<P> Five years after the first film, Dominic Toretto and his new crew, consisting of his girlfriend Letty, Tego Leo, Rico Santos, Cara and Han Lue, are hijacking fuel tankers in the Dominican Republic . Dominic suspects that the police are on their trail, forcing the crew to disband and go their separate ways, with Han deciding to go to Tokyo . Realizing that he must leave, Dominic runs, leaving Letty behind to protect her from harm . </P> <P> Three months later, Dominic is now residing in Panama City . He gets a call from his sister, Mia Toretto, who tells him that Letty has been murdered . Dominic heads back to Los Angeles to attend her funeral and examine the crash and finds traces of nitromethane on the ground . He visits the only car mechanic that sells nitromethane in LA and forces him into giving him the name David Park, the man who ordered the fuel, and informs him that the only car that uses nitromethane in the area is a green 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport . </P> <P> Meanwhile, FBI agent Brian O'Conner is trying to track down a Mexican drug lord, Arturo Braga . His search leads him to David Park, and he tracks him down using an illegal modification record on his car . Dominic arrives at Park's apartment first and hangs him out of the window by his ankles before Brian arrives . Brian saves Park and Park becomes the FBI's new informant . Park gets Brian into a street race . Brian selects a modified 2002 Nissan Skyline GT - R R34 from the impound lot . Dominic races in his modified 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 . Gisele Yashar, the liaison for Braga, reveals that the winner will become the last driver on a team that traffics heroin between the Mexico--United States border . Dominic wins by bumping Brian's car while it is in nitro, making him lose control . Brian uses his power as an FBI agent to arrest another driver, Dwight Mueller, and takes his place on the team . </P> <P> The team meets up with Braga's personal henchman, Fenix, and Dominic notices that Fenix drives the same Torino the mechanic described . They drive across the border using underground tunnels to avoid detection . Brian has prior knowledge that after the heroin was delivered, Braga ordered the drivers to be killed . Upon discovering this, Dominic confronts Fenix and learns that he himself killed Letty when she tried to escape him . A stand - off ensues, though not before Dominic creates a diversion by loosening his car with nitrous--sparking a vehicle explosion that destroys his car and several others, including Brian's . In the ensuing chaos, Dominic and Brian hijack a 1999 Hummer H1 with $60 million worth of heroin in it . Dominic and Brian drive back to LA and hide the heroin in a police impound lot, where Brian picks up a modified Subaru Impreza WRX STI Hatchback; they subsequently drive back to Dominic's house, where they reunite with Mia . </P>

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