Drift Cars

This category lists cars that have been specially tuned and modified for the motorsport called drifting. Drifting is the technique of oversteering and loosing traction whilst maintaining overall control of the vehicle. Drifting was first made popular in Japan in the 1970s and further popularized by the 90s manga series, Initial D.

Competitive events like D1 Grand Prix, Drift Masters, Formula D and Drift Allstars further popularized the growing Japanese motorsport and interested international watchers in the growing motorsport. Drift cars are usually tuned and modified, combined with a light-moderately heavy body, All-wheel drive vehicles have frquently get converted to a Rear-wheel drive setup, some examples of these vehicles are the Subaru WRX, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and the Nissan Skyline GT-R.