Any car can burn its tires if you try hard enough. And whether it's through brake locking or obscene engine tunes, there's nothing better than lighting up some rubber in a vehicle designed for boring afternoon errands. Especially if it's a Ford van.
Here are 20 cars you wouldn't expect to be smoking their tires, but through sheer willpower and a little insanity they're doing it anyway.
1
Nitro Circus
School Bus Drifting
2
Nitro Circus School Continued
Burning those rear tires.
3
Burning Out
In a stock Ford Transit Ecoboost van.
4
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Created by Japspeed for driver Shane Lynch.
5
Van Burnout
Lock the fronts and anything will spin.
6
Toyota Prius
Burning out a stock Prius.
7
Flaming Tires
Busted van.
8
Minivan
The full burnout. (Blown transmission.)
9
School Bus
No hiding that engine.
10
Old Police Car
Fuzzing the tires.
11
1989 Ford Transit Van
Heavily modded at Goodwood, helping develop a supercar for Jaguar.
12
Food Truck?
What’s powering that thing?
13
Volvo 240
Drift car special.
14
Prius
Shredding a front wheel burnout.
15
Ford Supervan
Created by Red Bull and Ford Performance Racing.
16
Chevy Spark
400 hp in a tiny car will do that.
17
VW Transporter
A drift van from Norway.
18
Prius Drifting
No modifications needed.
19
Drag Racing Ford Van
Top Gear used this modified Ford van to whoop a Ute in a drag race.
20
Drifting a VW Van
On the Nürburgring in the rain.
21
Old Chevy Truck
Burnout.
22
Old Chevy Truck Continued
Tires blow out.
