Electric Nissan Skyline R32 Tries to Drift at Goodwood, Things Go South

On paper, the base ingredients seems to be all there and I'll start with the driver. We're talking about Terry Grant, who's been performing stunts since forever - head into his British home, check out the trophy cabinet and you'll notice multiple Guinness Word Records.

Heck, last year's edition of Goodwood saw the aficioando smashing his own record for a mile travelled in a car on two wheels: behind the wheels of a Range Rover Sport SVR that was only using two of its wheels, Terry took 2:24.5 to complete the Goodwood Hillclimb.

Then there was the car. We're looking at an R32 Nissan Skyline that has been converted to run on electroc juice. The job was taken care of a British specialist that aims to convinve gear heads that performance cars can be more fun when gutted and fitted with electric motors.

Oh, and the Skyline, which was fortunately not a GT-R, had also been gifted with UK-supplied fat rear fenders, while also receiving a few other drift car goodies, such as a new bumper setup that allows it to not cough when kissing the wall.

Well, despite Terry's best effort, the Skyline's movements could hardly be described as quality drifting. Sure, there was plenty of tire smoke and suddent sideways movemenets, but that's about it.

And there are two main aspects that seemed to have gotten in the way. For one thing, the abundance of instant torque, which is something that normally recommends EVs in terms of performance, seemed to cause abrupt movements and result in spins.

Perhaps that might be corrected with some modulation work that would allow the driver to enjoy a more controllable setup.

However, there's absolutely nothing that can be done for the soundtrack that is an important part of any slip angle shenanigan. And the music... well, as is the case with most hooning videos, that certainly doesn't help. In fact, you can check out the stunt in the clip below.