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Drag car: Cars modified for drag racing Drift car : Cars modified for drifting . Dub or donk or Hi-Riser : Characterized by huge wheels with low-profile tires, often with upgraded speaker setups, and sometimes custom paint, interiors, and engine upgrades.
Car modifying has been popular among youths in the US, especially in Southern California, since the days of hot rods in the 1950s and 1960s and muscle cars in the 1970s. . There is significant evidence indicating that import drag racing first started in Southern California in the mid-1960s, with modified Volkswagen Beetles, Ford Populars and Austin A40 Devons: Documentation of quarter-mile ...
Automotive enthusiasts helped popularize these Japanese domestic market cars on the streets of America How JDM Vehicles Became Popular in the U.S. Skip to main content
Locally-sold imports such as the Lexus SC and Nissan 240SX feature heavily in American drifting, but they are usually modified with JDM engines to mirror their Japanese domestic equivalents (usually with a Toyota JZ-GTE or Nissan CA18DET/SR20DET/RB26DETT respectively).
'A Quiet Greatness' Focuses on JDM Cars Courtesy: Myron Vernis/Mark Brinker Myron Vernis is 67 and has been an automotive aficionado for his whole life. But about 10 years ago, he started to sour ...
Common exterior modifications on VIP style cars include modified suspension to achieve a lowered ride height, typically using coilovers or air suspension, and often also modified or custom control arms, suspension knuckles, tie rods and more; 3 piece wheels, often in wide configurations with low offsets that sit flush with the fenders or tuck inside of them; modified exhausts; LED lighting ...
The Holden Camira is a mid-size car that was produced by Holden between 1982 and 1989. It was Holden's version of GM's J-body family of cars—GM's third "global" car platform, and was heavily based on the European J-body car - the Opel Ascona C. The name "Camira" comes from an Aboriginal word meaning "wind."
Nissan Pao finished in Aqua Gray (rear) Part of Nissan's "Pike" series, it was designed as a retro fashionable city car in the mould of the Be-1.It included external door hinges like the original 1960s Austin Mini which had become fashionable in Japan, 'flap-up' windows like those of a Citroën 2CV, and a split rear tailgate of the first British hatchback car the Austin A40 Farina Countryman.