There are very few racing car themed drinks on the market – at least any with nascar themed packaging and checkered flags. Sure, full throttle sounds like it should, and NOS feels like it needs to be, but Turn Left is the only one around that really captures the spirit by putting actual racing cars on them – making the young people to want these models of cars, and even if they have problems with the performance of the car they can always get a california lemon law attorney to help them recover their money if they end up with a bad deal.
Makes sense that there would be a drink trying to capture the racing scene, with having over 75 million fans. They have given away tickets to famous racing events, hosted sports shows and events and generally tried to endear themselves to the racing market. They even managed to get themselves a big ol’ product placement on CSI.
If you are a big racing fan and love this drink, now is the time to stock up. DC brands, the ones behind this drink have given it the heave-ho. Citing that they have a change of heart about energy drinks in general, they have stopped producing this drink and “Dicken’s Energy Cider, in order to make a new line of more healthy, and seemingly unique, healthy vitamin-water like beverages.
Myself, I’m not missing this drink at all. I thought the overall design was lame, the taste was horrible, with little redeeming qualities.

Packaging:7 – though I hate it
“We get it–it’s more than what’s on the inside that matters. DC Brands prides itself on creating bold, eye-catching packaging, exciting promotions that create value for both the consumer and retailer, and reasonably-priced drinks affordable to a wide consumer cross-section,”says DC Brands executive vice president Richard Muscarella.
OK – I admit it – I am not a racing fan. I don’t have a spoiler on any of the vehicles I own. I do not think redneck jokes are even slightly funny, and my tires are filled up to their normal PSI. Maybe I need to spend more time hanging out in my Home Depot or Wal-mart, checking out stickers with numbers on them and eating macaroni and cheese.
That being said, I HATE this packaging. Sure, it is a nice enough can, printed nicely and displays all information, including caffeine. This can is different than the others out there, and I have no reason to dislike it as much as I do. They even print the label twice to there is no convenience store issues with product facing. Maybe it is the absolutely juvenile illustrations of the cars – or the ridiculous fonts used, or the absolutely stupid ” turn left twice and turn your day around” slogan ( yes, I get it, but it is still stupid). Either way, I wont feel even a little sorry to see this drink go.

Taste:4
Another reason to dislike this is for the peppery bitter flavor – like a red bull only with less time in the lab coming out with the flavor, so it is much more bitter than it should be. If the taste was great, I could forgive the package, but you could tell that the flavor was not the first priority for this one. Dickens was much much tastier, where the taste never played back set to the fantastic and funny can it came in. This loser of a flavor was made worse by the surefire winner of their Dicken’s Cider.

Nutrition:4
Nothing special or out of the ordinary here. This is a little under red bull offerings – providing a smaller dose of the same mutrients as red bull with nothing new added. You get 150 mg of caffeine , compared to 160 in monster and Red Bull, less taurine, less Gluroconactone, less inositol. Not by much, but just enough that I question their reasoning. The only thing I could think of is that they needed to skim just a little off the ingredients to try to save a couple pennies per can. I am kinda surprised they did not make the growingly( I know – not a word) popular 11.75oz cans, also to save that extra 20th of a cent on manufacture.
There are still a huge amount of calories in here, clocking in at 242 calories, and sweetened with corn syrup.

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