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Like the title- Best MOTORing is the best
The quality is superb and subtitles are easy to read. Only thing is that some of the subtitles go by too fast and requires some back tracking to read what the drivers say. At times when subtitles are abscent, there is a narrator doing a translation. The narrator can get annoying with a silly phrases. Other than that the video is awesome! A huge chunk of the video is soley of the 350Z. The video starts off initially with the car sitting in place with the camera panning and changing views of both the interior and exterior. As the scenes follow there are specs of the car that gradually pop and phase out of the scenes. After that there is a combination of interviews with a BM staff member and Kazutoshi Mizuko (Nissan 350Z chief engineering director), Winding Road Impressions test and High Speed Stability Test by Takuya Korusawa, Drift/VCD Test by Keiichi Tsuchiya, Technical Overview by mechanical engineering expert Akihiko Nakaya (this guy is cool). A good length of the 350Z introduction is the technical overview which Akihiko goes into great detail talking about the 350Z's parts and the purpose of them.The following section is the Tsukuba Circuit Battle which other front engine rear wheel drive cars battle against the Z. Naoki Hattori drives a Boxster (though not a FR layout, the Z was inspired by the Boxster), Akihiko piloting the 350Z, Keiichi behind the wheel of an M3, Motoharu driving the S2000, and Takuya driving an R34 Skyline as the camera car with numerous cameras around the body. The cars are placed by power to weight ratios and the Boxster is started way in front with other cars following is the 350Z, S2000, then M3 with the Skyline in the last starting poll. I am not going to talk about the race too much, it was extremely funny at times and is super enjoyable. Hattori has some funny things to say about the Boxster. After the battle, the drivers talk about the cars and overall impressions.After the whole 350Z Shock is a set of recent Hot Version videos that are awesome and hilarious to watch. Hot Version is bi-monthly video magazine from the creators of Best MOTORing. Difference between the two is that BM is of stock production cars being taken to the limit where as HV is about tuned sports cars. The first part of the Hot Version section is NA on the RUN, which is a dedication of the naturally aspirated cars that has changed the whole Japanese car tuning culture. Before 2.0L NA RWD cars did not get much respect but now people are begining to see the NA way. So Hot Version got the Amuse S2000 (driven by Keiichi) and TechnoPro Spirit MR-S (driven by Orido and has a 1.8 Celica engine left at 190horses) to compete with two turboed Silvias (a 280hp Champs S14 driven by Nobuteru and Keioffice S15 driven by Kawasaki with over 300hps) on a circuit. The battle is exciting and puts things into perspective. You don't need power to be quick on circuits, it is all about balance. There is additional footage of Keiichi and Orido taking a TRD Altezza around the same track giving impressions of the tuned car.Following the special is a 2 liter VTEC BATTLE which features a 2.0L Civic Type-R, Euro Accord Type-R, S2000 to race on another circuit. The battle is well planned out and the cars are pretty amazing for what they are. Much respect to them.Following the VTECH BATTLE is the TOUGE SHOWDOWN 2. The introduction is way funny with silly acting by Keiichi and Nobuteru aka NOB. It is humorous, especially how they passively refer to Initial D in a belittling manner. Battles are set up like with a AE86 against a Skyline, ITR vs Champs S14 Silvia, TechnoPro MR-S vs Keioffice S15 Silvia. The main point they are trying to prove is that power is not everything. Balance is more important than sheer power has to offer. NOB is a great driver and actually is a cool guy from the footage compared to what people say about him.This BMi video is well worth 30 bucks. If the video was worth 50 bucks it would still be a great value! The technical information provided from the whole 350Z experience is awesome. The interview with Kazutoshi Mizuko and technical overview by Akihiko was one of my favorites and enables the viewer to further appreciate what Nissan has done with the new Z car. Driving impressions by the drivers helped as well. Like always the circuit battle had kept my attention the whole time rooting for certain cars. NA on the Run and Touge Showdown put things into perspective for future drivers. This was worth the wait and I recommend those who are interested in Best MOTORing to check out 350Z Shock DVD
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