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    Mad Mike drifts RX-7 at Goodwood (VIDEO)

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    Mad Mike Whiddett drifts his four rotor Mazda RX-7 up the Goodwood hill climb at this year’s 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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    July 2, 2015October 27, 2015 Carhoots
  • News

    Mad Mike’s wild new Mazda MX-5 drift weapon

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    ‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett has revealed his new four-rotor Mazda MX-5 drift car for this year’s Formula D drift series. 

    The coolest thing about the Formula D drift series is that you can basically compete in any car you like, provided it smokes the rear wheels only and is fitted with all the requisite safety gear. Competing cars this year include a new Ford Mustang piloted by Vaughn Gitten Jr., a rear-wheel drive nitrous-injected V8 Volkswagen Passat steered by Tanner Foust, and Toyota GT86/Scion FR-S. There’s also some cool old-school JDM goodness with Nissan S15s and 180SXs competing. Basically, if you can drift it, you can drive it.

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    This year Mad Mike will be piloting a highly modified NC Mazda MX-5 in the Formula D championship. It’s a race weapon built from the ground up by a company in New Zealand, packing a twin-turbo four rotor engine which develops over 1000hp on its low boost setting. The NZ-based tuning shop reckon it has the potential to dish out over 1500hp with the boost wound up. The insane power comes curtesy of two massive Garrett GTX40 turbos which were chosen for their smooth power delivery and lag-free characteristics. Of course, Mad Mike is no stranger when it comes to high-horsepower rotary engines – his old RX-7 drift car was also powered by a bonkers turbo rotary.

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    Power in the MX-5 is sent to the rear wheels via a six-speed sequential gearbox, and suspension is all custom as you’d expect. The front and rear tracks are crazy wide and the ordinarily open roadster boasts a full roll cage and stripped interior with carbon bucket race seats.

    The 1000hp MX-5 drifter promises to be one hell of a ride, especially when you consider how short the wheelbase is. Short wheelbase cars like the MX-5 are usually quite snappy when it comes to going sideways, making them harder to control. And with such a colossal power output Mad Mike will have his work cut out.

    Speedhunters have more details and images of the wild Mazda MX-5 drifter. 

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    April 27, 2015September 9, 2015 Carhoots
  • Reviews/ Videos

    Vaughn Gittin Jr shows off new 2015 drift Mustang (VIDEO)

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    Pro drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr shows off his 2015 Mustang drift car in awesome snow drift video.

    You don’t really need an excuse to tear around a snowy drift course in a 2015 Mustang race car when you’re pro noon Vaughn Gittin Jr, but he and his team came up with one anyway. The video below shows the pro drifter man handling his 2015 drift Mustang in the snow, but the point of the video is actually to show off the car’s new livery… Yeah right…

    We can’t tell you much else about the Mustang apart from it has a V8 from Ford Racing, rear-wheel drive (obviously), Brembo stoppers, a mad bodykit from RTR and some shouty green wheels.

    Check out the sideways action in the video below.

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    March 23, 2015September 9, 2015 Carhoots
  • News

    Chris Harris Takes You To Drift School (Video)

    Our friends at /DRIVE are embarking on a new season now, and while the model for their business has changed a bit, the awesomeness hasn’t. Here, Chris Harris teaches you how to drift a car on track.

    MUST WATCH: 13-Year-Old Finn Rally Driver Scares Hilarious Passenger: Video

    If you’re wondering about his credentials to teach such a lesson, you clearly haven’t been watching enough /DRIVE. If you have been watching, you know this guy can slide a car through the eye of a needle at a buck fifty. With walls on both sides.

    So sit down, shut up, put on your learning cap, and absorb some sideways education.

    via Motor Authority

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    August 1, 2014 Carhoots
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    Rosso Mars VS Rose Gold Performante ? #cars247
    ?: @thatredlamborghini @cars247
    #huracan #performante

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  • Videos

    Watch CLK Black Series Drifts & Donuts In The Desert (VIDEO)

    Drifting A CLK Black Series In The Desert

    This modified 507bhp V8 CLK Black Series is taken into the desert for one hell of a drifting and donut session.

    The effect of the gigantic plumes of dust kicking up from the surface is seriously cool.

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    March 24, 2014March 24, 2014 Carhoots
  • Super Cars/ Videos

    Snow Fun! Yellow Porsche Carrera 911 S and 4S Drift In The Snow! (VIDEO)

    Snow Fun! Yellow Porsche Carrera 911 S and 4S Drift In The Snow! (VIDEO)

    Snow has hit America and Europe hard this winter, but that isn’t stopping supercar owners from driving their toys. These Porsche 911 Carrera S and Porsche 911 Carrera S4 dominate the track just like the Lamborghini Gallardo dominated the ski slopes yesterday!

    Snow Fun! Yellow Porsche Carrera 911 S and 4S Drift In The Snow! (VIDEO)
    Snow Fun! Yellow Porsche Carrera 911 S and 4S Drift In The Snow! (VIDEO)
    Snow Fun! Yellow Porsche Carrera 911 S and 4S Drift In The Snow! (VIDEO)

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    February 14, 2014February 14, 2014 Carhoots
  • Videos

    Dad Takes Baby Drifting In Subaru Legacy – Does He Love It, Or Hate It? (VIDEO)

    Don’t tell Mom.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5YcGSE1qI

    Is he absolutely terrified? Or is he having the time of his life?

