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{{quote|''"N. Gin opened a custom auto parts store in Toledo, Ohio. The store closed after a massive recall when his patented "Clear-the-Road" missile system sparked havoc on the nation's freeways."''
|'''N. Gin's [[Where Are They Now]] epilogue,''' ''[[Crash Team Racing]]''}}
A lot of the time, it is not enough for your [[Cool Car]] to simply be cool. Having extra measures in place in order to facilitate the capture of the enemy you're chasing, or your escape from the enemies chasing you, might not only be helpful, but necessary. Enter the '''Weaponized Car'''. Equipped with both offensive and defensive measures, this item is a must-have for the discerning [[Badass Driver]]. Many options are available, but the standard loadout includes:
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Subtrope of [[Cool Car]]. Not to be confused with [[Car Fu]]. See [[Vehicular Combat]] for the game genre based around a bunch of these blasting the crap out of each other.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* The Mach 5 from ''[[Speed Racer]]'' is armed to the teeth. The saws were always used to cut down obstacles, though.
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* One episode of ''[[CHiPs]]'' featured the 'stunt car bandits' who drove a movie stunt car equipped with an [[Oil Slick]], smoke screen and other gadgets.
* ''[[Street Hawk]]'' brought us a rare example of a weaponised ''motorcycle''
* On ''[[Chuck]]'', Casey's beloved Crown Vic {{spoiler|launches a missile in the Season 3 finale}}.
* The vehicles from ''[[Top Gear]]'''s Police Car Challenge; each presenter fitted a spectacularly low-budget device for stopping baddies onto their vehicle. Richard Hammond had a stinger (a doormat with some nails in it), James May built a spray paint screen for his car (that failed when confronted with windscreen wipers), and Jeremy Clarkson fitted his rear tires with spiked wheels (which caused him to lose an entire ''wheel'' when he attempted to use them).
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