- There is nothing cooler
than drifting, period. But here's the thing, some of the most iconic drift cars, 240s, RX7s, M3s, Hachirokus, just aren't that easy to come by anymore. They're expensive and it's at the point where you don't wanna smash 'em up even if you can find one. But us common folks still
wanna slide so what do we do? Well, good news for all you
sideways freaks out there, today, I've got a list of
nine super capable drift cars that you would never expect to see on a list of nine super capable drift cars that you don't have to
pay the drift tax on. So strap on your three point harness and grasp firmly upon thine hydro breaks, this is-
- "The D-List." Ford MN12. - It's no secret that the fourth Gen or SN95 Mustang is pretty
good at sliding around. My good friend, Christopher,
Fixtopher for built one called the driftStang,
that's his real name, I know his real name
and I've seen his face but there's a problem. Ford built the SN95 brostang on the absolutely geriatric Fox platform which used an archaic live rear axle. And a live rear axle is
not the most ideal rear end for going into controlled slides. Hold on guys, I'm gonna
pause for a second. I wanted to do a bit where my
hat matched the microphone, but it just got too hot in here. Anyway, a live rear axle is
not the most ideal rear end for going into controlled slides. If only Ford had designed
a similar platform during that time period with
independent rear suspension, a front mounted V8 and
a crisp manual gearbox. Except they did and it's called the MN12. This chassis was used on the Thunderbird and the Cougar between 1988 and 1997, which also happens to be
the exact amount of time that the Belgian avant-garde jazz band, X-Legged Sally was active, coincidence.? Think again. I'm not even a real person. And just like the Mustang,
you can get the T-bird or the Coug with a 289 or 302 V8. There was even a
supercharged V6 Thunderbird called the super coupe, that I talked about
quite a bit in an episode of my other show "Up to Speed." I'll put the link in
the description below. I shoot a lot of content every week. They won't let me stop. And just like Nolan, each of these cars came equipped with a strong independent rear end. And it really wouldn't be too hard to turn one of these boys
into a slippery Slide Master. Weld the diff, drop it a couple inches, the same engine as a stang there's plenty of after-market support. Just think about how cool you would be rolling up to your local drift meet in one of these bad boys. And with all that cushiony interior, you'd easily be the comfiest
drifter on the track. Maxime found a couple videos
of people drift these things and I'm not gonna lie guys,
they look sick as heck. - [Announcer] BMW E39. - The very next boy on this list hails from a little town called Dingolfing in the beautiful free State of Bavaria, also home to one of my
favorite creams of all time. I'm talking about BMW E39, otherwise known as the five series from the late 90s and early 2000s. In my opinion, this is
one of the last true BMWs of the modern era. It was engineered to
stimulate the pleasures of driving a refined motor vehicle. There's no fake engine noise, it is pumped into the speakers, the styling is subtle, understated, dare I say timeless? It also happens to slide wheel
good around them corners. I'm honestly pretty shocked that the E39 isn't a more common drift car. You could get it with the
super reliable M54 straight six or even absolutely nasty M62 V8. The M62 sounds so good that
Max took his engine cover off so that he could hear it better. - [Max] It's called vinos, baby. - Bunch of them came with
manual transmissions, which is super cool for a
big luxury boat like that. It doesn't happen a lot and most importantly, these things are cheap,
cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap,
cheap Max owns two of them, and I'm pretty sure max only makes what, like five, $600,000 per video? The only thing you need
to do to one of these boys is weld the diff since
they didn't ever come with an LST from the factory, but it doesn't take much
effort to get them sideways. They basically have a
50/50 weight distribution and a long wheelbase makes it perfect for those comfy controlled
slides that we all lust after. But if long executive sedans
aren't really your thing, the next vehicle on this list is essentially the exact opposite. - [Announcer] Chevy S-10. - Gather around my, truck brethren, for Chevrolet's legendary
compact pickup truck also happens to be a killer drifty boy. And I'm not talking about Robert Ramirez. Remember a couple weeks ago when I talked about the Nissan Hardbody being a super good drift truck? Well, the S-10 is basically
the American equivalent. It's small, it's lightweight,
rear-wheel drive, and it puts down some pretty dis power straight up out of the little box. This truck is petite, to say the least. So even with a modest V6, it's definitely enough
to give you a good time. And if you happen to want a
little bit more power, baby, it's nothing to sweat your pants over. These things have plenty
