If you’ve got an even ten minutes up your sleeve and you can handle the bad hair, this oldy-but-a-goody video of Jeremy Clarkson dropping into Japan to investigate its car enthusiast scene offers a great look at the striking contrasts between the car scene of Japan and that of the outside world.

Of course, with the [...]

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Ever been befuddled by the subjective nature of competitive drifting? Wonder what it takes to convert a road-going sports car into a decent drift car?

Today’s your lucky day, for in this video champion drifter Rhys Millen steps us through a brief rundown on how drift competitions work and what’s needed to compete. Check it out [...]

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A big mountain, a road winding its way around it, a camera car, a few tricycles and some nutters to ride the things.  Mix together on video, stir, and you’ve got yourself instant interweb fame.

Here’s one some Aussie lads prepared earlier.  Click through for the juice.

It looks like I’ve been left out of the loop [...]

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Guys like Tony and I have spent countless hours watching videos of illegal street drifting in Tokyo, or the hills surrounding Japan’s regional towns.  The videos usually feature Skylines, Supras, RX-7s, all flying around empty corners at 3am, backed by crazy Japanese dance music.

But what happens when you’re a drifting enthusiast living in a country [...]

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Formula D drifting champion Samuel Hubinette has posted up a video of himself putting the Lamborghini Murcielago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce through its paces, proving its drifting chops.  But then, who doubted it could do the job?

With a 6.5 litre V12 throbbing away behind your head, producing 500kW (670hp – from which it draws its name) [...]

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Drifting. It’s a deadly serious form of motorsport to some and a passing fad to others, but no matter what your opinion everyone agrees that it takes a certain level of finesse to initiate, hold and prolong a good slide.

Professional drifter Vaughn Gitten Junior has the magic touch, and he makes a living getting cars [...]

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Although initially shown in pre-warpaint form last year during the 2010 Ford Mustang unveiling, Falken Tyres’ drifting ‘Stang, driven by Vaughn Gittin Jr, is now getting around the traps in its full racing livery.

Forgoing the usual outlandish drifting body kits and huge GT wing, Gittin’s Mustang is wearing Falken’s traditional straked blue and aqua pattern [...]

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When the Nissan GT-R was released there was a loud cry from fans: “Give us a proper manual!” they demanded. Given the layout of the car’s drivetrain (rear dual-clutch transaxle), the logical conclusion was that a manual gearbox swap simply wasn’t possible.

Of course, the “impossible” for some is a “goal” for others. Japanese tuning house [...]

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The upcoming 370Z has been generating a fair amount of interest, as you’d expect of the next iteration of one of Nissan’s halo cars. While I did say in that article that the 350Z is a bit long in the tooth, that’s not to say its ready for retirement.

Tanner Foust has proved that the old [...]

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The Australian Racing Drivers Club has today announced that massive works would be undertaken in its plan to turn Eastern Creek Raceway into a world class venue, to ensure Eastern Creek’s viability into the future as a venue of choice for international racing events.

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If you live in the United Kingdom and need another reason to go ahead and drop a deposit on a brand-new R35 GT-R (as if the prospect of owning a R35 isn’t awesome enough!) then listen up. Nissan will be offering pre-order customers the opportunity to participate in several track events in the GT-R as [...]

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Mazda announced a new minivan for the JDM market today, called the Biante. Specs are sparse at the moment but it looks to be one notch larger than the existing MPV. As you can see the styling is, um, interesting. It’s taken the whole tall headlight look to a new extreme, extending them all the [...]

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