Someone turned a Mercedes-Benz S600 into a drift taxi and the results are fantastic.
Most drift cars are small, lightweight, rear-wheel-drive models that have been heavily modified to add a ton of power, but this Mercedes-Benz drift taxi isn’t your average drift car. The S600 Drift Taxi is a V12-powered, premium luxury sedan designed to haul passengers in style while sliding around turns with smoke pouring from the rear tires.
This unique project comes to us from Reddit, where user Stormhammer posted about how a friend of his built a drift car out of a 2001 W220 Mercedes-Benz S600, and in the course of that discussion, some of the details were revealed.
The V12 engine is relatively stock, with just a free-flowing exhaust system. The owner added a new suspension setup, but for the most part, this big sedan is stock. David Adams, the owner and driver of this unique S600, added a license plate that reads “DRFTTXI” along with some aftermarket wheels and tires to complete the package. This is one of the most unique and most luxurious drift cars we’ve seen.
This S600 is so unusual in the world of drift cars that it might raise questions as to whether the huge luxury sedan can really kick the back end out in style, but The Drift Taxi has a YouTube channel with plenty of examples of this beauty in action. The video at the top of the piece shows a Drift Taxi ride with a full car, with all three passengers filming the action with their phones as Adams throws the German brute around.
That is the key advantage over the average two-door drift car, as this drift taxi offers ride-along fun for three people. The videos below show the S600 Drift Taxi from trackside as well as a forward-facing shot, giving us a chance to watch David Adams pilot the sliding sedan.
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