Fast & Furious Skyline stolen from Hollywood garage
It took two years to build it in reality, ten seconds of montage to put it together on screen, and about ten minutes to steal it. In a rare automotive example of life imitating art imitating life, the Nissan Skyline that Paul Walker drove in the latest Fast & Furious movie was stolen from its storage facility in Los Angeles.
Although dressed up to look like a full-on R34 GT-R for the movie, the car underneath was actually a lower-spec GT-S. Reports indicate that thieves, evidently knowing the car was inside, broke through a metal door and ripped off that specific car, leaving the rest but sideswiping a Studebaker and a Porsche Boxster on the way out. And to make matters worse, the car, valued at around $75,000, wasn't even insured. Considering the movie grossed $72.5 million in opening-weekend box office sales alone, we doubt the seventy-five grand will be terribly missed.
[Sources: Jalopnik and Inside Line]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Blake Luttrell 1:50PM (5/17/2009)
The saddest part of the story is that a Studebaker got damaged
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gefinley 2:04PM (5/17/2009)
They clearly don't have good taste in cars. Or know what's valuable.
Jake B 2:22PM (5/17/2009)
My soul feels hurt when I hear about old cars being hurt.
The bastards.
Brent 10:30PM (5/17/2009)
the saddest thing is that it made $72.5 mil in its opening weekend
the studebaker damage also sucks
matt 1:56PM (5/17/2009)
how the hell is a gt-s worth $75k
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MixiM 2:33PM (5/17/2009)
As a collectors item, a movie prop... Look around for how much an authentic K.I.T.T is going for =). How the hell would a Trans-Am be worth that much?
elprogramer 2:00PM (5/17/2009)
"And nothing of value was lost."
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Smegley 7:50AM (5/18/2009)
Personally I am still very orried about the stolen Fiesta in New York that Autoblg never finished telling us about
dUN 2:09PM (5/17/2009)
inside job, anyone?
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versionII 2:16PM (5/17/2009)
you can't drive it, you can't show it off...its just a part-out car.
pigs should check nismo boards.
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versionII 2:35PM (5/17/2009)
actually, its socal, its already stripped and parted
Doug 12:19AM (5/18/2009)
... and in Mexico.
Pips 2:17PM (5/17/2009)
a GT-S converted to a GT-R? why?
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Chris 2:22PM (5/17/2009)
It's better doing that then screwing up a real R34 GT-R.
DiRF 2:24PM (5/17/2009)
Probably so it would be RWD rather than AWD to pull off more trick driving.
jinsei888 2:23PM (5/17/2009)
good riddance
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Sean Morris 2:35PM (5/17/2009)
The car was privately owned, not owned by Universal. After the end of production, they sold the car to Milano. Even though legally the car should have been exported when they were done with it. It was entered into the country on a TIB, and they probably told US Customs that it was destroyed and crushed. The owner of the car is not a good guy, so karma is coming back to get him.
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Kaveh 3:49PM (5/17/2009)
That kinda sucks, but they should have used better secuirty. I am sure the car is in another country by now.
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Tool 3:54PM (5/17/2009)
The filmmakers stole an hour and 42 minutes of my life with this horrible sequel, so I guess it's fair that someone stole something from them.
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Aloysius Vampa 6:07PM (5/17/2009)
I don't see how you can go in to see a Fast and Furious movie and not expect exactly what you receive.