We’ve seen a battle like this before when Motor Trend and European Car pitted the Scion FR-S against the Volkswagen GTI at Willow Springs. In that battle the Scion was 2.3 seconds slower around the track than the GTI. I’m pretty sure the Scion’s slower lap time can be blamed on the driver … I mean, a front-wheel […] More »

This is a handy beginners guide for the person who has no idea where to start when they actually want a faster car on the track. The first thing you’ll probably notice is that there’s not talk of turbo charging or superchargers or any other type of power adder. I imagine there are two reasons for […] More »

Scion isn’t the only brand turning the big one-oh this year. America’s most popular drifting contest also managed to make it to 10 years old right along with ’em. The two have been intertwined since their early days. The first rear-wheel-drive tC ever built was for competition in Formula D contests, after all. Now Scion […] More »

I think there’s a reason we don’t see that many 500 horsepower tCs running around. Mainly because that’s a crazy amount of power to put in a FWD, but also something tells me that 500 hp tC street cars just don’t last that long. Just a hunch. To be honest, I can’t be sure he’s […] More »

Dang. Technically this isn’t the fastest Scion tC that’s out there. That honor probably went out to Chris Rado’s tC or maybe the one that Titan Motorsports were working on. This car was built by the racing team Hard Target back in 2006. They’ve sold it since then, but when it was running it was […] More »

I don’t know about you, but drifting competitions can get a little bland after a while. They’re fun when you’re there, but online, it can get old without the smell of smoke and the threat of flying tire chunks. It’s good to mix it up every now and then. Ryan Tuerk and his 2JZ powered […] More »

Go little xD, go! I defy you to not cheer for this little car as tears through the mud in this video. The guys at Scion Racing have a had a long season and have come away with a lot to show for it. What’s amazing about this car is that it originally started as […] More »