Rockstar Energy VW Passat – Video

 

Tanner Foust takes his drift spec VW Passat to Rod Millen’s Leadfoot Festival in New Zealand.

Rockstar Energy VW Passat Specs:

Because front-wheel drive and less than 300 horsepower can’t crack a pro drift ride’s spec sheet, Foust’s Passat pushes power to its rear wheels. Oh, and it has 900 horsepower thanks to a nitrous-fed V-8. It’s sort of like a TDI—if your definition of TDI is “Totally Damn Insane.”

Indeed, Tanner Foust’s Rockstar Energy/Nitto Tire–sponsored Passat has almost nothing in common with regular factor Passat models save for its vague resemblance to one. Besides the 450-cubic-inch V-8 stuffed into its nose, Foust’s drift car packs a four-speed dog-type transmission, RS-R custom coil-overs, Recaro seats, a custom roll cage, a giant APR Performance rear wing, and new Nitto NT05 tires. That spec sheet hardly captures the sheer awesometude of the drift Passat—the thing is stanced out on 17-inch front and 18-inch rear wheels and sports an appropriately wild Rockstar Energy livery.