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Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:35 pm
by Chris Hawes
You may remember seeing Ken Block on Top Gear taking James May 'skiing' in an Impreza!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyfH4P4j ... re=related

Now KB has part of San Francisco closed off where he takes a 600BHP+ Fiesta that can do 0-60 in 1.8 seconds on a little Sunday drive.

Article
http://pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=25992

Footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... DN2bCIyus#!

Enjoy :D

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:20 pm
by bjbrownie
Makes Steve McQueen look like an ameteur! Bloody impressive driving that! 8-) :lol:

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:17 pm
by Dangermouse
Maybe I'm the only one un-impressed.

Getting anything with more than 50HP airborne in SF is easy. With 600HP in a perfectly balanced rally car, the trick is not hitting low flying planes, I would imagine. Having a handbrake lever as big as your arm (presumably semi-auto with allsorts of electonic gubbins attached to it) seems like cheating imho.

It implies that it is one continuous hoon, when obviously it is a series of staged 30 second hoons edited together - tyres wouldn't last that long anyway.

And where are all the people!!! Day or night, there are always people out walking about.

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:31 pm
by A Van
Have to say I find this more amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTUviCzq ... ata_player

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:25 pm
by tourettes tony

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:33 pm
by A Van
Or Colin throwing this MK2 Escort around



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1E-5_se ... ata_player

Re: Ken Block does it again. Makes the Stig look a Sunday driver

PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 9:43 pm
by bandit
Tone you cock :D