Jalopnik: Drift

Audi And Subaru Go Night Drifting

Raphael Orlove — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

It's just a couple of bros, a lot of snow and a Subaru with an Audi. Drifting happens. Warning: some NSFW language More »

Lexus LFA Roadster, GT 86 Drift It Out At Tokyo Auto Salon

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

The Tokyo Auto Salon is like the Japanese version of SEMA, the auto aftermarket parts show, only it's a million times cooler. Exhibit A: This Lexus LFA Roadster and Toyota GT 86 go full Cool Ranch Dorifto in the exhibition area outside. More »

Motorcycle Vs. Car Drift Battle 2: Here Come The Cops

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:15:00 EST

The original motorcycles vs. cars drift battle was pure car-on-bike porn. It racked up an astonishing 4.1 million views on YouTube. Now there's a sequel — and it adds a touch of narrative and a cop drifting a 550-hp Mustang Cobra squad car. Beware Officer Dan Brockett. More »

Scion FR-S: First Drift

Raphael Orlove — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:30:00 EST

Top drifter Ken Gushi got to show us proof of what we've all been waiting for: the Scion FR-S loves to go sideways. More »

A smoking walkthrough of a Formula D drift track

Raphael Orlove — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EST

Ryan Tuerck, of the very excellent "Off Seasons" video, has traded leafy parking lots for the sunny banking of Toyota Speedway. Here he gives you a sense of the lunacy going on behind the wheel at a Formula D drift competition. More »

NSFW "Girl in Toyota Supra" video is totally fake

Patrick Frawley — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EDT

This very NSFW video stands as further proof that even the most obviously phony and staged clips will draw eyeballs given enough footage of bouncing tits and tire smoke — especially the former. More »

Roundabouts only exist so we may drift them

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

The roundabout is a particularly awful traffic solution in the age of cars and stoplights. It's as if a bunch of city planners were sitting around wondering if perhaps people wouldn't drive better if they were dizzy. Alas, we wonder if the whole thing wasn't the ingenious invention of the owner of a RWD car. More »

Chris Harris gets sideways in a London taxi

Matt Hardigree — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Occasional Jalopnik contributor and avid Ferrari collector Chris Harris apparently needs some extra money to cover his insurance premiums, so he's picked up some shift work as a cab driver. Specifically, the Top Gear Live taxi. More »

The Escort wagon "Doriftomobile" gets wet

Raphael Orlove — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:00:00 EDT

If you take our love for station wagons to its logical conclusion, you end up with something like this: a hot rod longroof going super-sideways on a rainy drift day. More »

Watch Libyan rebels celebrate Gaddafi's death with car stunts

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Guns-and-drifting is all the rage amongst the youths everywhere — and especially in the Arab world. Check out these Libyan rebels celebrating the news of Muammar Gaddafi's timely end with this tribute to insane Saudi drifting. More »

Vaughn Gittin Jr. drifts through Saudi Arabia like a sandstorm

Justin Hyde — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. went to a Saudi Arabian festival earlier this year with his factory-sponsored Ford Mustang. After it ended, the organizers let him have the run of the track to transform some petroleum into speed and smoke. More »

Is this video of a BMW drifting world's highest helipad a fake?

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Because local building codes require helipads on skyscrapers, L.A.'s U.S. Bank Tower features the tallest building-based helipad. Not exactly the place you'd expect to find the BMW 1M drifting to the edge. Here's video of the 1M doing it, but here's why we don't think it's quite real. More »

Don't scratch the paint

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:00:00 EDT

A good chunk of the hoonage displayed here is of the drifting/donut variety, because everyone loves cars going sideways/oppo/tire squealing. Today isn't much different, except this time we've got a guy in a BMW M3 doing something much harder than the average sideways vid: slow and tight drifting. More »

Alone in airport guys also shoot cars

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:45:00 EDT

Perhaps lost in all the excitement over their empty airport video is the small detail that the two guys behind it are also fantastic car photographers and the video was meant to be included in the upcoming DVD "Tandem of Die." Here's a fresh teaser for it straight from Joe Ayala and his buddy Justin Shreeve. More »

Topless drifter measures G-forces with her breasts (NSFW)

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:30:00 EDT

Most videos of girls drifting topless in cars employ the seatbelt-over-areola trick, which is both deceitful and probably chafes. This topless Hungarian passenger has no such puritanical western hangups and has selected a more revealing harness configuration (NSFW). More »

Drifting around downtown Hotlanta

Justin Hyde — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00:00 EDT

Red Bull managed to convince the city of Atlanta to close off Peachtree Street downtown so that Rhys Millen and Ryan Tuerck could stage a mini-drift challenge around the office buildings. Sure beats standing in line at Chop't. More »

Screw work, watch Formula D LIVE from Qatar right now

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:15:00 EDT

The Formula Drift Qatar race is going on right now and is streaming live right here. Something else to distract you from working today. More »

The essence of drifting in one two-minute clip

Justin Hyde — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:30:00 EDT

If you just can't get drifting, Georgiy Stepanyan and his Nissan Silvia's here to help, with this clip shot in the Ukrainian mountains last October. There's more to it than just pulling the handbrake and watching for smoke. Thanks, Spencer! More »

"Moscow Drift," your video guide to late-night Russian hoonage

Justin Hyde — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:30:00 EST

Russian drift enthusiasts at DragTimes managed to snag the country's top two drifters and film this mini-movie of tire shredding around Moscow at night. Also, "blocked streets" do not mean "free of traffic" to Moscow authorities. More »

