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Vincent Aubé
 Not what you'd expect to find on a track
Volkswagen Passat en FormulaDrift
Volkswagen Passat en FormulaDrift | Photo: Volkswagen

Volkswagen Passat
Cars used for drift racing typically rely on rear-wheel drive. While there have been various conversions from FWD to RWD in the past, Tanner Foust’s Volkswagen Passat for the Formula Drift championship is certainly the most unusual and most intriguing. The stock engine was dropped in favour of a big American V8 to vaporize the rear tires.

 

Vincent Aubé
Vincent Aubé
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  • Over 17 years' experience as an automotive journalist
  • More than 60 test drives in the past year
  • Participation in over 200 new vehicle launches in the presence of the brand's technical specialists

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