of room for engine swaps. Here's an S-10 that I found on eBay Motors with the frickin' V8 in it. And this thing don't even cost $10,000. Our buddy Tony built a
backyard fake LS S-10, he parked in our office
for like six months. Did it block the walkway to
the front door? Debatably. Was it sick? Definitely. Were Jessie and I stoked to
drive it to The Streamy's? Yes. Did it break down? Yes. Were we late? Yes. Are we Streamy Award winners? Yes. I'd love to see more
drift trucks in general, especially S-10s, these things
are so rad I really want one. I got a window open looking for 'em. And you might be saying
it needs a rack and pinion or the rear leaf springs
aren't good for the track but these honest, honest little trucks are surprisingly good platform to get you started with your
new expensive drift hobby. And the best part is you can
throw all your spare tires, all your friends' spare tires, all your friends' extra
wheels, all your friends' crap and your crap in the
bed drive onto the check so you always get invited. It hurts my feelings
when I don't get invited. Jesse and Zach Job, sometimes
it hurts my feelings when you go on drives with Bucky Lasek and you don't invite me. - [Announcer] Subaru Outback. - Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait just one
second here, a Subaru Outback? On a list of rear-wheel drive drift cars? Mexcuse me, Mochacho, are you
all good in the nagging, bruh? That is a dramatic reenactment
of what went through my mind when we were researching this episode and Max brought up this car. But it turns out, these
thing's got the greasy guts to deliver some big time oversteer with just a few tweaks to the drive train You see, all right, time
for a little science lesson. Most all-wheel drive cars are actually front-wheel
drive cars most of the time. But Subaru uses a symmetrical
all-wheel drive system that splits power through a fancy little
center differential. What does this mean For all you degenerate
drift- dreads out there? It means you can just
weld up the center diff, delete your front axles, and you've got a rear-wheel drive suby. Jesse thinks that you'd be
better off doing this to a WRX but if you ask me the Outback
is way more unexpected, which is what this list is all about. Also, at the end of the day,
I'm the one that says the words so I give final approval. And these things look 100% sick
when they're going sideways. I love the first few
generations of the Outback before it turned into a
full on crossover SUV. You got those two-tone bumpers,
big, burly beefy wagon body and you would surprise everyone the second that you dumped that clench. You'd also probably blow your diff too. - [Announcer] Porsche 944. - Now you might have never
thought to see a Porsche on a list of drift cars but the 944 isn't your average pee car. Think about it. It's got
an engine in the front, it's got a crap ton of power potentially, perfect 50/50 weight distribution. Now, a lot of you might be worried about dropping a ton of cash
on maintenance and repairs but these little puppies are actually surprisingly
affordable to buy and maintain for now. Buy one soon 'cause porches
don't stay cheap for long. And if you're still on the fence, cram this little factoid into your brain, be FC RX7, an indisputably
legendary drift car, was basically just a JDM
copy of the Posche 944. Look at them. These boys look more similar
than the straight pipes. Yeah, Jacob has a beard and
Yuri sometimes has a goatee and that does throw me off a little bit but I say, I think those
guys share 100% DNA. But this ain't a video about Canadians, this a video about drift cars. And did I mention that
the Porsche has pop up, up and down frickin' headlights? Porsche made a few other
front end in cubes, like the 924 and the 928
and they're all way cheaper than you think a classic Porsche would be. For years, years people
hated on these cars. They said, "If the engine
wasn't in the back, it's not to a real Porsche." And thanks to that hate, you can find them for way
cheaper than you would expect. But you know what, I say
the 944 is a real pee car, a damn good one too. - [Announcer] Chrysler Crossfire. - Now listen up, I'm gonna say
it because somebody needs to, the Chrysler Crossfire is one of the most underrated cars ever. And it's an American two
seater with Mercedes' Innards, and a six-speed manual transmission. And it's called the Crossfire, which is one of the most
aggressively marketed board games ever. When the Crossfire came out, Chrysler was owned by Mercedes. So this car shared a ton
of parts with the SLK, which is also a pretty neat car. It's powered by V6, that puts out a fairly
respectable 250 horsepowers, which isn't bad for a car
that only weighs 3000 pounds. But apparently, this
just wasn't good enough for American buyers. So the Crossfire was
pretty much a sales flop. The styling is as pretty
weird for the time, I mean, it looks like one
of those wooden speed boats that rich guys pilot on their
private lakes in Switzerland, But because of that, you can find these forgotten
