World-famous hoon goes green

Block, who produces drifting videos attracting millions of views, originally performed stunts for Subaru before burning rubber for the blue oval.His Ford machines included V8 Mustangs, a pick-up truck with the Le Mans-winning heart of the Ford GT, and turbocharged Ford Focus and Fiesta hot hatches.But a new deal with Audi will see Block tear up the tarmac with battery-powered machines.The first car produced by the duo is a tribute to the Audi S1 Quattro rally car of the 1980s.Retro styling capped by outlandish wings at the front and rear pays tribute to the classic coupe, but its five-cylinder petrol engine has been replaced by electric motors.We don’t know how much power the new Audi S1 Hoonitron has.But Block says the all-wheel-drive traction and carbon fibre chassis of the new machine is capable of things that we haven’t seen before.“Audi gave me the opportunity to test it for a few days in Germany,” Block said.“I’m familiar with a wide variety of cars using internal combustion engines and transmissions, but there were a lot of new things for me to learn here. Spinning into a doughnut at 150 km/h directly from standstill – just using my right foot – is an all-new experience for me.”Audi isn’t the first brand to build an electric demonstrator intended to woo hoons over to electric power.Ford made headlines with a muscled-up version of its Mustang Mach 1 electric car capable of high speed stunts in 2020.Block’s one-of-a-kind “Hoonitron” will feature in an upcoming “Elektrikhana” video next year.

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December 17, 2021 at 11:30PM
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Block, who produces drifting videos attracting millions of views, originally performed stunts for Subaru before burning rubber for the blue oval.His Ford machines included V8 Mustangs, a pick-up truck with the Le Mans-winning heart of the Ford GT, and turbocharged Ford Focus and Fiesta hot hatches.But a new deal with Audi will see Block tear up the tarmac with battery-powered machines.The first car produced by the duo is a tribute to the Audi S1 Quattro rally car of the 1980s.Retro styling capped by outlandish wings at the front and rear pays tribute to the classic coupe, but its five-cylinder petrol engine has been replaced by electric motors.We don’t know how much power the new Audi S1 Hoonitron has.But Block says the all-wheel-drive traction and carbon fibre chassis of the new machine is capable of things that we haven’t seen before.“Audi gave me the opportunity to test it for a few days in Germany,” Block said.“I’m familiar with a wide variety of cars using internal combustion engines and transmissions, but there were a lot of new things for me to learn here. Spinning into a doughnut at 150 km/h directly from standstill – just using my right foot – is an all-new experience for me.”Audi isn’t the first brand to build an electric demonstrator intended to woo hoons over to electric power.Ford made headlines with a muscled-up version of its Mustang Mach 1 electric car capable of high speed stunts in 2020.Block’s one-of-a-kind “Hoonitron” will feature in an upcoming “Elektrikhana” video next year.