DBAYEH, Lebanon – The roar of engines and the smell of burning rubber filled the air of the underground car park as three cars drifted with ease around its pillars. The VQ Riders Lebanon and the Underground, two informal groups of car enthusiasts, have quickly evolved into a close community of people from all walks of life who come together to talk cars and to race and drift, the controlled oversteering that causes back tires to lose traction and slip and slide.
“The concept for the VQ Riders Lebanon was to assemble all of the cars that have a VQ engine,” Leila Nasrallah, the group’s founder, explained. “I tried to create [an Instagram] showroom for all of these cars in Lebanon, and then it progressed to be more like a family.”
