cars

VICE heads to the birthplace of sideshow culture--the Bay Area (specifically Oakland & Vallejo)--to meet the new generation of sideshow enthusiasts keeping the roots of the movement alive in Bay Area streets.

Shinichi Morohoshi is Tokyo's self-made Lamborghini king, a man who built an empire on the back of repeated tragedies. His heavily customized supercars capture the over-the-top style of Kabukichō. But an accident nearly ended it all.

We travel to Houston, TX to see how newcomers to the highly illegal and often dangerous “sideshow” car scene are escaping cops and getting their car club some clout.

This is a story of how Florida man Jaylen Norwood, an internet dance challenge, and a fateful oil slick on the road came together to create an overnight viral sensation.

VICE travels to Queens to meet Leeky Da Bikestar, one of the most infamous figures in New York City’s bike life movement.

VICE’s cameras follow car clubs and drivers from Queens and Brooklyn as they work to legitimize New York City’s emerging car culture against opposition from the NYPD.

VICE travels to Miami to take a look inside the illegal street racing scene and the legal alternatives some drivers are turning to.