View Full Version : Drifting article in Wired


eccles
11-01-2003, 01:09 PM
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.10/drifting.html

Oh to be young and foolish again.

Lensman
11-01-2003, 01:22 PM
Beautifully written. Well page 1 at least....

cueball
11-01-2003, 06:32 PM
Fathers of the sport prefer the Nissan 240SX and Toyota Corolla GT-S
They mention a few times that a lightweight rear wheel drive is the best. They than go on to mention a Toyota Corolla is a good example. But hasn't the Coralla always been front-wheel drive?

eccles
11-02-2003, 01:36 AM
Originally posted by cueball1029
But hasn't the Coralla always been front-wheel drive? Very few cars have always been FWD, unless their history only goes back 20 years or so. The KE10 Corolla debuted in Japan in 1966 and the US in '68, and Corollas remained exclusively RWD until 1984, but the RWD GT-S remained in production from '84 to '91.

Mockngbrd
11-02-2003, 09:05 AM
are they talking about the Trueno/Levin Corollas?

SA22C
11-02-2003, 12:12 PM
I'm torn, is drifting a sport, or a spectacle? There is definate skill involved, no doubt about it. I guess drifting is to road racing like figure skating is to speed skating. Both are sports, but one is far more artistic.

Maybe they'll start doing drifting to music. ;)

cueball
11-02-2003, 03:48 PM
Originally posted by eccles
Very few cars have always been FWD, unless their history only goes back 20 years or so. The KE10 Corolla debuted in Japan in 1966 and the US in '68, and Corollas remained exclusively RWD until 1984, but the RWD GT-S remained in production from '84 to '91.
Thanks for the clarification.:)