The drift of the BMW M5 lasted as long as 8 hours, during which time the car slid "on the side" for as much as 374.17 kilometers. BMW driver Johan Schwartz was behind the wheel again, breaking his own record when he drove 82.51 kilometers with the previous generation BMW M5.
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If you like drifting and all kinds of antics, then the dance of twenty-eight Aston Martins will be something you shouldn't miss! The Aston Martin brand is celebrating something big.
Ken Block, known for his Gymkhana racing videos, visited London this time and took Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc on a tour of the city in his 845-horsepower Hoonicorn Mustang. As expected, this one did not have much of a view.
Latvian conversion group HGK Motorsport is no stranger to conversions of BMW models. Last but not least, they make racing cars for them. Practically every model has gone under their knife, only the Series 2 has so far avoided their operating room. With the BMW M2 F22 Eurofighter model, they have now corrected this 'mistake' as well. And in what way. With a Kevlar and carbon fiber clad sliding beast that spits out 820 horsepower! It is made according to the rules of the Formula D Championship (Drift).
We've already seen many great drifts, but few have impressed us as much as the nighttime drifting of a Slovenian on the streets of Novi Mesto in a BMW 3 series, E46, which even Ken Block wouldn't be ashamed of. Time for Hollywood producers to hang up the phone? There's definitely room for one more in The Fast and the Furious!
Watch how New Zealand drifter Mad Mike Whiddett glides through the curves of South Africa's Franschhoek Pass with incredible speed in a Mazda RX-8 and challenges his own destiny. "When you go too far on classic racetracks and slide off the track, sand, fences and rubber walls await you. If you slide off the road here..., you're done," he himself described the adrenaline-pumping experience in which he luckily took off his entire skin.
Gymkhana 9 is a fresh continuation of the racing hit, under which Ken Block signs. What did the tires do to this professional rally driver? Apparently, he harbors a great grudge against them, because he continues to burn and torture them so that the poor people squeal in pain. If the clutch, steering wheel, brakes, pedals and tires had rights, they would certainly accuse him of doing violence to them. Find out what Ken Block, who this time is torturing a Ford Focus RX, indulged in in the ninth installment of the octane Gymkhana series, which already has over 334 million views on YouTube, in an eight-minute clip that offers plenty of pleasure for car enthusiasts.
Drifting or the art of sliding, as it is also called, is an increasingly popular motoring discipline. For a good drift, in principle, you need at least two hundred horsepower per ton of vehicle and rear-wheel drive. Why in principle? Because this only applies if you don't know the trick with the board, with the help of which you can drift with any car, no matter how old and battered a box it is. How to drift (no matter what car you have)?
Forget the scenes from the movie Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, this is the best drift footage ever! Scenes from the Octane franchise can be hidden in front of the drift race staged by Vaughn Gittin Jr. in an abandoned area in Japan. and Daigo Saito; they conjured the beauty of a car sliding through curves with the Ford Mustang and the Lamborghini Murciélago.
Are you up for a romantic drift? The footage of machines driving all over the place is a special pleasure for you. Then support the Tortuga Trikes project, which is redefining the category of fun recreational drifting.