So it appears that this whole Scion tC thing is really starting to catch on. EverythingDrift is reporting that Tanner will be stepping out of his twice Championship winning 350z and into a RWD converted Scion. Hopefully Tanner and team will be a more competitive then Gushi and the RSR car were in 2008.
I hope this does not mean that we will be seeing more FF to RWD cars on the FD circuit. I can understand Toyota’s interest in drifting, but maybe they should provide a true RWD platform to do so. Some of the essence of drifting is staying closely related street fairing cars. What’s next? A RWD Ford Focus and RWD Honda Civic Hybrid Drift car? Trying to give the new breed of econobox car some hi-performance cred is starting to get tired.
Maybe we just need to introduce a FF drifting series to keep all these manufactures of mild performance vehicles satisfied.
why? It must be a awesome deal Tanner got or Rockstar did because I don’t know why you would change such a winning formula lke Tanner in his 350. Everyone that has done really well and then changed platforms has fallen off the next year. Hope Tanner can keep rockin.
Comment by Jiovani — October 27, 2008 #
I don’t want to sound like I am down on Tanner’s skills as a driver, nor do I doubt that they can make a tC competitive. I just don’t like how far removed these cars a becoming from their street counterparts.
Comment by DriftLive.com — October 27, 2008 #
Apparently there is an official press release for this car, at least according to riceboytv:
http://www.riceboytv.com/riceboytv-news/Scion-Announces-Second-Drift-Car-for-2009…-And-Guess-Who-s-Driving.html
Comment by DriftLive.com — October 27, 2008 #