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The Fast and the Furious is a franchise movie that promoted street racing and drifting of modified cars, and over time gained a large number of supporters. So a group of car enthusiasts in a garage in California recreated a scene from the movie “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift”.

The event was attended by a large number of participants with different cars, among which there were mostly cars such as the Honda Civic Type R, BMW M model, as well as several examples of the Honda Civic EG hatchback. There were also numerous other cars from supercars (Lamborghini, ) and sports sedans to Japanese sports and hatchback models.

The star of the event was the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. Also, fans were interested in a Honda S2000 equipped with a Voltex spoiler and mounted on a set of TE37 Rays wheels, a white FD35 Mazda RX-7, BMW M3 models (E46, E92, E90 and F80), as well as luxury models of Acura and Lexus.

A video of the event was posted on JREY’s YouTube channel.

Source: JREY via YouTube

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A group of car enthusiasts recreated "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"

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2024 Dacia Duster costs less than EUR 20,000

January 6, 2024 Francis Mitterrand

Two months ago, the Romanian car manufacturer Dacia presented a new generation of its SUV model, the Dacia Duster, and then it was promised that the car would be affordable for a larger number of customers and that the price of the entry model would not exceed 20,000 euros.

The new generation of Duster will be offered in four versions: Essential, Expression, Extreme and Journey. The entry model Dacia Duster Essential is powered by an ECO-G engine costs 18,800 euros, while the model with the Expression equipment package costs 20,000 euros, on the Romanian market.

In order to satisfy the wishes of all customers, Dacia has prepared different packages for every customer profile, from washable covers and modular roof racks, to luxury equipment such as automatic handbrake or Nav multimedia system Live, etc. The exterior color palette has also been expanded and now includes seven new and refreshed colors.

It has already been known that the new Duster will not be powered by diesel engines. Thus, customers will be able to choose between the TCe engine with 130 hp (97 kW) with a 48V mild hybrid system (4×2 or 4×4 drive) paired with a 6-speed manual transmission, the hybrid version of the Duster Hybrid with 140 hp (104 kW) that powers the Jogger model, paired with an automatic transmission. The offer also includes the ECO-G engine with 100 hp (75 kW), taken over from the previous generation.

Dacia announced that the order book will be opened at the beginning of March and that delivery will begin by the summer of 2024.

Source: Dacia

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Chad Nasir has a collection of 24 Land Cruisers

January 6, 2024 Francis Mitterrand 1 Comment

Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the best-selling cars in the world with almost half a million units sold annually, so it is to be expected that there are those who are obsessed with this model of the Japanese brand. One of them is Chad Nasir from Michigan who bought 24 Land Cruisers in less than a year and a half.

Nasir was born in a part of the world (Libya) where Land Cruisers had a high status and only wealthy people owned them. As a boy, he dreamed that one day he would be able to afford such a car. This happened after he moved to the USA with his family as a refugee.

In the beginning, his plan was not to own so many cars. But after buying the first two examples (2013 and 2015 Land Cruiser, with American specifications) Nasir wanted more. Today, Nasir has a Series 70 pickup from Saudi Arabia in his collection, as well as a host of Series 80 models. The collector has been buying one to two Land Cruisers a month for the past 15 months and has no plans to stop. On some examples, the odometer shows more than 320,000 kilometers, while on some it shows “only” 100,000 kilometers.

Of course, this number of cars requires a lot of money, but also a large garage, which Nasir has. He is the owner of Midnight Protective Films, which provides services for applying ceramic protection to cars, as well as window and body films.