Featured Cars include NSX-R, Integra Type R '96spec and '98 spec, Civic Type R, Spoon Integra Gr.N race car and various past battle opponents.

Reviewers include Motoharu Kurosawa, Akihiko Nakaya, Keiichi Tsuchiya, Naoki Hattori, Takuya Kurosawa and others. Bonus Program includes rare footage of Honda S2000 proto-type being fully tested in Nurburgring, Germany.

Program 1 focuses on and tests the New DC5 Integra Type R! Special interview with Honda's chief engineer, Yutaka Otobe, which is a must see to find out the production concept of this new machine.

Witness the head to head battles in Program 2, which features the new E46 M3, Carrera (996) and all the JDM Super Sports, such as the R34 Skyline GT-R, Lancer EVO VII, and NSX Type S. Two amazing battles will make you sweat, as the thrilling in-car cameras and close-up insets of driver's footwork provide excitement never before available on video. The Drift King takes the M3, Carrera and NSX on the track for a drift test! Learn the trick by studying the King's footwork for the ultimate car control!

Program 3 includes the "Initial D" style one-on-one battle on the Touge (mountain roads), which is a totally new style of racing entertainment. The Drift King, Keiichi Tsuchiya challenges the hi-tech 4WD machines driven by Manabu Orito with under-powered FR cars, including his own specially prepped AE86. The risky battle of 3 rounds is more than enough to convince every car enthusiasts across the world that "Initial D" is more than just an animation.

Featured cars: Honda Integra Type R (DC5, DC2), BMW E46 M3, M5, 330I M-Sport, Porsche Carrera (996), Toyota Aristo V300, Subaru Legacy B4 RSK, Honda Accord Euro R, Nissan Skyline GT-R V-spec II, Subaru Impreza WRX STI, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII, Honda NSX Type S, Mazda RX-7 Type RS, Toyota AE86 (Tsuchiya Special) and more!

Porsche Turbo Massive Test

(¼ mile, Gymkhana, Top Speed, Winding Road) Compared with 360 Modena, NSX Type S, Skyline GT-R V Spec II.

All New Civic Type R

Gan San tests the all-new Honda Civic Type R in France.

Ultimate Battle at SUGO Circuit

Battle 1 Entrants: 996 Turbo, 360 Modena, CorvetteZ51, Skyline GT-R V Spec II, Lancer EVO VII, NSX Type S.

Battle 2 Entrants: Nismo GT-R, 996 Turbo, 360 Modena.

Program 2: New NSX Type S Super Impression! 1/4 mile with all NSX models.

Program 3: Fastest JDM Tsukuba Battle. New NSX Type S, Old NSX Type S, Old NSX Type S-Zero, Old NSX-R, Rx-7 Type R Bathurst R, Lancer Evolution VII GSR.

Program 4: The magic of VTEC tuning. Type One EF9, Prime Garage Dc2, Jun Prelude, Hot Staff VTECed AE86.

Program 5: The Battle at 10,000 rpm Spoon S2000, Espirit NSX, Jun Civic R, SS Works CR-X, Redline Altezza, G-Force City

BMI 5 traces the model history of the WRX and Lancer Evo with various models of each car thrashed around tracks by pro drivers.

BMI 5 leaves no stone unturned in a thorough and balanced assessment of some of Japan’s meanest machines!

Focussing on the final generation of the Nissan GT-R and Sylvia, the Toyota Supra, and the Mazda RX-7, the battles in Best Motoring involve timed solo runs and groups of cars racing simultaneously at either the Ebisu or Scuba circuits in Japan.

• Winding Road Impression
• High Speed Stability Check
• Drift/VDC Test
• Technical Overview
• and Tsukuba Battle: Featuring: 350Z, Boxster, M3, S2000, Skyline GT-R

More...
NA on the Run: Some of the best four cylinder battles around with MR2s, Sylvias and Integras.
BONUS FOOTAGE:Behind the scenes from TOUGE SHOWDOWN 2: Skyline GT-R versus a Corolla GT-S (AE86)

It’s the first drive of the new Evolution VIII the Best Motoring team have lined it up against its performance and market segment rival – the Subaru STi.

This time around it’s a five way shootout between a Spec C STi, a GSR EVO VIII, a standard STi and two standard EVO VIII RS models, one five-speed and one six-speed. They don’t hold anything back resulting in a tight, hard-fought race.

There is an interesting comparison between three different-spec EVO VIIIs. A road-spec RS, the Advan rally-spec and the PUMA GT Production race-spec version compete in a handicap-style race.

Something new for the International edition of Best Motoring DVD is the My Car Challenge. The owners of modified cars, in this case a Toyota Starlet GT turbo and a Mazda Series VIII RX-7, challenge the professional Best Motoring steerers to a time trial - in their own cars! For further incentive, if the pros lose to the amateurs then the heads get shaved.

