Amazing drift cars

Top 10 Drift Cars

01.Toyota Altezza



02.Toyota Corolla AE86




03.Nissan Silvia S15





04.Nissan 180SX/200SX





05.Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)





06.Toyota Supra





07.Nissan Silvia S14





08.Nissan Silvia S13





09.Skyline R34 GT-T





10.Nissan 350Z

Drift History

Modern drifting as a sport started out as a racing technique popular in the All Japan Touring Car Championship races over 30 years ago. Motorcycling legend turned driver, Kunimitsu Takahashi, was the foremost creator of drifting techniques in the 1970s. He is noted for hitting the apex (the point where the car is closest to the inside of a turn) at high speed and then drifting through the corner, preserving a high exit speed. This earned him several championships and a legion of fans who enjoyed the spectacle of smoking tires. The bias ply racing tires of the 1960s-1980s lent themselves to driving styles with a high slip angle. As professional racers in Japan drove this way, so did the street racers.

Keiichi Tsuchiya (known as the Dorikin/Drift King) became particularly interested by Takahashi's drift techniques. Tsuchiya began practicing his drifting skills on the mountain roads of Japan, and quickly gained a reputation amongst the racing crowd. In 1987, several popular car magazines and tuning garages agreed to produce a video of Tsuchiya's drifting skills. The video, known as Pluspy, became a hit and inspired many of the professional drifting drivers on the circuits today. In 1988, alongside Option magazine founder and chief editor Daijiro Inada, he would help to organize one of the first events specifically for drifting called the D1 Grand Prix. He also drifted every turn in Tsukuba Circuit in Japan.

One of the earliest recorded drift events outside Japan was in 1996, held at Willow Springs Raceway in Willow Springs, California hosted by the Japanese drifting magazine and organization Option. Inada, founder of the D1 Grand Prix in Japan, the NHRA Funny Car drag racer Kenji Okazaki and Keiichi Tsuchiya, who also gave demonstrations in a Nissan 180SX that the magazine brought over from Japan, judged the event with Rhys Millen and Bryan Norris being two of the entrants. Drifting has since exploded into a massively popular form of motorsport in North America, Australasia, and Europe. One of the first drifting competitions in Europe was hosted in 2002 by the OPT drift club at Turweston, run by a tuning business called Option Motorsport. The club held a championship called D1UK, then later became the Autoglym Drift Championship. For legal reasons, the business was forced to drop the Option and D1 name. The club has since been absorbed into the D1 Grand Prix franchise as a national series.

Present day

Drifting has evolved into a competitive sport where drivers compete in rear wheel drive cars, and occasionally all wheel drive cars, to earn points from judges based on various factors. At the top levels of competition, the D1 Grand Prix from Japan and now with a full series in the US has taken the helm as the world's largest sanctioning body of the sport. Others in Malaysia[citation needed], Australia, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Formula-D in the United States, King of Europe Drift Series in Europe, Drift Mania in Canada, and the NZ Drift Series in New Zealand have also come along to further expand the sport into a legitimate motor sport worldwide. The drivers within these series largely influenced by the pioneers from D1 Japan are able to keep their cars sliding for extended periods of time, often linking several turns. Drifting with decades of race history and its relatively recent fame in the United States (the first official drift points race of D1 Grand Prix was held in the summer of 2003) has become its own authority and the two largest sanctioning bodies are the D1 Grand Prix and Formula D.

Amateur "Tafheet" or "Hjwalah" drifting on public roads is a significant problem in Saudi Arabia.

Bugatti Veyron F1

A while ago Top Speed reported about what is worth to be #1 when Saeed Abdul Ghafour Khouri shelled out $14.3 Million for the right to bear the a very exclusive number plate. Now the oil rich nations of the middle east have become a mecca for over the top indulgence and excess, especially when it comes to their automobiles, so the exclusivity of being #1 is a very esteemed honor.




Now the Bugatti Veyron is by its nature a very expensive car, so you can only imagine what it is worth when wearing an equally unique F1 number plate. It turns out that the F1 tag is almost as good as being number one. So you can only imagine the crowds that the very rare and exotic F1 Veyron would attract. That is exactly what the promoters of the upcoming MPH Show at London’s Earls Court from November 5th through the 8th. The very rare Bugatti’s owner, Afzal Kahn, was kind enough to offer up one of his prized possessions for the display. So if you happen to be in the area, then you can stop by to not only see the F1 Bugatti Veyron, but a few other high speed machines like the Ferrari FXX, Lamborghini GT600, Pagani Zonda R and the ultra exotic GT by Citroen as well.

The world’s most expensive Bugatti Veyron, complete with F1 number plate, will be a star attraction at this year’s MPH Show featuring Top Gear Live at London’s Earls Court between 5-8 November. If ever the phrase ‘if you need to ask the price, you can’t afford it’ was appropriate it’s now. But at the right price the car could be up for sale, according to owner Afzal Kahn.

He’s hoping his soft white 253mph supercar could be the perfect choice for newly crowned Formula One champion Jenson Button since it features the most expensive number plate sold in the UK.

