Some Subaru fans would protest butchering one of the best ever Subaru WRX‘s, but movie magic is not always pretty.Īs luck would have it, the day of the J-turn into a drift scene, the crew decided to shoot another stunt first. They boosted this Baby Driver Subaru’s engine to a modest 200 horsepower, then disabled the front half-shafts. Fry knew the stunt was possible because he had done the maneuver in 2011’s Drive. The only problem was that he had done it in an RWD Mustang and did not know if it was possible in an AWD car.įor this reason, Fry had the film crew build the world’s only RWD WRX. One scene included Baby reversing, completing a J-turn, then drifting through a corner. The 2006 Subaru WRX in Sony Pictures’ Baby Driver | Youtubeįry planned several unique stunt sequences for the movie. All the Baby Driver Subaru’s stunts were real
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Then, they trade vehicles and drivers and make for their safe house. By the end of the scene, he loses the police helicopters, gets on the interstate, and drives across town to a parking garage. He even completes consecutive, opposite, 180-degree skids to drift through a crowded alley.īaby’s passengers do not know it, but the talented driver even completes all these maneuvers in time to the music he is listening to.
Baby spends the entire chase working the handbrake and clutch to powerslide between oncoming cars and around corners. He begins by backing down the street, completes a J-turn, then slides through a tight intersection. When the gang gets back into Baby’s car, he tears off across Atlanta.
While they rob the bank, baby dances in the 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX getaway car. Baby (Ansel Elgort) parks outside a bank and starts the song “Bellbottoms” by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion on his iPod. RELATED: A Detailed Look At The Ghostbusters Car: The “Ecto-1” EctomobileĢ017’s Baby Driver starts with a bang.
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