Jesse's Jetta From The Fast And The Furious Just Sold For $42k
Owning a motorised piece of Fast and Furious memorabilia isn’t something that’s all that affordable. The orange Toyota Supra from the first film sold for $185,000, and the Nissan 350Z featured in Tokyo drift was up for grabs not so long ago for an even higher price. More than you can afford pal, in other words.
However, this car here - the VW Jetta driven by character Jesse, appearing in one scene with an apparent lack of front brake callipers - sold at Barrett Jackson’s Scottsdale auction on Thursday for a much more reasonable $42,000 (£29,400, brakes included).
The catch? Well, it’s not exactly a 10 second car, with a mostly standard 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine under the bonnet, hooked up to a humble four-speed automatic gearbox. However, it does come with signatures from Paul Walker, F&F director Rob Cohen and Chad Lindberg (who played Jesse, in case you’ve never heard of him).
Its most recent owner is former Malcolm In The Middle star Frankie Muniz - if that makes a difference - and there is also a Playstation 2 hooked up in the cabin for anyone wanting a semi-retro gaming fix…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
Did it come with brakes?
for anyone still wondering how it could not have the calipers…
tadaaaahh peter griffin voice
I thought it was a manual :P
Watch out she dont brake
#DreamHybrid cross Jess Jetta with at least $100 thousand. Then I can head back to race wars!!
At Carlisle 2015 there was a Neon without rear calipers… idk why you wouldnt want one. This movie is one of the funniest i’ve seen though
The brakes!!!!!!
Imma make my jetta gt look like this
You can build the same car for less money…
I saw this car in person today and yes, it had calipers