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Autocar UK's road test editor Steve Sutcliffe has a strange obsession of the sideways kind. His perverse purpose is to try and drift just about anything with wheels around his slice of test tarmac. His most recent offering to the tire gods is a diesel London Cab . Hit the jump to see the clip. newVideoPlayer("/taxiwillitdrift.flv", 494, 278,""); [ Autocar ]
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No, it's not Gymkata ... it's Gymkhana ! It's an automotive sport taking place on an open field or a parking lot requiring drivers to skillfully maneuver their cars around a series of cones, slaloms, 180 degree turns, 360 degree turns, figure eight turns or other obstacles. Ken Block 's taken this concept a wee bit further...whipping his Crawford Performance-tuned 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI around some unusual course obstacles... like houses and hilariously, a stunt guy driving a Segway. Epic. You can now see why 0-60mag just named the man "Hoon of the Year." Hit the jump for the full Gymkhana practice session video. We're going to pull our jaw up off the floor. ( Hat tip to everyone who sent this in! ) [via 0-60mag ]
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We caught up with professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. and had him walk us around his Ford Mustang to show us what makes his trick drift car tick. Not only did we get a close-up look at the machine, he even took us for a quick spin around some cones conveniently placed in the parking lot. This was our second time riding shotgun in a drift car — our first was in a JDM Nissan Skyline — and we've gotta admit, even though some may feel drifting isn't a real sport , it's unquestionably fun. Follow the jump for a video of the action. galleryPost('mustangdriftdearborn', 6, 'Mustang Drifting'); newVideoPlayer("/MustangDrift.flv", 494, 290,"");
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Now that we know Tanner Foust is going to be one of the three hosts of Top Gear USA , we're feeling out whether this guy is worthy of the job or not. So, while we know pretty much everything there is to know about the race driver/television host, we're still interested in seeing more of his prowess behind the wheel. Garage419 got the chance to ride shotgun with Foust during a drift session in a Nissan 350Z, so check out all the countersteering, tire-smokin' action after the jump. Shredding Tires with Tanner Foust - Garage419
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newVideoPlayer("ONIJDM.flv", 494, 287,""); The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser. The new Nissan GT-R may be stirring up a lot of hype, but before the R35, Skyline lovers on this continent had to have their cars independently imported. The problem is, since the gray-market heyday of the '80s, the American import laws have been pretty dang strict. So, we decided to make our way up to Toronto, to check out how hoons in great white north do things. This particular operation, ONI JDM , has brought in everything from kei cars to fully-modded RX-7s, Supras, and of course Skylines. They offered to take us for a ride in their drift-spec R32 Nissan Skyline, so we bolted down the video camera and strapped ourselves in. galleryPost('ONIJDMcars', 9, ''); As you can see, the Skyline was far from stock. It started life as an R32 GTS-T, but now it's powered by a RB26 from an R33 GT-R. The ride feels brutal at first, but you quickly...
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newVideoPlayer("LimoDrift.flv", 494, 395,""); What's cooler than driving sideways? Driving sideways in a limousine! Thing is, as these guys found out, it's not as easy as you might think. Even on a water-soaked skid-pad, that stretched wheelbase is hard to balance with opposite lock. Points for effort, though we would've like to have seen a "Just Married" sign and some tin cans being dragged along off the back. [ sportbilen.se , h/t to Bo! ]
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newVideoPlayer("PreviaDrift_Jalopnik.flv", 463, 387,""); In honor of our Vantastic QOTD , we've got some video of the once omnipresent and always strange-looking Toyota Previa getting sideways Tokyo drift style. Known as the Estima in Japan, this giant orange people mover comes complete with a carbon fiber-esque hood, manual tranny, racing harness and soon-to-be-shredded tires. Why would someone drift a Previa? If you have to ask, you're clearly far too sane for your own good. [YouTube via JPCNews ]
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newVideoPlayer("aminonissandrift.flv", 463, 387,""); Even the Japanese have camino envy. Some even want one so much they convert their old Nissans into car-trucks. This guy took an S13 180SX and made it into a "Driftomino." Sure the ride height is too low to go drive through a field, and the bed is only big enough to carry a mini scooter, but it makes up for it with those powerslide kudos. Though we kinda wish those Japanese guys had grown matching mullets. But what's that? You think it's not macho enough? Well then check out the Skyline Camino below. newVideoPlayer("aminoskyline.flv", 463, 387,""); [ You Tube ]
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newVideoPlayer("TruckDrifting_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Jalopnik is in the process of speaking and collectively we are proclaiming that drifting is not a sport . This is just another in the long list of glaring examples proving that democracy is worse than wet socks in December. That said, we still find y'all attractive, and we're not just saying that. We were however curious as to where the drift-hate comes from. Looking backwards we stumbled across one from the vault that has little to do with hate, and lots to do with love. Spinderella Dr. Spin posted this very drift truck two years ago . We're judging the video to be so mega-awesome that we're running it again. Also, the post is one of the first appearances of the word "Hoon" on the J-nik. Enjoy.
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