{"id":16205,"date":"2015-06-25T16:58:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T23:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2015-06-25T17:01:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T00:01:12","slug":"iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic American Muscle Gather for &#8216;Fast &#038; Furious &#8211; Supercharged&#8217; Grand Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16208\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/dsc_0354\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,752\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435057128&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast &amp;#038; Furious &amp;#8211; Supercharged\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354-1024x642.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16208\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"Fast &amp; Furious - Supercharged\" width=\"638\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the most recognizable muscle cars from the <em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em> movie franchise were assembled on the legendary backlot of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalstudioshollywood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Studios Hollywood<\/a> to celebrate the launch of their all-new Studio Tour grand finale, <em>Fast &amp; Furious &#8211; Supercharged<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Over by the main stage, a 2011 Dodge Challenger SRT-8, an Aston Martin DB9, a 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner and a heavily modified 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 from the film <em>Furious 7<\/em> sat quietly on a ramp.<\/p>\n<p>Guests were also given full access to another handful of movie cars, where they could sit inside them and live out their supercharged fantasies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16210\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16210\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/dsc_0364\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435059600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast &amp;#038; Furious &amp;#8211; Supercharged\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1970 Dodge Charger R\/T&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"1970 Dodge Charger R\/T\" width=\"638\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0364.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1970 Dodge Charger R\/T<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16211\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16211\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/dsc_0350\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,751\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435056775&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;900&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast &amp;#038; Furious &amp;#8211; Supercharged\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1970 Plymouth &amp;#8216;Cuda&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350-1024x641.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"1970 Plymouth 'Cuda\" width=\"638\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0350.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1970 Plymouth &#8216;Cuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16212\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16212\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16212\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/dsc_0443\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435062707&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast &amp;#038; Furious &amp;#8211; Supercharged\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;1969 Dodge Charger Daytona&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443-1024x640.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"1969 Dodge Charger Daytona\" width=\"638\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0443.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1969 Dodge Charger Daytona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course the festivities wouldn&#8217;t be complete without an appearance from Dominic Toretto himself.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16219\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16219\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/dsc_0422\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,752\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435061864&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;56&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast &amp;#038; Furious &amp;#8211; Supercharged\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Actor Vin Diesel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422-300x188.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422-1024x642.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16219\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Vin Diesel\" width=\"638\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0422.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16219\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor Vin Diesel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With all of this high-horsepower muscle sitting around, a\u00a0traditional\u00a0ribbon cutting ceremony simply wouldn&#8217;t do. This is a much better way to kick-off the next adventure in the <em>Fast &amp; Furious<\/em> universe:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2NRuN4PQ7rg?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Visit our sister site, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.6speedonline.com\/articles\/stars-and-cars-gather-for-grand-opening-of-fast-furious-supercharged\/\" target=\"_blank\">6SpeedOnline<\/a>, to see a full photo gallery of the event along with first impressions of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universalstudioshollywood.com\/attractions\/fast-and-furious-supercharged\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fast &amp; Furious &#8211; Supercharged<\/a><\/em>, an immersive hydraulic motion-based ride.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16220\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16220\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16220\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/iconic-american-muscle-gather-for-fast-furious-supercharged-grand-opening\/fast-and-furious-supercharged-chain-cutting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1435216389&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Fast and Furious Supercharged chain cutting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-16220 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fast and Furious Supercharged chain cutting\" width=\"638\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Fast-and-Furious-Supercharged-chain-cutting.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy David Yeh\/EndorExpress.net<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Some of the most recognizable muscle cars from the Fast &#038; Furious movie franchise were assembled on the legendary backlot of Universal Studios to celebrate the grand opening of their all-new Studio Tour grand finale, &#8220;Fast &#038; Furious &#8211; Supercharged.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470,22],"tags":[2981,2982,2977,2979,2978,2980],"class_list":["post-16205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-event-coverage","tag-1970-dodge-charger","tag-dominic-toretto","tag-fast-furious","tag-hollywood","tag-universal-studios","tag-vin-diesel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0354.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-4dn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16205"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16230,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16205\/revisions\/16230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}