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The Fast and the Furious brought the scorched rubber, the g force–induced rush and the adrenaline-addicted beauty queens of illegal street racing to the big screen. There's a glam, street-legal side to underground racing, too: the import scene. Fans and tuners—the guys who modify the cars—define imports narrowly: small and Japanese. Tuners turn Hondas, Mazdas, Mitsubishis, Nissans, Subarus and Toyotas into fire-breathing speed demons with the flamboyant style of Japanese anime. Why ever brake? Girls of street racing are even more impressive. So we revved up cars from the sequel—and stripped down babes from the new import scene.