« Grunion runs commence; see live spawning tonight in San Pedro | Home | Alternative spring break at Grand Canyon National Park »

Universal Studios Hollywood showcases new ‘Fast & Furious’ cars

Vin Diesel's

Two of the muscle cars from the upcoming “Fast & Furious” street-racing movie are now on display at Universal Studios Hollywood, joining a fleet of exotic movie vehicles at the theme park.

Vin Diesel’s 1987 Buick Grand National and a 2009 Subaru WRX STI driven by Paul Walker in the movie are currently parked inside the theme park near the House of Horrors attraction (separate from the Fast & the Furious Extreme Close-Up experience on the behind-the-scenes Studio Tour)).

See the souped-up Subaru after the jump.

Diesel and Walker are expected to join co-stars Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster on the red carpet tonight at the new action film’s Universal CityWalk premiere. The sequel opens wide in theaters on April 3.

Find the latest amusement and theme park news at the Los Angeles Times Funland blog: latimes.com/funland.

— Brady MacDonald, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photos: Universal Studios]

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 12:23 pm by Brady MacDonald and is filed under California, Celebrity, Family & Kids, Los Angeles, Theme Parks, Universal Studios Hollywood. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

2 Comments on “Universal Studios Hollywood showcases new ‘Fast & Furious’ cars”

Liz K. Says:
March 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
FWIW, 2 dads I know were dreading taking a dual-family brood of 6 to the theme park, but they had a blast. What did the boys think was the “coolest” thing there? Yep, the Fast & Furious Extreme Close-Up.

I guess Universal’s Market Research was successful on that one!
luke Says:
March 16th, 2009 at 3:23 am
i would like to no what the afishal releas date is and what the afishal name is