Japanese professional drifting driver Daigo Saito has temporarily abandoned his Achilles Radial Lexus SC430 to have some American muscle fun at the Ebisu Circuit.
Interested? You should be, because this is not your daily Dodge Challenger, but an extremely beefed-up version that puts almost 900 HP to the ground thanks to a 6.7-liter HEMI engine.
The car that belonged to Samuel Hubinette, who used to race it in the Formula Drift series in the US, won't spend too much time with Saito, so this is probably the only video of the Challenger being driven by the 2012 FD champion.
Editor's note: I don't know about you, but I've never been too fond of European and Japanese drifting machines. But show me a tire-smoking musclecar and I'm yours for the day.
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