once again.1 of the best car channels on youtube

[@kylemiller2706]

I remember the mustang with the RB26 for sale on eBay well over a decade ago. Believe it sold for like 30-40k. 😂 I tried to convince my dad to get it and it would be an investment. He laughed. I would’ve been not much over 18 at the time.

[@newyorkboss6124]

how do cars just disapear thats bs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣tokyo drift was my fav one

[@frylucas]

I think the far greater interest in Japanese cars comes from the fact these were the first well-known movies that really put "Tuners" in the spotlight, and a spotlight that's hard to put it out, and most importantly these cars were heavily customized and that helped to build the personality of these cars and the character who drives them. Muscle cars and exotic cars in the other hand are prominently featured in just about every movie Hollywood makes, so they just become things people will roll their eyes and say "yet another movie Charger", "yet another movie Lamborghini", that's not to say that these cars aren't incredible in their own, but they aren't that special in the context of media presence. I'd love to know where is Han's 1997 RX-7 these days, the VeilSide demo car that is. I think a few years back one of the Fortune RX-7s went up for sale, but that was the backup to the hero car built from a silver 1992 RX-7, would be nice to know where the car is now as well. Shame about Dom's RX-7 though, that's an iconic car and to think the owner is just letting it sit and pick up dust like that is heartbreaking.

[@leftfordread3967]

I’ve always wondered if the Supra from Grandma’s boy was from the FF movies?

[@jaydentierney2194]

2.1 million is alot of money but the GTR is priceless

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

Tokyo droft definitely has a cult following

[@mitch3384]

Craig, thanks for continuing to make videos on the FF franchise. It's awesome to be able to watch Tokyo Drift in 2024, jump on here and see recent content about a nearly 20 year old movie.

[@travisd83]

Dustin Williams has the Tokyo drift Evo 9

[@jackoglin1]

I think the hero 1 “mona Lisa” was imported to Ireland around 2008 it was still in the country up untill 2018 I think when it then got sold on to where I don’t know.

[@Yt_channel_lol]

In the movie the splooge skyline had VOLK GTC's not ce28's like the listing shows

[@adrien00.a58]

I don't know if it's still here, but one of these R33 was part of private collection in Munich Germany, when he bought it around 2 years ago it was missing rims and star stickers but his project was to source these parts. Also for Mona Lisa she is now in south east of France and prior to that it was in Ireland

[@irmaobarbado]

Is that RX-7 at 10:25 the same one used on Dennis Hopper's 2004 movie "The Last Ride"? It was a underfunded version of the first F&F, but I watched it several times on DVD and this car even appears in the back of the DVD cover. I was always curious about it.

[@RAJ_089]

What better car could you spludge on than a skyline? 🤣

[@johnnyc95ex]

KZbinr Dustin William has the evo that inspired the Tokyo drift evo and it still has all the parts from that year

[@lou1e518]

I've always wondered what the exact paint is for morimoto's 350z it's so unique I've never seen anything like it

[@Danielebsir]

Also Romens white mustang fastback is in a junkyard in the United Kingdom that is being parted out. All three wheels that were left and the front clip were all sold to my friend also

[@KevinGilmore-qe1gi]

I agree that TD was the best movie. The wheels on the "splodge" Skyline in the pictures are the CE28s but in the movie they are the CV Pros.

[@DanimalZ32]

CV pro or were they GT-C?

[@KevinGilmore-qe1gi]

​@@DanimalZ32honest I don't know 100% but they could have been GTC's

[@RacerSteelz]

Tokyo drift is an awesome movie, it's one of the few FnF movies I've rewatched multiple times

[@tomcmburns]

The missing cars are probably in some Saudi Shiek's car collection.

[@dariodiseri6345]

Hii Craig The R33 skyline from Tokyo Drift is now in Germany. I have some pictures of the car.

[@johnmatthewedgarvillanueva2939]

The orange Veilside RX-7 (FD3S) and the gold Top Secret 350Z (Z33) are absolute masterpieces. But my biggest question in that movie is, who drove the yellow Toyota Chaser (JZX100) that was racing against a blue RX-7 (FD3S) in the scene where Sean saw what drifting is about before his first race against D.K. (a.k.a. Takashi Kamata)?

