SPEED HERO Blog — Automotive Life

Banshee, Japan?

No, it's not a Grand Theft Auto car. You live all the way in Japan and can't quite afford to import the most likely crushed, '88 Pontiac Banshee concept car? No worries mon' Just import a 4th gen Camaro and have the little Japanese gnomes assemble one for you! That's right, surfing around the Yahoo auctions found me some prime junk! Who imports a whole Firebird just to hack it into a look-a-like! Crazy! The original ad can be found here.


Summer Spent Sliding

Just a really good video from the guys at Drift Safari [vimeo 15307446]


Itasharism

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"]Tokyo Auto Salon 2009: Navel "Oretachi ni...[/caption]
So, browsin' and surfin' like the electronic thug I am. I came across an Itasha video and upon opening was blown away, not by the Itasha vehicles, that's nothing new, just the hilarious reporting.
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That was pretty funny to watch, he struggles and it's kinda sad, but it's good he knows what he likes. Looking through the related videos, this video had...


2010 Year of the E7

Straight up, S chassis's, AE86's, Rx7's, etc, there all dead to me. 2010 is officially the Year of the E7. It seems a bunch of people jumped off the wagon and began building a few years ago. Some still are, but a bunch came out of the woodwork with well equipped beaters and have been eating 2010 like it was watermelon candies. Straight up, you've got the MotorFix guys leading the way. With their constant coverage of ke70 beater train drifting, they've left an impression, allowing people...


BOOBIES!

http://www.streetfire.net/flash/SPlayer.swf
The Hungarian Drift feeling Oh Europe, thank you...thank you a lot. MAY not be safe for work, unless you work somewhere cool, or your boss isn't a douche canoe.