If there’s one franchise we all associate with 2000s street racing, it’s the “Fast & Furious” franchise. And that is no accident; the first few movies featured really outstanding cars, a dynamic tuner and the center stage of muscle culture. You have high-performance cars like the Toyota Supra RZ or the Veilside RX-7 from the first and third movies, respectively, down to Jesse’s Mk3 Jetta, a car with its own unique history. But few cars are as iconic within the series, or indeed in the movies as a whole, as the cover car of the Nissan Skyline GT-R”2 Fast 2 Furious.” Until recently, fans didn’t really know where it went.
Enter German collector company ChromeCars, a company specializing in classics and movie cars, who found the first #1 hero car in the living room of a Norwegian, of all places. The Skyline, driven by Brian O’Conner (played by Paul Walker), disappeared after being in private hands in 2008, where its journey ended in a collector’s apartment on the second floor. The new owner was not on social media and did not show much of the car, leaving the public to wonder where on Earth such a famous car has gone.
ChromeCars managed to get the car out by rolling it onto the roof of a house before lifting it off the ground with a crane; movie car expert Craig Lieberman was on hand to confirm its authenticity. Since receiving it, ChromeCars has cleaned it up, and it is currently displayed on the company’s website alongside its counterparts “2 Fast 2 Furious” they don’t run.
How did the car end up in Norway, and where is it now?
In an interview with 7 News Australia in March 2026, ChromeCars said that six Skyline GT-Rs were used in the production “2 Fast 2 Furious,” including the little-known short film “Turbo-Charged Prelude” that shows how Paul Walker’s character gets the car in the first place. This particular car is the hero’s main car, used in the prelude and in the final on-screen shot, after the Skyline is shut down in a police chase. It is one of five original GT-Rs obtained for Skyline, a camera mod-GTR that was also purchased for the Skyline-specific movie, which was also purchased mod-GT, Skyline.
Skyline was shown at local shows and was kept by Universal until 2008, when it was bought for an undisclosed sum by a Norwegian collector. A gentleman imported the car from Norway and apparently kept it on the second floor of his house, where it remained for 18 years. Movie car enthusiasts have long believed that the car was lost at some point, and all other Skylines may have been damaged during filming or stored by Universal.
ChromeCars currently displays the silver and blue Skyline on the company’s website alongside three other cars it raced with – the Suki S2000, Julius RX-7, and Slap Jack Supra. From April 2026, the company does not include any other description on the car’s official page, it simply lists its basic information: engine, doors, and color. The company shows “Fast & Furious” cars at live events, so we hope to see the Skyline take center stage again for the first time since the early 2000s.
Details of Brian’s original Skyline
Any tuner enthusiast can easily tell you that the Skyline R34 GT-R is one of the most popular JDM cars of all time, and some consider it one of the most expensive cars. Whatever your opinion, you have to respect its power: RB26DETT straight-six, ATTESA 4WD, Super-HICAS four-wheel steering, Getrag 6-speed, and more. The film crew drastically changed all of these features, saying they had to do it because the car was too well planted to be able to watch most of the scenes. While drifting looks good on screen, it’s not something the R34 GT-R was good at, with its handling characteristics allowing for composure in corners.
To solve this unique problem, the team removed the front driveshaft and switched off the four-wheel steering, changing the Skyline’s handlebars for cornering. They kept the engine bay clean but upgraded, featuring a Turbonetics intercooler, K&N intake, and HKS titanium exhaust. JIC Magic shocks and Goldline springs round out the running gear, and a set of HRE 446 wheels on Toyo tires.
But we all loved its look and its speed, and the film crew didn’t skimp here, either. It wears a C-West body kit and various interior modifications, including three 10-pound Nitrous Express bottles that replace the passenger seat (not attached to the engine), HKS gauges, Sparco harnesses, a Momo steering wheel, and a Clarion head unit.
It’s a shame we don’t have two scenes with it in the movie, but thanks to ChromeCars, we’ll be able to enjoy it in all its glory again. Movie buff gears, rejoice.