Car salesman who killed Evo buyer started day with rum, weed

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:00:00 EST

A Pennsylvania car salesman's been charged with homicide by vehicle after wrecking an Evo while attempting to drift in a test drive, resulting in his customer's death. The salesman admitted to drinking before the crash and tested positive for marijuana. More »

Drifting down under

Tom Joslin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:30:00 EST

Australia is the home of hoonage so it shouldn't come as a surprise that when they hit the track, they do it right. Even though it isn't a ZL1, this down under 1969 Camaro looks like a lot of fun. (Photo Credit: Dicktay2000) More »

South Koreans display ridiculous R/C drifting skills

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

I once played Rock Band in a swanky Miami hotel suite with some South Korean autojournalists. They had skills. Maybe they're the same ones running this incredible R/C drifting league. Tiny AWD Genesis Coupe anyone? (Thanks to Maaaaaat!) More »

Drifting with the lights on

Tom Joslin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:00:00 EST

Seeing this shot from Rudskogen Motorsenter, Norway's national motorsport facility, we are again reminded that hooning an old BMW is truly universal. (Photo Credit: Arild Andersen) More »

Drifting, Lithuanian Garage Style

Matt Hardigree — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:00:00 EST

Running out of space to drift? Do as the Lithuanians do and just drift in your garage. Just make sure Krisčius moves anything that might be flammable. More »

It's The Driftcember To Remember

Justin Hyde — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST

A flock of birds, a school of fish, a murder of crows. What do you call a group of 100 drift enthusiasts congregating at a West Virginia track on the edge of winter? Let's borrow from horses: a rake. More »

Need For Speed's 1969 Mustang RTR-X Comes To Life

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:30:00 EDT

This '69 Mustang RTR-X, designed for future Need For Speed games, answers the question: how wild does a car have to be as appreciated in the real world as in a steroid-induced racing video game? More »

Take A Drift Through Tilt Shift

Justin Hyde — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:00:59 EDT

At the Formula Drift event in Sonoma, Calif., a few months back, MotorMavens photog Joe Ayala used a tilt-shift lens to shoot a stop-motion video of the event. You can see the full video here. More »

Norwegian Drift Wood: The Epic Gatebil Gallery

Justin Hyde — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EDT

In Norway, the Gatebil auto festivals draw thousands of spectators every year for a mix of car show, parts bazaar and racing. Here's our gallery from this year's final Gatebil drift, enveloped in epic clouds of shredded tires. More »

When Professionals Do the Drifting

Peter Orosz — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:15:00 EDT

This is some lovingly edited footage from a pro drifting race at Silverstone in 2008. Watch the car control these guys exhibit. Bonus challenge: name every car in the comments! More »

Nissan's Epic Sentra SE-R Ad Shot Entirely With RC Cars

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:00:00 EDT

Called "Drift," Nissan Canada's latest commercial for the Sentra SE-R features nothing but 1/10 scale RC cars. The epic ad was even filmed using other RC cars and an RC helicopter. Sounds more fun than driving a Nissan Sentra SE-R. More »

What It Feels Like To Drift With Tanner Foust

Sam Smith — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EDT

Tanner Foust recently drifted his way up a section of Los Angeles's famed Mulholland Highway. The video is everywhere, but I was once lucky enough to ride with him. Wanna know what it feels like to be inside the car? More »

Off Seasons: Drift-Happy In a Nissan Silvia

Peter Orosz — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST

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With great restraint and beautiful camerawork, Andrew Laputka and Ryan Tuerck of Drift Alliance bring us a merry afternoon in a hissing, sideways Silvia. More »

Why The Winter Olympics Are Like Car Racing

Matt Hardigree — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST

High speeds, daring passes, and spectacular crashes — it's not NASCAR, it's the Winter Olympics. How is Apolo Ohno like Kyle Busch? Which death-defying speed contests are best viewed while drunk? Jalopnik's Olympics guide is here to help. More »

Jim Russell Lancer Evolution Experience: Because Oversteer Kicks Ass

Sam Smith — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST

The Lancer Evolution Experience starts off like most driving schools: You are plopped in front of a chalkboard and lectured to. After that, you're sent out and made to get wicked sideways. And that's when you wake the hell up. More »

Formula D Grand Prix Murders Tires At The Wall

The Auto Insider — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

The third event of the 2009 Formula Drift Grand Prix landed itself at The Wall in New Jersey last month, Joshua Herron was out there to capture all the action in this visually stimulating clip. More »

Vaughn Gittin Jr Shows Us How To Smash A 'Stang Sideways

The Auto Insider — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Pro drifter and driver of the Falken-sponsored 2010 Mustang GT, Vaughn Gittin Jr., is caught here doing his best reenactment of the crash that left three 19-year-old joy riders in a world of hurt. [YouTube] More »

The Smoke and Bimmers of the Hungarian Drift Community

Peter Orosz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EDT

Perhaps because Hungarians use the Eastern name order like most of Asia, there is a very healthy local drifting scene. Watch this incredible clip of a recent meet. More »

Hoon Of The Day: Spirit Of Ecstacy Goes Slideways

The Auto Insider — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

In this gross display of look-what-we've-got-and-you-don't mixed with financial negligence, a couple of dapper hooligans get their brand-spankin-new, nearly 3.5-ton Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe luxo barge slideways in a battle against the friction addiction. Hooray for sloppy over-weight body-roll! More »

Don't Stop: A Terrifyingly Cool Look At The Non-Professional Drift World

The Auto Insider — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EDT

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Unimpressed by the overly-decal-covered, huge sponsor-loving, goofy-ass-winged professional drift world on the rise in America? Why not root for the little guys featured in this Drift Mechaniks video. More »