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MORE RHYS MILLEN DRIFTING @ INSIDELINE.COM: www.edmunds.com Rhys Millen @ Pikes Peak: www.youtube.com It’s not like you think. It’s not busy. Or rushed. Or frantic. There’s no chopping at the wheel, no exaggerated stabs at the pedals. In fact, it’s just the opposite: small, highly calculated and immensely precise inputs direct the Genesis Coupe’s trajectory. Rapid but relaxed steering suggestions translate into dramatic changes in direction and speed. Subtle, deliberate prods at the throttle and shifter blur the scenery on one side, then the other. This is cool control. This is engineered elegance. This is drifting done right. This is what it’s like to ride in the world’s most advanced drift car: Rhys Millen’s 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Of course the calm, collected ride inside is in ironic contrast to the violence outside. But we’re not surprised. We’ve ridden with Millen before, during practice for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb years ago and around various rally stages back in American rallying’s glory days. Since then he has won the 2008 Red Bull World Drift Championships, the Formula D series title in 2005 and two Tires.com Triple Crown Drift Championships. Not to mention multiple titles at Pikes Peak. That this guy can drive is not the surprising part. What is surprising is the level of preparation it takes to make a drift car competitive in 2009.
danm its only the body…. the rest nissan….i mean if u gonna make a car make completely the brand it is.. that show weakness in the brand…..and think they should not put that nascar engine in the tanner faust scion…toyota have plenty of good engines that can make that purrs like nothing else…