[@lbmautos]

I believe the muscle cars aren't that exciting because they arent AS modified as the JDMs. Doms charger was a highlight and definitely was a monster of a car but besides the motor and the stripped interior it looked like a regular charger. The jdms were all bodykitted wings lights etc, thats what made most of us fall in love with them, and they were "fast," not just show. ❤

[@STECKEDDECK]

It was the only Muscle Car in the first 3 Movies besides the Camaro und the Challenger but they lacked the high HP myth so they arent as popular.

[@lbmautos]

@STECKEDDECK yea, and thankfully they engine swapped the Mustang. I've seen that mustang in person at a car show back then, well done.

[@damianplayinggames8153]

Ive sat in Brians supra from the film, as well as doms rx7, sukis s2k and jesse's jetta, in the netherlands

[@michaelheikkila6051]

Monte Carlo is the best car in that movie

[@BryanEnsign]

Tokyo Drift, the movie everyone pretends didnt happen and scripts written around it to bring people back to life.

[@KOfilms22]

its the best one tho

[@jamesk3565]

@11:40 its the van from furious 7 😁😁😁 wouldnt surprise me

[@PunkkaRacingTeam]

that was my first thought too xD

[@aakashjadham7271]

Amazing Video......❤❤❤❤

[@91_C4_FL]

What about the Racer’s Edge F150 Lightning(s)?

[@AlexPalssonMedia]

A childhood friend of mine had one of the stuntcar version of Mona Lisa, Felix Lindvall which is competing Dmec but then I think he sold it to a finnish driver

[@zombie4loan287]

I can tell you this i'm in the car industry. This was a years back after fast four. There was a trailer of cars that was for sale around texas. They had a trailer full of cars and no buyers

[@Adventurekm]

When any of the movies came out up to the 5th movie. The theaters were packed here on Canada. Covid killed the movie theatre.

[@cookncrack5334]

TOKYO DRIFT IS THE BEST MOVIE OF ALL OF THEM

[@edgarr8339]

2 million for a R33 that sounds overpriced

[@robertruiz5417]

Love your videos in the fast lane

[@michaelb6729]

... meanwhile, the VW Hulk car ?? 😢

[@BogdanPaun1976]

asking the real question 😀😀😀

[@KarlScaleModeling]

Another great episode Craig, thanks for sharing 👍🏼 I'm surprised Tokyo Drift was the worst grossing.. love that film! 😊

[@aaron71]

cmon craig, either get glasses or memorize the script 😄

[@nickadams2451]

I think one of the main reasons the Japanese cars are more sought after now is they captured an era that was short lived. When I say short lived I’m referring to the two time frames. Pre 1997 emissions and then the early 2000s before companies like Mitsubishi and Nissan began to struggle financially. Toyota sourcing BMW for example with the “new Supra” only to scrap it. I also would like to add the that the stylizing of the Japanese cars also maybe a driving force in the demand over domestics.

[@christophermartinez7402]

Tokyo drift was pirated everywhere in PR everyone love it

[@Johnnyrulesall]

why was bro hurt because he didnt want to sell the car😂

[@kaostheory3272]

I've heard that Adam LZ has one of the Mona Lisa stunt cars

[@lvchlann]

I believe one of the veilslide rx7s from the movie currently lives is Perth Western Australia Its in the Lee Collections Warehouse I remember reading that the hero 1 car was sold to an avid car collection in australia and then a little while later the lee collection then posted a photo of it in their warehouse

[@mikayla16j]

Omg wait thats actually so cool i live in perth ive gotta go see this then😭

[@902kartography]

Tokyo Drift was one of my least favourite movies in the Fast Franchise but its actually now become my 2nd-3rd favourite movie.

[@jewlian1992]

Tokyo drift was the best.

