This reminds me of the drift Honda Element, but much better on a couple different levels.  This second gen xB by Rogue Status/DTA has been converted to rear wheel drive and has the 2JZ turbo engine from the Toyota Supra.  Do I have your attention now?  This car was raced in the 2010 GumBall 3000 [...]

One thing you can’t deny about sub-compacts is the power to weight ratio.  These heavily tuned cars including the HKS Honda Fit, TRD Toyota Vitz (Yaris), Mitsubishi Colt “Version-R Special”, and Monster Suzuki Swift are put up against each other for 5 laps at the famed Tsukuba race track.  Laps range in the low minute [...]

The Fiat 500 Abarth version is pretty exciting.  Hopefully it makes it to the American market — now that would be killer!  This 2200lb FWD machine puts out 135hp with a turbocharged engine (go-kart like handling, anyone?) I love the older model version, 850TC,  which called for an open hatch to the engine, that conveniently [...]

This commercial for the Scion xD was done very well I thought, from the music to the concept of transforming the car. It reminded me of this art work done by Jon Sibal:

Continuing with the theme of the z11 Cube, here is another nice example.  Tuned up with some Nismo parts and a panda color scheme, this is definately a unique way to tune the not-so-fast Cube.  It would be fun to compete with some other MicroCars in this Cube, in the fashion shown below: