Drifting is a wild sport full of screaming engines, burning tyres, insane close-quarters sliding, and huge personalities.
One of the biggest stars is New Zealand's "Mad" Mike Whiddet, normally known for his off-the-chain rotary-powered Mazdas. But, now he has a fresh new build coming with the world's first drift Lamborghini Huracan.
Named the 'SLAMBO' the widebody reportedly runs a modified version of the raging bull's 5.2-litre V10, with custom Rotiform wheels.
Mike will unveil more details soon and we can't wait to see it flying sideways in D1 Grand Prix competition!
Should Mad Mike ditch the V10 for a quad-rotor? Let us know in the comments.
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Iain Kelly
Contributing Journalist
A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.
For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.
Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions.
Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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