Takahiro Ueno sliding a BMW?

[ripnbst]

For the '09 season it looks like Ueno will be driving a 2JZ powered BMW 335i. Here's the article:

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/2jzcamaro/335tease.jpg

It looks like veteran D1GP driver and Vertex shacho Takahiro Ueno will be saying goodbye to his iconic red Soarer following the end of the 2008 D1 season. According to a press release from Vertex USA, Ueno will be retiring his beloved Soarer and switching to an all new BMW 335i coupe which will be powered by none other than a Toyota 2JZGTE engine. The new Bimmer is currently being built at T&E in Japan, and judging by the teaser photo it looks to be coming along quite well. I would imagine that the car should be debuting some time around Tokyo Auto Salon in January. I can't wait to see what the finished product will look like.

[Flipzide]

More info direct from Vertex USA/Speed Alliance

Farewell to Vertex USA Soarer and Car Make T&E Soarer,Hello New Ride! (http://www.sddrift.com/smfforums/index.php?topic=594.0)

[kuppler8]

wow im exited that looks really good, i wonder if vertex will release that as aero kit for bmw's now?

[irax]

thats the japanese for you.. Hey this car comes with engine and electronics I don't understand, lets put a japanese motor in it!

[articdragon192]

That car has already been debuted, just not drifted yet from what I know.

[Sonic Motor]

thats the japanese for you.. Hey this car comes with engine and electronics I don't understand, lets put a japanese motor in it!

the guy probably has 2jz's stacked to the roof. Blow a 2j, put another one in.
Blow a 335i motor, ummm....we have a problem.

[ripnbst]

More info direct from Vertex USA/Speed Alliance

Farewell to Vertex USA Soarer and Car Make T&E Soarer,Hello New Ride! (http://www.sddrift.com/smfforums/index.php?topic=594.0)

:nono:Must be a member to view that page, maybe copy and paste it into thread?

[ericcastro]

:nono:Must be a member to view that page, maybe copy and paste it into thread?

Totally, dont fucking post shit you need a password for!! :rl:











thanks :love:

[zugoi]

Auto Week already posted a picture from the Tokyo Auto Salon tuner show and small info about the car in the January 26, 2009 issue.

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=CW&Date=20090119&Category=PHOTOS01&ArtNo=119009997&Ref=PH&Params=Itemnr=2


Why even buy the M3 when your gunna strip everything out. They could of just used a 328 since they planned to swap the motor out anyway. Guess it doesnt matter when you got deep pockets and it would sound cooler when you say you drift a m3.

[Om1kron]

lol thanks for last years news bro.

[driftsilvias13]

lol thanks for last years news bro.

seriously. way old news

[Matej]

Hey dudes, I don't really know anything about professional drifting, but whatever happened to this car? Did it ever drift?
http://www.matejblahut.com/image/auto/nissan/s14/FD027.jpg

[azndoc]

Yeah

http://ll.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/1JanFeatures/TAS09/d15.jpg

Pic taken from Speedhunters (http://www.speedhunters.com)

[ZenkiKid]

that was haraguchis car wasnt it?

oh and the ueno thing is super old news.. it was like what.. last september?

[azndoc]

Yeah I saw the blue S14 drift once at Irwindale.

Sucked total ass.

Look cool sitting, but drifting at Irwindale it was scraping so much.

Like almost two years ago now.

[Matej]

Awesome. Glad it drifted.

[l20bdime]

pretty sure he never got the bugs sorted out in that s14 and shortly after stopped being a Falken driver so its probably sitting somewhere. He has other cars in japan that are lower thanm that that drift al the time.

[Om1kron]

Yeah I saw the blue S14 drift once at Irwindale.

Sucked total ass.

Look cool sitting, but drifting at Irwindale it was scraping so much.

Like almost two years ago now.

isn't that Vaughn Gitten Jr.'s s14? the one he let his dad drive and ate a wall in after they just finished building it?

[worangejuice]

He's still ballin it in a BMW......
The states do need to see some BMW's slidin around, the BMW is almost as big as the s chassis in europe and australia.
http://www.everythingdrift.com/images/stories/0901jan/ueno5394.jpg
http://www.everythingdrift.com/images/stories/0901jan/ueno5393.jpg
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20090119&Kategori=PHOTOS01&Lopenr=119009997&Ref=PH&Item=2&Maxw=660&q=85
this thread needs a new topic
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?NewTbl=1&Avis=CW&Dato=20090119&Kategori=PHOTOS01&Lopenr=119009997&Ref=PH&Item=11&Maxw=660&q=85
NATS GT-K
No this is not a picture of a GT-R taken at a strange angle. This is the GT-K, built by the students at the Japanese Automobile College. The base car is a Suzuki Cappuccino, one of the most popular Kei-cars (hence the name) of the 1990s. This is the perfect ride if you can't afford the sticker price of the GT-R, and on top of being cheap and unique it is also a convertible.
http://www.urbanpower.cl/wp-content/plugins/whi/whi.php?src=wp-content/uploads/2009/01/02_nats_gt-k-500x333.jpg
http://www.leblogauto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/plr/NATS_GT_K.jpg

[fckillerbee]

imo the bmw doesn't look aggressive. just looks a little wider. would love to see the european style kit drifting...anyone have pics of the race M3?

[JayDee M Rolly]

that S14 was haraguchi's

[txrxs]

That little old red e30 from cali I always see pictures of crushes this new shit in the looks department.

[VNG704]

335i is not the same thing as M3

[YoungGun]

Is that falken s14 the one that was driving at d1 vs usa and it was shooting sparks from the exhaust scraping.?

And the announcer guy was like "having a low car is gangster but thats too low."

Or am I thinking of another car?

[YoungGun]

Oh this bmw is a pretty good looking drift car too.

[l20bdime]

isn't that Vaughn Gitten Jr.'s s14? the one he let his dad drive and ate a wall in after they just finished building it?


LOL r u serious? not being mean but thats the opposite of a vaughn gitten car.

[punkrico]

yea i saw it at TAS it was pretty sweet

[Matej]

Is that falken s14 the one that was driving at d1 vs usa and it was shooting sparks from the exhaust scraping.?

And the announcer guy was like "having a low car is gangster but thats too low."
That's great.

I want to start an FD team. We'll suck really bad and we'll always be last, but we will get the most media coverage because of our crazy antics in our coolest-looking car.

[SR_Vlurs]

nice looking beemer tho

[azndoc]

Is that falken s14 the one that was driving at d1 vs usa and it was shooting sparks from the exhaust scraping.?

And the announcer guy was like "having a low car is gangster but thats too low."

Or am I thinking of another car?

Yup that's it.

[irax]

GT-K


not sure if want.... its weird!