12
Apr
Automobile Drifting – All Show, More Go: Sliding With Rhys Millen in the Genesis Coupe Drift Car
Earlier this week, Hyundai Motors, one of drifter extraordinare Rhys Millen’s primary backers in the 2009 Formula DRIFT racing series, invited us out to experience first hand the Genesis coupe-based race car Millen will campaign in this year’s Formula D. The tire-smoking fun starts this weekend in Long Beach at the site of next week’s Grand Prix of Long Beach IndyCar season opener.
As we previously highlighted here on MT’s WOT blog, Millen’s RMR Racing team metamorphosed the Hyundai Genesis Coupe into a full-blown drift combatant. Based on the automaker’s “Art of Speed†concept shown at last year’s SEMA Show, the car is powered by a fully-tuned, 560-hp, turbocharged 4.1L version of Hyundai’s Lambda V-6… Details & Pictures
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