3. Mitsubishi Eclipse
The first car Paul Walker’s character, Brian O’Conner, drove in the Furious movies was a lime green 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS. It was a front-wheel drive coupe with a turbocharged 2.0L 4-cylinder 210 HP DOHC engine.
The crew customized Walker’s Eclipse GS with a Robo Car Aero Armor Eclipse full-body kit, a carbon fiber front splitter and a roof scoop. They also added an APR GT2 style wing, 1997 headlights, a blacked-out hood and SE7EN 18-inch wheels by Axis Sport Tuning Inc. To finish it, they added Sparco racing bucket seats and green neon lights shining through the front spoiler.
Though it didn’t reach the iconic status of the first two cars on the list, it is still an important part of the Fast and Furious mythology. Four cars survived the filming, and the most expensive one was the car that was functional for exterior shots.
Two models got involved in some stunts, while the fourth one was just a mockup for interior shots. After filming, they sold the cars to the Volo Auto Museum, which later offered them to the public. The price of the first of the four cars fetched somewhere over $170,500, which is still a considerable amount of money for a car that didn’t have a prominent role in the movie franchise.