Shanzhai Drifter Drifts Small Changan Delivery Truck

by Fauna on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 29 comments comments

Here is a video that was uploaded about two days ago. It shows a young man who drifts (漂移 = piao yi) with his small cargo delivery truck. Because it is a lousy Changan truck and not a fancy sports car, people say this is “shanzhai.” No matter what, he is very skilled and if you have watched the Japanese Initial D anime before, you will probably recognize the music in the video.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPs6o5GdeTk

Video on Youku (faster load in China)

Comments from Youku:

骚骚万岁:

This kind of car plus this kind of road and he can still play like this; niubi.

89476352:

Everything is good…
Except it is not so good to the environment.
Very niu, hehe.

宫保:

Drifting is not about how good the car is, but rather the driver’s skill. The video is not bad, very awesome.

y23ly23:

The bastard is really not bad, with this kind of car, tinkering by himself…I admire him.

咖啡因ㄣ:

Changan Automobile Headquarters
should specially make a Changan branded sports car for you.
You doing this has saved Changan a lot of advertising expenses.
I think if the Changan Automobile Company president were to see this
He should immediately contract you to be Changan’s spokesperson
I ding you
brother.

一百零一次埋伏:

If you ask me, he should show this video to some international movie company’s boss. I bet after seeing it they will find to film car stunts. With his skills driving a big fancy sports car, he will be invincible~! Foreign stunt men can all stand aside! If they do not accept, let them drive Changan and drift for me to see! Does everyone agree?

flyfancc:

Just wait, prepare for someone to come find you to make movies.

红色警戒N:

If you can drift, drift, there is no need to add shanzhai, because drifting is the common culture/phenomenon property of all humanity.

沙啊沙啊宝宝:

Go participate in WRC. This talented person is [otherwise] going to be wasted.

feng24316:

The whole thing is a real version of Initial D.

小志oo0:

He so has a future…even able to drift this car…
And what more, the background music is the Initial D theme music…
Him driving in the WRC would be even more frightening…do not waste your talent here…

干掉寂寞:

The drifting definitely is not bad! ~But it is 1:30am at night~and I see a lot of residence buildings around~so I do not know if those residents like watching you drift.

wujiansan:

So-called experts do not take a good car and drive it well, but take a cargo truck and drive it like…

卖单起哄:

If I was a director, I would find you to make movies, the Chinese version of Deathrace!!!

http://yanxishan.wordpress.com/ Yan Xishan

I think that the term “shanzhai” is dangerously close to becoming overused. If the internet community can show some restraint, and only use this term when appropriate, that would be great.
- http://www.cnreviews.com Kai
  
  I dunno. I think of “shanzhai” being similar to “ghetto” or “shady” but shanzhai is actually a bit more complex of a term. Either way, it’s a cute meme. “Hurt feelings” is overused, but the jury’s still out on “shanzhai” for me personally.
  
  Anyway, I thought this video was a bit more interesting than the two Buicks or the Shanghai street racers. As someone who has indeed watched a lot of Initial D, I thought the wheel-well strut/spring shots were hilarious. I guess it’s shanzhai because the video itself is like a shanzhai scene from the Initial D anime episodes.
  
  BTW, does anyone else find it incredibly amusing that chinaSMACK often does this? One day, a post that thoroughly pisses off just about everyone and then, the next day, a silly post about a guy drifting a rickety truck in the middle of nowhere? It’s almost like comic relief.
  - http://yanxishan.wordpress.com/ Yan Xishan
    
    Much needed comic relief.
- Peteryang
  
  Shanzhai is in fact a desperate way to put food on the table, and in the current crisis, the government has no option but to let the brand infringement go on.
  - Fike2308
    
    I think you’re right.
http://www.cs-weekly.com Jensen | CS-weekly

It reminds me the Guizhou one, who is also pretty good. Is this the same guy?
- Interested Party
  
  Quite possibly. His plate is from Guizhou (Guiyang city).
http://www.sun-zoo.com/chinageeks/ ChinaGeeks

Perhaps I’m just drunk, but this seems quite impressive!

Also, yes, shanzhai is already a bot overused I think….过时了, lets find a sexy new phrase eh?
VeerLeft

This is actually what grassroots autosport is about. Fixing and driving. He should contact someone for a grassroots level sponsorship to drive a car in the next ADPO in shanghai.
AnChang

I want to buy Chang’an truck now!
Szeto

This is so hilarious! I never imagined I would ever see drifting trucks. It’s hilarious that this is played with the Initial D music and played in the same manner. It’s good to see something humorous for a change.
http://www.nanjinged.com Nanjinged

Maybe it’s just all part of the Chang’an viral marketing agenda to become a hip brand. A Shanzai version of Chevy’s campaign….
Well off to the Chang’an showroom to oggle the latest models and see about getting a spoiler for my drifting truck….
Interested Party

Thought that the start was a bit like Jaws/ lurking monster attack: peaceful village (unaware of looming threat) with cuts to the van cutting through the dirt, until…

Loved that Health & Safety was given due diligence in the intro (Lily Allen backing) & that enthusiastic taxi drivers were able to help out.
Peteryang

I used to think drifting is hard but when I tried to drift my clumsy Passat on the sands, I found it terribly easy, as easy as operating a bumper car.
charlie

i can’t imagine what the guy cannot do with a celica. considering the guy had to do this with the truck’s high center of mass and those lousy tires, he is a daredevil. and that honor goes to the people playing cards at 2:36 into the video as well.
Truth Hurtz

That’s some Initial Dirt keepin it ghetto fabulous haha.
black water

A country that has people like this driver is bound to become great.
Jim

Think we can take his claims at the start to have thought through the safety issues with a very large pinch of salt – going round that tree with a bunch of people sat eating shaokao just to one side was just one of the sketchy scenes :D
PEYE

Some people just have a difficult time to grow up.
Buhaoyise

I don’t see what the big deal is. That’s pretty much how everyone drives in China.
Bokamba

I love how the night scene is preceded by a disclaimer that he has already “考虑好安全问题”, but in a later daytime scene he is spinning around a tree with women sitting just meters away.
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http://paxasiana.com stephen

This is awesome! The Initial D music in the background especially adds to it, hahaha.