    I think it’s safe to say, from the look on the little kid’s face, it’s a mixture of the two. Who doesn’t love drifting?

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    February 13, 2014 Carhoots
  • Videos

    Dad Takes Baby Boy Drifting, His Face Says It All… (VIDEO)

    And the ‘Dad of the year’ award goes to…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG5YcGSE1qI


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    February 11, 2014February 11, 2014 Carhoots
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    Menacing Ferrari 488 Pista ?? #cars247
    ?: @heathertnicole @cars247
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    Watch Maniac In A BMW Drift To The Top Of A Multi-Storey Car Park (VIDEO)

    NORBEFILMS: 325 Drifting To The Top

    Ever seen ‘The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift’ and wanted to do the car park drift for real. Everyone’s dreamed it, right? We’ll someone in a BMW stopped dreaming and put those F&F drifters to shame.

    This short drift film “The Ugly Duckling” is the best damn drifting we have seen in some time…

    Hat tip: nosmokenopoke.com

    NORBEFILMS: 325 Drifting To The Top

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    February 10, 2014February 10, 2014 Carhoots
  • Videos

    Insane Driving Skills – This Supra Just Can’t Stop Drifting! (VIDEO)

    Just When You Thought This Supra Was Done Drifting The Perfect Road, It Keeps On Going
    This British Supra kicks up spray as it drifts its way around an unthinkably cool road.Just When You Thought This Supra Was Done Drifting The Perfect Road, It Keeps On Going Just When You Thought This Supra Was Done Drifting The Perfect Road, It Keeps On Going Just When You Thought This Supra Was Done Drifting The Perfect Road, It Keeps On Going Just When You Thought This Supra Was Done Drifting The Perfect Road, It Keeps On Going

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    February 6, 2014February 7, 2014 Carhoots 0
  • Videos

    Triple-drifting A Brazilian Mountain #LikeABoss (VIDEO)

    The Pìlotos & Amigos (Drivers & Friends) series continues to present drift legend Tiago Romano (aka Drift Hobby) with different Brasilian drift drivers in never-seen-before courses.

    In this video Drift Hobby and CWB Motoring put on a epic drift show on 6km of winding Brazilian mountain roads. Watch them drift this course with utter precision and absolutely dominate this mountain.

    Quite simply, this is one of the best drifting videos I’ve ever seen…

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    January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 Carhoots
  • Videos

    Unbelievable BMW Parking Lot Drift (VIDEO)

    This amazing BMW parking lot drift will be the best 1 min 26 seconds of your day.

    Seen a better drift recently? Let us know in the comments below…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmdT6USjSXo#t=60
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    January 8, 2014 Carhoots
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    Menacing Ferrari 488 Pista ?? #cars247
    ?: @heathertnicole @cars247
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  • Reviews/ Tech

    BMW Builds a Self-Driving Car — That Drifts Baby! (VIDEO)

    BMW demonstrates their new autonomous driving technology – a self-driving car that drifts!

    Wired.com Report: BMW makes the Ultimate Driving Machine, and now it’s made the Ultimate Drifting Machine. Except it’s the code that’s in control.

    At CES, BMW is showing off a modified 2-Series Coupe and 6-Series Gran Coupe that can race around a track at the limits of adhesion, and slide around corners like a throttle-happy Formula Drift ace.

    Both cars are outfitted with a LIDAR system, 360-degree radar, ultrasonic sensors, and cameras that track the environment. Partnered with the electronic braking, throttle, and steering control that’s standard on all new BMWs, the prototypes can run through a high-speed slalom, perform precise lane changes, and slide around corners, without any driver intervention.

    This is just the latest iteration of BMW’s autonomous driving tech, which began with its Track Trainer project that used GPS, waypoint markers, and uploaded track maps to run around Laguna Seca and the Nürburgring nearly as fast as a professional hot shoe.

    This new suit of systems have been undergoing testing in Germany for the better part of a year, logging some 9,000 miles of real-world driving in cities and on the autobahn, keeping up with 80 mph traffic — further proof that your next car will be a better driver than you. via wired.com


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    January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 Carhoots
  • Videos

    This Tuerck’d Drift Video Is Insanely Cool (Video)

    This Tuerck’d drift video will literally have you staring at your computer in awe of the .

    We like drifting. Drifting is an art form, cars dance along the road with smoke pouring off the rear tyres as the drivers essentially control a car that is, well, out of control. To drift from corner to corner smoothly takes a lot of skill, and probably balls the size of melons.

    Ryan Tuerck is the Drift King, and in this video he tests a new turbo that has been fitted to his 828hp GT86/FR-S. Seems like a legitimate excuse to shag some tyres on a stunning squiggle of tarmac located somewhere in Oregon, USA, right? And why not bring along a few GoPro cameras to capture the hooliganism? The results are just extraordinary. No Hollywood, no gorillas standing on ladders or Lamborghini police cars, just eight-hundred horsepowers worth of rear wheel drive goodness, plus masses of elegant oversteer and tyre shredery. Take a look at the video below…


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