Drifting an FD car is a totally different animal than drifting most cars. Where grassroots drift cars are deliberately less grippy, FD cars are set up to be unbelievably grippy.

Anyone who has tried drifting knows it's not as easy as it looks. Researchers at Dynamic Design Lab created an autonomous car that uses tech to drift itself around a controlled course.

Drifting is cool and all, but who cares about a car that can slide around corners all by itself? What's the big deal? Well, this is a potential safety feature. In the future, Toyota could use such ...