A regular feature of the Best Motoring DVDs is the Touge Challenge. This time it’s a big elimination contest between 9 drift challengers as they battle it out for the right to take on the Touge king.

All the challengers are modified cars presented by the workshops for the pro drivers to drive and evaluate. There are plenty of surprises in this battle for drifting supremacy.This time the challengers are:

• Spirit MR-S
• Phase Integra R
• Loft AE86 Levin
• Spoon EG6 Civic
• Circuit Club City
• C-One Celica
• G-Limit Cappuccino
• RS Aizawa Miata
• Yashio Factory Vitz

As expected with any Best Motoring DVD, the production quality is second-to-none, the in-car footage, camera angles - including ‘pedal-cam’ - and action footage is superb and you get a realistic impression of what it’s like to race these cars on the track and the exhilaration of challenging the Touge course.

Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya teaches the techniques & tricks of the D1 masters. His comprehensive, step-by-step tuition shows the way real drifting is done. Watch Keiichi fling an AE86, Silvias, Supras and even an NSX around racetracks at impossible angles, further sideways than you've ever seen before!

The techniques
E-Brake, Shift Lock, Power Over, Braking, Feint and Lift Off. These are the six basic techniques you need to master to DRIFT! Tsuchiya explains and demonstrates in detail how to utilize these various techniques to drift your car. In car cameras show how he maneuvers the car from inside. A foot pedal cam and indicators shows how to use the brakes and accelerator.

Drift machines & tuning tips
Tsuchiya shows how to drift using cars with different characteristics. He tells us which mods are necessary to drift and advice on what kind of tires to choose.

Learn from the KING! Practice Methods
After tire screeching demonstrations he always stops to break down the process of the entire maneuver. We make sure we show the entire flow of these movements to make sure you don't miss anything!

"Keiichi Tsuchiya and his instructions coupled with Best Motoring's intense coverage just tops any serious race instruction videos on the market today."
Moto Miwa, President Drift Association LLC.

Bonus Footage
- BMI Promo Video for SEMA IAS 2003
- Featured Cars : AE86, S13, S14, MR2

With English narrations and voice overs. Region Free

Best Motoring 8: RX-8 – Rotary Reborn finally gives the rotary fans a reason to buy DVDs again and also features the most diverse range of cars in any Best Motoring DVD. The 13B ‘Renesis’ powered four-door sports car takes on an army of challengers on the track. There’s a modified 350Z showdown and six 280hp cars in the Touge battle.

Also on the battle front is a TRD Altezza (Lexus IS300) vs Nismo 350z and the first episode of a documentary-style series on Drift King Kellchi Tsuchiya's 2003 Japanese GT Championship season. 

The DVD is rounded out with Touge Max, featuring cars with unrestricted horse power outputs. It makes for the most exciting Touge Challenge yet.

Sticking with the Touge, there’s Round 2 of the Showdown 200, followed by Episode 2 of Keiichi Tsuchiya’s 2003 JGTC season.

Best Motoring International explores the legendary Skyline GT-Rs. Checking the latest technologies that Nissan has to offer in creating the future GT-R.  The program finishes with track battles of the GT-R pitted against the EVO VIII RS and the Impreza WRX STi.

Includes :

WRC TOUGE ATTACK with PETTER SOLBERG

TOUGE SHOWDOWN 200 (Round 2)

ARTA NSX TSUCHIYA’S JGTC CHALLENGE

BONUS FOOTAGE: TUNING INTO TOKYO 04 TAS REPORT

BMI is back on sight reporting directly from the Tokyo Auto Salon 2004.   Nobuteru Taniguchi shows us the enormous show grounds of TAS.  Get the latest trends in tuning straight from Japan as Nobu interviews manufactures and tuners like HKS, APEX'i and Yashio Factory.

CAST

Keiichi Tsuchiya

Keiichi Tsuchiya, Motoharu Kurosawa, Akihiko Nakaya, Takuya Kurosawa, Naoki Hattori, Hironori Takeuchi, Ryo Michigami, Manabu Orido, Nobuteru Taniguchi

FEATURED CARS:

R34 Skyline GT-R, R33 Skyline V-Spec, R32 Skyline V-Spec II, Impreza WRX STi, Lancer Evolution VIII GSR, V35 Skyline Coupe, Zele Z33 Pikes Peak Spec, March E-4WD, Mid-4 (Concept), Amuse 350Z, Impreza WRX STi Spec C, Lancer Evolution VIII RS, Impreza WRC 2003, Garage Limit AZ-1, Infini EP82, Spoon DC2 Integra, Garage Motore AE86, TOMS MR-S, Spirits MR-S, Tsuchiya AE86