any hideous slower-then-shit honda or the like that sounds like a weed eater.
guess what, i have a vehicle that sounds like it has something bigger then a lawn mower engine.
i never lost to a ricer in my stock jeep cherokee or my fullsize chevy w/160k miles and engine probs.
by Drax (soutern and proud) June 8, 2003
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Type of jap car that was made famous in such films as "the fast and furious" Often seen with spoilers, lowering kits and other bolt-on gay shit. Driven by big fags.
Yo man look at that homo in that gay ass rice burner!!
by Mr. O January 21, 2005
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Typically Japanese imports that have puke inspiring overly gaudy causmetic tampering. The fart can is a tell tail sign of a rice burner. They also have ungodly (ugly as hell) body kits put on them. Many riceburners include an oversized spoiler that is more likely to slow the car down and reduce gas mpg then do anything positive. The spoiler is most commonly seen on front wheel drive ricer burners where they are 145% useless. Often times they have expensive sound equipment (subs) in them rather sprawled out in a useless fashion. The engine of a rice burner is almost always an econobox 4banger or 6cylinder that has a smaller displacement than a two litre bottle of coke. These cars are so low to the ground they get hung up on pebbles and the speed bump is their nemesis. Tuner cars are often confused with rice burners. The main difference is tuner cars go fast, are built with purpose and they are built by mechanics with actual knowledge of their machine. A Skyline is not a riceburner and is classified as a tuner until some idiot rices it out. Civics, Corollas, Integras, and Delsols are the most common ricemobiles. The driver of a rice burner is ALWAYS a douche and a fucking idiot. It should be noted that this term can also be applied to Japanese cars in general under a different definition.
Parents: "You need to get a car that isn't a cop magnet and is good on gas. Kind of like that civic with the fart can that the neighbor kid has."

Friend: "Ya man! We can deck it out with huge DUBs and a BODY KIT just like in the Fast and the Furious!"

ME: "Fuck dat! I'll never give up my Trans Am for a rice burner! The T/A is a collectable legend and the only thing that a rice burner collects is trash!"
by The mechanic of God March 24, 2011
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a word refering to a chinese or japanese cars that are putting american car companies out of buisness.
look at the gay guy driving that rice burner do u smell the rice.
by a fuffy camel May 22, 2009
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Any little import car with an insanely fast 0-60...and a top speed of 60 MPH.
by Anonymous November 9, 2003
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Suburban rice-burners. Slacker white boys with the shaved heads and the earrings doin' the lean and thinking that their sound system sounds good (because the salesman told them so). Think they look cool, when all they're doing is covering up a total insecurity. I live in Chicago...I'll bet they won't feel so cool around the 65th & Western Ave. area. In fact, I'll be glad to show 'em how to make their balls grow even smaller than they already are.
Do the suburban white boys driving the rice burners even know?
by RTP April 15, 2006
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A rice burner is an import car that is an economy car for a daily driver.Most riceburner cars are front wheel drive cars with a 4 cylinder engine that does not have alot of horsepower or torque.Since movies called fast and furious came out and trends in California been out the idea of the riceburner has changed.The movie fast and furious quote is ill get you a 10 second car.Most rice burners are not able to run a 10 second unless highly modified with overprice parts that have to build up 4 banger that is hp per liter.The cars are usually built up by young new generation kids thinking adding a turbo,nos,1 header with a fart can muffler and some homemade airbox is going to highly increase ets.The rice burner owners don't like muscle car owners because intimidated of cars with true raw horse power that don't need all the overprice mods to try to run competively.Most rice burner have an aftermarket spoiler that look like a parkbench.Also put neon lights for bottom of car,put too many sticker on car.(stickers are not going to increase horsepower).The car is all for show not for go.Movies as for fast and furious had put riceburners as some some goddess type car that insult muscle cars by putting a japanese 4 or 6 cylinder motor in a ford mustang.The ford mustang came with a better stock V8 from detroit.Also riceburners in fast in furious racing a Hemi challanger and a Camaro yanko.The ricer is not in the same class with a hemi mopar and a 427 rat camaro.A hemi challenger and a camaro yanko is a fast car out of the factory with raw horsepower.A camaro yanko and a mopar hemi is alot more legendary and valuable than some kids highly modified ricer.
The movie fast and furious is an insult to american muscle.Muscle didn't come from japan.A Rice burner again are economy cars. A modified ricer look like a car of the special olympics.
by clcamaro September 10, 2007
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