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Wow Caninaro
WowCan
The country Jeep

Debut

Need For Madness

Boss Car of

None

Class

C

Best Trait

Wasting (NFM2) Racing (NFM1)

Availability

Available at start

Creator

Omar Waly

Main Paint Color

Yellow

Tier List Ranking

  • Racing: 14
  • Wasting: 9

Wow Caninaro is a fairly strong car with decent speed. It has appeared in every Need for Madness game thus far.

Overview[]

Being a larger SUV (or Jeep), this Jeep is more suited to wasting rather than racing. One interesting trait is the change in style of the AI player; while it was primarily a racer in the original Need for Madness, as of the Need for Madness 2, Wow Caninaro has become much more aggressive, often even trying to waste large cars like DR Monstaa, although quite often getting wasted in the process. On Stage 9 in NFM 1, known as The Beach Arcade Dream, the AI of Wow Caninaro uses the Wrong Lane Driving strategy, otherwise known as going backward but it is easy to waste. Wow Caninaro is the second strongest car unlocked at the beginning of Need For Madness 2. It is also very bouncy and with this advantage, you can do a "What the...?", "You're a super star!" or "Who are you again?" stunt. In Need for Madness 2, a spare wheel has been placed on its back for additional authenticity.

Wow Caninaro also has an above average "push others" rating tied with La Vita Crab. It can push cars quite far, but not as far as EL KING, Kool Kat, Radical One, and DR Monstaa can.

Pros Cons
  • Decent Endurance
  • Strong for a class C car
  • Extremely bouncy
    (makes it do good stunts), bounciest
    car in the game
  • Great Powersave
  • Bouncing power allows
    it to evade other cars
    easily in the air
  • Above average push others rating
  • Can shrug off blows from the big 3
  • Capable of wasting most class A cars
  • Slow in terms of speed
  • Bad handling
  • Wide turning circle
  • Poor Acceleration
  • Can't stop spinning when hit at a certain angle
  • Prone of being juggled by other cars
  • Can easily be sent flying if hit by faster cars


When Wow Caninaro is an AI, it can be really annoying. The player should not try to Provoke it.

Attacks/Defense[]

  • Multi Slam: Use this on a car with poor handling (Drifter X, for example). Hit the car in the back, then it will likely spin out. Wham it a few times, and you should waste it!
  • Assist KO: On a short track with any of the Big 3, hit a upside down car into the wall, then wait until one of the Big 3 hits the upside-down car, while turning away from the target car at the last second.

Defensive moves:

  • The Snake Dance: A zig-zag motion.
  • Ramp Getaway: If a strong car is chasing you get on a stunt ramp. Go off to the side of the stunt and do a roll spin, to acquire power. The opponent car will likely go off the entire jump and then you can avoid and get past it.

Weakness[]

Hit it at the sides or the back. It has only average handling and is therefore easy to tamper with. But if you hit it in the front, you may acquire some damage. Also, only hit it when it is distracted. The exception with hitting it in the front is Radical One, as Radical One can send cars flying via High Flyer. It can be severely damaged when you do this with Radical One, but make sure that your Power is above 70%, or you will take damage.

Trivia[]

  • Like a Jeep, Wow Caninaro is quite bouncy. If one lands on Caninaro's back wheels it will "bounce" back up with reasonable height.
  • Wow Caninaro and DR Monstaa are the only cars that "bounce" after hitting another car
  • The name could be a reference to "Wow, Canyonero!", a line spoken in a song from The Simpsons about the Canyonero SUV.
  • It is the only car in the NFM universe to have an extra wheel on its back, although its real-life counterpart doesn't have it.
  • Wow Caninaro is the strongest Class C car in the game, while Sword of justice is the strongest class B car and M A S H E E N being the Strongest Class A car and the Strongest car in the game.

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