[@ericcoombs]

Tokyo Drift was the best one ❤

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

Awesome to hear what happened to all these movie cars

[@2valve4six73]

I have one of the APR double decker wings from the eclipse

[@equipboi]

I could be wrong, but as far as I know the original yellow chaser from Tokyo Drift has to be somewhere in russia. I can search for some information if you want. I think I saw a video on KZbin about it.

[@JohanGavieres]

Dustin has one of the EVO from the drift movie.

[@trippnoutmotorsport3164]

His car never appeared in the movie. His is the visual template for the movie cars

[@RX7Cody]

People have to much money. That's nuts

[@DrivewithTony]

one of the 350z is (or was) in Norway. was for sale back in 2016. and one of the chargers from the first movie is also in Norway (if it is not sold and exported) i also think we got a evo here. and a couple of other cars from the F&F franchise

[@tommystensland7016]

The EVO was sold out of Norway again. But there is a few others 👍

[@mitchelljohnson9548]

Bought a 94 Supra around 2005 . It was a stolen recovery out of CA , metalic orange paint , no motor ,trans. Wonder if? lol

[@20rocket]

“If u catch my drift”

[@Zebizebius]

Craig,did you build an eclipse with murmaids for tokyo drift?

[@omargonzalez7776]

Was that slap jack supra used in the movie Grandma's Boy correct? or at least one of them.

[@alexatanasie3302]

Thank you sir so much for enlightening us...

[@TuurboNinja23]

I believe Adam LZs green s15 was a Mona Lisa stunt car, if I recall correctly

[@tt-rs1457]

Never had heard that ......

[@TuurboNinja23]

@@tt-rs1457 when he 1st got the car he showed what state it was in and photos of it painted for the movie

[@tt-rs1457]

@@TuurboNinja23 Thank you, I didn't expected that.

[@Toddlershoots]

I tell people this is what started the Adam/Craig beef

[@andrewjames1817]

hero 1 S2000 is at a musuem in California

[@hollywoodgaragehahn]

Also the main cars from later movies Fast 4 - 7 go already for six figure money Craig. We have proof since some from our club members and friends got hold of screen used cars the last couple years.

[@JamieMcilreavy]

Tokyo drift was my favourite f&f still to this day

[@SplitScreamOFFICIAL]

I cant wait for the price of the other cars in series to go up because a movie car pushed up the price

[@AntonioMontanhas]

one of han's rx7 is in Brazil, the car came to promote the movie somehow it stayed here... it's hidden in São paulo countryside

[@Jaysalgarage]

I’d give a kidney for one of Paul’s personal cars. With the fast franchise aside.

[@alexander1485]

Ive seen one of the 1971 Monte Carlo's

[@ethanjacques-n9p-catch21luck7]

Craig Lieberman @can you please do a video on the Dodge Viper from Tokyo Drift. Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift

[@traviswalker8933]

I believe he did that.

[@jacobf1505]

Any Info on the Hero SVT Lightning from part 1

[@chrisevaggelou8473]

Fast and furious was big and we were all waiting for the next instalment, I remember going to watch Tokyo drift at the movies not realizing it was the sequel to 2 fast to furious. It was a great movie but it dident have Paul walker.

[@Kev27RS]

Tokyo Drift was basically a spin-off movie!

[@Z-Interceptor]

what makes you think a recession is coming though? to some people it's not about the value id venture to say and prefer keeping the original car.

[@johnmcgerty9320]

I've had Fast9 hero supra a90 since 09/2019 post filming lovely car , at Wembley april 2024

[@hollywoodgaragehahn]

We can not quite follow your argument that JDM cars are more expensive than muscle cars. EG the Fast 5 Vette went for + 160k about 3 years ago, we were bidding on it. Ask the current museum owners in the U.S .what the prices were for a Fast 6 Charger Daytona? Fast 6 offroad Charger? Fast 7 Maximus Charger? Fast 8 Ice Charger? Fast 9 Speedkore Widebody Charger? Fast 4 Chevelle? We know these owners, just ask them. ;)

[@StayZero556]

That Z was already hideous without the tribal graphics.

[@bobloescapee7909]

350/370Zs are just ugly as is