Movies and shows centered around cars and racing usually have a lot of action but lack when it comes to the story or plot. With that said, sometimes there are those rare examples of shows and movies about cars and racing which have equal amounts of good action and a story or plot.
One such action drama Netflix TV series is Pedal To Metal, which premiered on March 16th, 2022, in the United States. The entire first season of the show came out on this day and since then fans have been wondering about Pedal To Metal Season 2. Let us take a look at what we know so far.
Pedal To Metal follows two friends, Kike and Noche, who flee to Mexico City to hide, rebuild their lives, and escape danger, or at least try, after a race, they drive in ends fatally. The show has received mixed reviews so far.
Cast
Pedal To Metal stars David Montalvo, Benny Emmanuel, Andres Delgado, Renata Vaca, and Tania Niebla. They play Centavo, Kike, Noche, Abigail, and Minerva respectively. Gerardo Taracena also plays an important role in the show as Abel.
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Plot
Pedal To Metal’s plot revolves around two friends, Kike and Noche, as they flee to Mexico City to hide, rebuild their lives, and escape danger after a road race ends in a fatality. The friends find themselves in a precarious situation after the race they compete in ends in tragedy. After they flee they meet new people like Abigail for example. As the young men get used to their new home and neighborhood, Abi and her antics intrigue Kike, and Amparo, Kike’s grandmother who also happens to be addicted to gambling, find a place to gamble.
Later, Noche gets worried about whether they should leave Mexico City. Meanwhile, Kike auditions to enter a race called La Gorda and Abi confronts her professor. Next, after a car robbery, the police look for the suspects who stole the Captain’s car and Abel’s financial troubles make him get creative with his fundraising. Later, Abel also has an epiphany about where to build his church, and Kike grows suspicious of Carcar’s gifts until he receives an irresistible offer.
An inquisitive Kike then throws a party at Abi’s in hopes of finding some answers and when Noche looks into the Karmann’s steering issues, he makes a shocking discovery. Later, Carcar takes Kike with him while conducting business, dispensing lessons on betrayal and Noche connects with God, however, guilt seems to overwhelm him. With that said, he eventually overcomes his guilt and prepares for his baptism.
Meanwhile, Amparo asks the guys to leave town with her, and Kike is gets frightened by Carcar’s actions and how close he is getting to him. Later, Kike and Abi simultaneously try to pull off a heist against Carcar while the time also comes for them to face off in the famous race, La Gorda. In the end, Abi seeks her revenge, Noche makes plans to escape with Rebeca, and Carcar tells Kike that his suspicions are aimed at the wrong person.
Pedal To Metal Season 1 Recap
The first season of Pedal To Metal begins with cars lined up, getting ready for a drag race, and a DJ spinning some music in the background. The gist of the first season is that Kike Guerrero and Noche Martinez are two friends who have gotten pretty good at drag racing, as they regularly race their modified Volkswagen on the illegal racing circuit. We see the pair in a drag race where, right as the car and driver they challenged pulls ahead, they hit a turbo boost that blasts them to a win, all while Kike drives. Noche is under the assumption that they can make enough money to buy the garage from their boss with their winnings plus wagering the money their boss asked them to collect from a customer. Kike’s father and grandfather both raced in Mexico City, hence, cars and racing are in his blood. However, Kike has other problems as he worries that his grandmother, Amparo, might be gambling again.
Kike realizes that Noche took their boss’ money to another illegal race when he comes to collect his money. When he goes there he sees that his friends have already challenged a rich kid with a Ferrari to a race. To even the playing field, the rich kid then decides to drive his friends Eclipse. However, during the race, Kike and Noche barely get out of it with their lives when they cause an accident that kills the other driver.
What they do not know is that the dead racer is the son of a highly influential businessman, who even has the police under his control. With no other choice left, Amparo has to boost a car and drive Kike and Noche to her old neighborhood in Mexico City. When they arrive, she finds her other son and Kike’s uncle, Abel, who also happens to be a former racer but now runs a church and auto shop in the “Torque” neighborhood. The neighborhood is full of auto shops, many of which deal in stolen goods.
When they begin to acclimate to their new neighborhood, they meet Abigail, who uses one of her father’s tow trucks to move their car away from hers. Abel also puts the boys to work in his shop. Abigail is the daughter of the man who controls just about everything in the neighborhood and also happens to be the person who essentially took over the neighborhood from Kike’s father after he died.
Abigail goes to Abel looking for payment after Kike puts a scratch on her GTI’s custom paint job. She then puts Kike to work when she realizes that they cannot pay. Kike then watches her carjack a vehicle as he drives her car away when she uses a remote jammer to disable the sports car’s transmission. The rest of the season consists of the friends getting swept up in more drama than they wanted to.
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Pedal To Metal Season 2 Release Date
The entire first season of Pedal To Metal debuted on Netflix on March 16th, 2022. The run time of each episode is about 45-60 minutes, and there are ten episodes in the first season. Now, coming to the possibility of a second season. We have little reason to be enthusiastic at the moment as there has been no official announcement and the show’s creators have not mentioned anything about a second season as of yet.
Now, if we go the speculative route, the series did succeed in attracting the audience’s attention. It did earn a lot of positive reviews due to its amazing production design and grounded story. The series appears to be deserving of a second season, especially because of its fresh-faced ensemble cast. The fact also remains that films and series like these, such as Fast & Furious, likely spawn a number of sequels and seasons as they become a cultural phenomenon.
This is why this Netflix original series does have a lot of space to grow. However, Netflix usually waits two to three months before announcing the renewal of a show. With that said, if the show is renewed before June 2022, Pedal To Metal Season 2 will likely premiere in the first or second quarter of next year.
What to expect from Pedal To Metal Season 2?
The first season chronicles Kike’s gradual introduction to the underworld racing scene in Mexico City. Kike and Noche’s past eventually catches up with them no matter how much they tried to conceal it. Kike also learns about his family’s multibillion-dollar business empire in the city, which is currently in ruins. Kike is split between two desires, on the one hand, he feels the weight of his family’s history on his shoulders, and on the other, he wishes to make a difference in his life.
Meanwhile, he must also deal with local gangs to make name for himself. In the end, Kike decides to revitalize his family’s dormant business as a solution to his predicament. If there is a second season, it could begin immediately after the conclusion of the first. It could follow Kike as he rises through the ranks of the underworld of vehicle theft in Mexico City.
He might even cause more unintentional devastation by forming his gang. Kike and Noche’s brotherly bond also may be put to the test as Kike assumes control of his family’s business.