Why are almost all drift cars at drift events 90s japanese cars?

they are cheap rear wheel drive cars, they will probably be replaced by the gt86, modern awd cars with a locked center diff and the shittiest grade of bmw in 20 or so years

It started in Japan

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>>17080765
>gt86

>>17080791
consider the fact that one of the most popular drift cars ever is the s chassis, a noodle piece of shit chassis with a terrible engine not worth a single shit but it's rear wheel drive and just cheap enough at the time for people to make it go sideways

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>What if they go "extinct"?
It's happening right now, they are 20yo cars, they won't be immortal.
Most of them end on a tree somewhere in eastern Russia

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>>17080765

even japanese brands dont make sports cars anymore

>>17080747
>Why are almost all drift cars at drift events 90s japanese cars?
because they're cheap disposable cars that can be tossed once wrecked
>What if they go "extinct"?
nothing of value will be lost

>>17080791
Evolution of common middle chassis:
AE86 -> S-chassis -> 13 year gap -> gt86

>>17080747
It's funny when you consider the fact that all RWD Jap cars can barely be counted on two hands.

>AE86
>S2K
>RX7
>RX8
>Miata
>GT86

The Japs favored efficiency over power, so nearly all Jap cars are FWD. The Jap sports cars are almost always AWD, as it renders RWD obsolete. Japan's Toe-gay scene is being killed off with all the toe-gays now having speed bumps, so they just wanna milk the gaijin who watched an episode of Initial D yet cannot find a good manual Jap RWD car because they simply don't exist in 'Murrica.

>>17081291
>Z31
>Z32
>Z33
>Z34
>Supra
>Early Celica
>GTST
>R31
>R30
>Soarer
>Chaser
Just to name a few

>>17081291
>>17081347
>forgetting the MR2
shameful

>>17081347
Forgot
>NSX
>MR2
>Starion/Conquest

>>17081291
except you forgot (yes I know some of these have fwd models)

Silvia
Chaser/Mark II
Celica
Supra
Fairlady
MR
Skyline
Verossa
Cedric
Gloria
Starlets
more Corollas than AE86
NSX
Cosmo
Crown
Soarer
Laurel
Leopard
Bluebird
Carina
RX2
RX3
Starion
Lancer
Galant
Bellet
Cappucino
Beat

I could go on but eh

>>17081391
What about the Datsun 510?

>>17081291
I'm not talking about touge racing
I'm talking about drifting on tracks in Japan

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>>17081391
the nissan leopard looks so fucin sexy

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>>17081408
that was a Bluebird in Japan

They'll be replaced by all those damn Chargers you see driving around

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>>17081426
indeed

>>17081432
nah just switch to 2000s cars like

350Z
370Z
G35
G37
Toyobaru
3 series
Mustang

that are cheap

>>17081480
350z seems like the most likely candidate of that generation, C5 corvettes, E46 M3s are on the verge as well.

>>17081497
yeah 350Zs and E46s (never seen an M3 tho) are the newest missiles I see regularly

hell you can find a beater 350Z for less than what some 240s go for these days

>>17081291
>>17081347
>>17081358
>>17081359
>>17081391
NO ONE REMEMBERED THE CEFIRO
RIP

>>17082428
or the Cima... or the Cressida :(

>>17082455
LS400/Celsior...

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>>17080809
>terrible engine
To be fair everywhere else in the world got it with a decent engine, god sometimes it sucks to be American.

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>>17081517
>you can find a beater 350Z for less than what some 240s
God dammit
>tfw 240s that are okayish condition will NEVER be cheap again

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>>17082571
>tfw cash for clunkers killed almost every fucking 240 in new england

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>>17081480
Would an old ass charger make a good drift missile? Like an old beat up cop Charger.

>>17082654
Possibly? But keep in mind
They are automatic transmission only
They are kinda heavy compared to other drift missles

>>17081358
>>17081359
Fug bois. I love the MR2.

Didnt forget em when I posted >>17081347 , just thought we were talking exclusively FR

>>17080765
>they will probably be replaced by the gt86
lol it is fwd

>>17082610
>tfw "scrappage scheme" killed them off in old england as well

someone put a delorean in a scrap yard crusher to get £2k off a hyundai shitbox washing machine on wheels for £100 a month

i hate this country

>>17085423
what

no one would be that stupid

>>17085423
Source

>>17085833
this is england, we're mostly retarded.

i'll try and dig the link out. Other victims were, off the top of my head:

- Lancia delta
- MK1/MK2 escorts (straight mk1 shell goes for £5k...)
- old V12 jags etc

these were blatently inherited or old family cars driven by retards with no idea of their true value. I'd love to find these people and just mail them printouts of ebay with how much they could have sold their cars for.

>>17080812
Fucking russian retards

>hey boris, lets put steel poles 1 inch off the driving lane every 20 feet to light our fancy new fangled paved highway

>>17085894
How dare you insult our Glorious Electric Lights of Mother Russia!

>>17085402
No it isn't. Not the new ones in the u.s. just looked at one last weekend

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>>17085927
I hoped to BOOGIE DANG some people but it didn't go as I planned.