Capable of catapulting the driver to 100mph in 5.5 seconds this particular 1,010 BHP Bugatti Veyron has no close modern rivals in terms of price tags. But show goers can be sure, if rivals exist, they’ll all be at MPH The Prestige and Performance Motor Show.

Already the ultra rare GTbyCITROËN, worth over £1 million, is scheduled to appear at the show alongside fire-breathing examples from Pagani and Koenigsegg. Rumours about the Ferrari FXX, Lamborghini GT600 and Pagani Zonda R making an appearance are also widespread.

Lamborghini Reventon

Lamborghini revealed its new Reventon supercar at the Frankfurt auto show in 2007 and a week later in the U.S. at the Los Angeles Auto Show. By that time, most of the planned production units were already spoken for.

Based on the Murcielago sports car, the Reventon is said to be inspired by the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.

Recent reports indicate the car will cost nearly $1.6 million -- significantly above the Murcielago $300,000 MSRP. In fact, anyone who wants the car has been asked to put down a deposit of nearly that amount.

The engine hood made of glass laminate with open ventilation slits offering a glimpse at the large 6.5-liter V12 engine. The Reventon delivers 650 horsepower and 487 pound-feet of torque. Lamborghini will only build 20 Reventons, with all being spoken for. Eleven of the 20 cars will be U.S.-bound.

The headlights are powerful Bi-Xenon units. The daytime running lights consists of seven LEDs per side and a further nine diodes for the indicator and hazard lights. The taillights are also LED-based.

Created using Alcantara, carbon fiber, aluminium and leather, the interior is inspired by modern aircraft cockpits. Three LCD screens feature a variety of readouts useful to the driver. The instruments are housed in a structure milled from a solid aluminium block, protected by a carbon fibre casing.

The G-Force-Meter is also completely new: this display shows the dynamic drive forces, longitudinal acceleration during acceleration and braking, as well as transversal acceleration around bends. These forces are represented by the movement of an indicator on a graduated 3D grid depending on the direction and intensity of the acceleration. A similar instrument can be found in the airplanes. Formula One teams also use a similar device to analyze dynamic forces.

Malaysian Drifter

Malaysian drifter



There are a lot of name drifter of Malaysia. One of Malaysia famous drifter is Tengku Djan.

MALAYSIAN DRIFTER TENGKU DJAN DOMINATED THE FORMULA DRIFT SINGAPORE PROAM 2009 LAST WEEKEND

DRIFTING THRILLS AND SPILLS.

Malaysian drifter Tengku Djan dominated the Formula Drift Singapore ProAm 2009 last weekend.Fellow compatriots Mohd Johan Norman bin Azman and Ariff Johanis bin Ahmad from Team Goodyear took second and third place respectively.The event was held for the second time at the , where 37 professional and amateur drivers from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Indonesia competed for top honours.
The first day of the event saw drivers from Team Goodyear giving a drift demonstration to members of the media.Cars, Bikes & Trucks managed to get a seat beside Nakorn Cotraviwat, one of Team Goodyear’s drivers from Thailand, in his Toyota Soarer JZZ30.The stripped out Toyota bolted forward without hesitation into the first bend. A quick tap of the brakes and flick of the steering, the car was thrown out of balance and the drift was initiated.Despite the wailing tyres and the car being technically out of control, the cabin inside was surprisingly serene and calm.
The rest of the day was wrapped up with media interviews and technical inspection and revision for the drivers.Present at the event was Jane Cheah, the first and only female participant of the competition, along with her husband, fellow Goodyear teammate and competitor Ariff.”Drifting is essentially all about car control,” said Jane.”It is a good discipline for anyone to pick up and learn, as it helps you control your car in emergency situations. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female, it is for everyone.”Ariff, who currently operates his own event organising business called Sync Optima Sdn Bhd, said that drifting is much more easier and affordable than one might think.

“Besides organising drift events, we conduct our own drift clinics to train anyone who is interested in drifting. All you need is your own rear wheel drive car and a driver’s licence.”For more information on drift events and clinics organised by Sync Optima Sdn Bhd, log on to www.syncoptima.com.

“Tyres are an important aspect of drifting,” said Ariff.”We are thankful that we have the support of Goodyear. Good tyres will provide us with the confidence, control and consistency in drifting.”On the second day, the venue was opened up to the spectators, as participants began their practice sessions round the circular course outlined by concrete barriers.A number of drivers careened into the barriers. Fortunately, nobody was injured during the course of the competition.The next day was kicked off with the qualifying session, with drivers given two runs. Drivers were judged on their speed, line taken, angle of the drift and style.

The beauty, exotic of the Supercar... Lamborghini



The Lamborghini Murcielago is perhaps one of the most beautiful exotics available today. Somewhat affordable (for a supercar), the Murcielago sports a 640 HP engine which can take the beast up to 212 mph. In 2006, Lamborghini introduced the first major upgrade to the Murcielago with the unveiling of the LP640 at the Geneva Motor Show. Lamborghini has also recently debuted the Lamborghini Reventon, of which only 20 will be built at a price of $1 million.