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Tanner Foust's V8 RWD Scion tC Formula Drift car unveiled

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    Tanner Foust's V8 RWD Scion tC Formula Drift car unveiled

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    2009 Formula D AEM/Rockstar Scion tC - Click above for high-res image gallery

    While all eyes were on Scion unveiling its take on the Toyota iQ city car at the New York Auto Show, the youth-oriented Toyota division quietly let slip a batch of photos of its latest challenger for the Formula Drift championship. But if these photos are any indication, it'll be the last time this insanely modified Scion tC will be doing anything quietly.

    Although the drift car you see here looks like a tC, underneath it's anything but... heck, it doesn't even use the tC's floorplan, it's so heavily modified. As previewed last week on video, this latest Scion drifter, prepared by drag racing and drift veteran Stephan Papadakis of Advanced Engine Management (AEM), packs a V8 courtesy of Toyota's NASCAR racing program, pumping 650 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque through a four-speed shifter to the rear wheels. Of course, there's only one driftsmith who could handle this much machine, and that's Tanner Foust.

    The two-time defending Formula D champion - who has some extra time on his lightning-quick hands since Top Gear USA got canceled - ditches the Nissan Z he's been fielding the last few years in favor of this modified Scion, and takes his sponsor Rockstar Energy Drink along with him. The car debuted this weekend at the Formula D season opener in Long Beach, California, where Foust finished third and our man Drew Phillips was on hand to catch it in his lens. Check out the images in the pair of hi-res gallery below.


    Gallery: 2009 Formula D AEM/Rockstar Scion tC

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    Gallery: Tanner Foust's AEM/Rockstar Scion tC

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    Live photos copyright (C)2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc

    [Source: Scion via Inside Line]Tanner Foust's V8 RWD Scion tC Formula Drift car unveiled originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    For some reason, I'm not excited. I guess it's because there's been too many tC's rolling around to catch my attention now. I'm more interested in the Hyundai Genesis drifting machine.
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    not even a tC. it's a race car with a tc body thrown on top. the engine isn't original nor is the chassis, so what's left besides the badge and the curves lol
    1337Rolla, Apr 13, 2009
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    that engine is stuffed in there. wonder how they're able to work on it.
    its_ikon, Apr 13, 2009
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    I'll pass. I find street cars more realistic and entertaining.
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    Tanner Foust has some serious drifting skills.
    FolkenStrategos, Apr 14, 2009
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    are they kidding me!!!???it has every aspect looking like a fricken tc
    xplicitcorolla99, Apr 14, 2009
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    True, but I prefer Ken Block. :D

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    It would have been more true-to-code if they did at least a high revving v6 or something of the like instead of a v8...
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    He's good too, but I can't help but feel that the car is what's really good, not exactly his "skills." Doesn't have that laser like drifting precision i see in tanner foust's video.
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    Gymkhana is different from regular drifting. It's more like the X-Games version of Auto-X.
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