![]() ![]() The massive Doof Wagon housed one of the funniest characters of the film: the Coma-Doof Warrior, otherwise known as the flamethrowing-yielding guitarist. It’s also decorated with Citadel emblems throughout, such as the skull logo on its wire-work steering wheel. It features a large fuel tank, a fuel pod trailer attached to the back, and a hull made of Volkswagen Beetle and Track cabin shells. The bionic-armed heroine Imperator Furiosa - played by Charlize Theron - drives a Chevy Fleetmaster that’s blended with a Czechoslavakian Tatra to become a powerful 18-wheeled six-wheel-drive truck that runs on twin V8 engines. ![]() His trusty car is souped up with a number of new weaponry, four-wheel drive, a new chassis, a monstrous engine and a new matte silver polish. Staying true to the Mad Max franchise, the lead character - played by Tom Hardy - is seen with his black 1974 XB Ford Falcon Coupe. Gibson created 150 car creations total, each of them unique in their mechanics and designs, that also maintain the dusty aesthetic of the new world’s vast desert wasteland. It’s important to note that every stunt in the action-packed film is real, and more than half of the cars were destroyed during filming where drones and helicopters captured high-speed car chase scenes of 80 cars gunning through the desert at 80 km/h (approximately 50 mph). The film had every attention to detail addressed from the costumes to the set props, and automobiles were no exception. Thanks to art director and production designer Colin Gibson, the film’s roster of cars varied from souped up Chevys to outrageous war machines built with vintage car parts Gibson collected over a number of years as he salvaged far and wide in countries like Namibia and Australia. If you haven’t seen George Miller’s newest installment Mad Max: Fury Road yet, it’s a post-apocalyptic tale that’s packed with explosive action that’s completely unparalleled to date. ![]()
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