fast backs on Gregslist, Facebook Martin's Place or
eBay Motors for dirt cheap. Here's one with a
six-speed for 3700 bucks. Now, I know it's gonna
be a little squirrely with such a short wheelbase, but you guys all love me autos but once you weld the diff and get rid of that traction control this thing would be a certifiable missile. Did I mentioned, it's
called a cross-fighter. Now, the Cross-fighter
might only be 80% Mercedes but this next car is 100% Mercedes. - [Announcer] Mercedes C-Class W203. - The second generation
C-Class is known as the W203. It's called a chassis code, look it up. And it's basically Mercedes
Benz's version of the BMW E46 and the E46 is a super popular drift car so why not the W203? There were a ton of engine
options in this chassis, Four bangers? Check. Six gangers? You bet check. 8 slangers? Absogotdanglutely. Some of them were even supercharged and unlike basically every other Mercedes in the history of Mercedes, the W203 was available with a
six-speed manual transmission. Here's the C230, for sale right
now, for under five grand. According to the ad it runs
great and makes no funny noises but I bet you'll be
making some funny noises when you pitch this long
boy into a hectic ski. - [Announcer] Infiniti J30. - I know there hasn't been
a ton of JDM representation on this list. I mean, this is a list of
cars you wouldn't expect to be good at drifting and most JDM cars are definitely expected
to be good at drifting. There's tons of videos of basically every single
rear-wheel drive Japanese car ever doing really cool screechy stuff but one Japanese boy you
wouldn't expect is this one, the Infiniti J30. Let's be honest, it's a
bloated Oldsmobile looking car, so it doesn't carry the same reputation as some of the more chiseled
Japanese sports cars. But underneath its blob like appearance is a 210 horsepower V6, pretty much the same engine from the 300ZX In other words, you've got the same tuning
potential as the Z32. The J30 might not have come with a manual but you can swap on in pretty easily. Maybe you wanna run standalone ECU, maybe you wanna frickin'
twin turbos swap one, raise that rev limiter and squeeze few more
horses out of that old VG. Just think about one of
these plump downright goofy looking sedans tandem
drifting with a mark two Super. It's so awesome and so hilarious and I definitely think somebody
watching this should buy one and turn it into a drift car. If you do this, put a post on r/DonutMedia and we'll send you a sticker pack so you can get even more power. I swear, if you spend thousands of dollars to make this dream a reality, I will send you a $15 sticker
pack, no questions asked. Rounding off this list of unusual but surprisingly good drift cars is something not at all like
anything else on this list. No, it's not front engine. No, it doesn't have a manual transmission. And no, you're probably not
gonna be able to find one on Gregory's list or on
Facebook Martin's place or on Oscar or on eBay Motors for $3,000. But hear me out because I think it just
might have the potential to be one of the best
grassroots drift cars ever. We're talking about the Tesla Model three. I bet you're pretty surprised, huh? Well, let's start by looking
at the facts, Jack, all right? Is that okay with you, Jack? Can we look at the facts? Jack? The lower spec version of this
car puts out 283 horsepower and because they're electric motors, you get 330 pound feet
of torques instantly. The highest spec model three gives you a bump to 450 horsepowers. And again, that power is on demand, just like Paul Bart three,
"Special Victims Unit" you don't have to worry
about which gear you're in or what differential you got, you just press that lightning pedal and you're good to go, man. Now I know it's gonna be
a different experience than drifting and clapped out S-14 but electric cars can be just as exciting. I've driven a bunch of
them including this one and super trippy to see a car slide around with no engine noise just
tire squeal, check this out. This is Travis Reeder driving
his Electric FD Camaro. It's fun and trippy and drifting is about having
fun at the end of the day. And I'm calling it, in a few years, you're gonna see model threes
get more and more affordable and one of you Greasy knucklers
is going to strip one down, hack out all the electric
nannies, the driver's assist and all that stuff, absolutely
skirt on all these haters. I've been saying this
for years at this point, and that's because I predict the future. Time is a concept, it doesn't
exist and neither do I. Thank you guys so much for watching this episode of "The D-List." Remember, anything can be a drift car. Sometimes it just takes a
little bit of brain juice and a whole lot of knuckle grease. I bought a drifty car
that's not on this list, if you wanna check it out, check out this episode of Money Pit when Zach Job tells me everything
on my car that is broken, which is essentially everything. Follow Donut Media across all
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