Before we get Gymkhana 3, Rob Dyrdek and Ken Block bring us Gymkhana 2.1. The team at Vermont SportsCar converted a go-kart into a mini version of Ken Block’s Subaru WRX STi. Continue reading for the video.
Edmunds Inside Line takes Ken Block’s Subaru Impreza WRX STi out for a full road test. Its engine was built by Crawford Performance and pumps out a 565hp. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Skipping 5th gear, the car still manages a 10.8-second pass through the quarter-mile at 123.7 mph. For reference, that’s 0.7-second quicker than the Corvette ZR1.
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Fifth Gear’s Tiff Needell joins actor John Barrowman as he “learns to drive a Subaru Impreza N2009 round the Sweet Lamb rally stage in mid-Wales.” Continue reading for the video.
Paramedics arrived at the scene and removed glass shards from Barrowman’s eyes before taking both to the hospital with no major injuries.
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Ken Block could have made his Gymkhana course look easy, but here’s an interesting spoof that puts a funny twist on it — Subaru Impreza STi not included. Continue reading for the video.
With a beaten base Impreza, a few sets of tires and enough fireworks to send Patton cowering under a desk, the creators of Scumballers and Team Torque have created ten full minutes of epic hoontastic footage.
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This followup to Ken Block’s first gymkhana stunt “is rife with original stunts, mythical feats and more sideways, tire-smoking action than ever before.” Continue reading to watch some incredible driving skill. Click here for first picture in gallery.
When it comes to driving deity Ken Block, words fail. So we’ll keep this brief. Make the jump for the full video of Gymkhana Two, the sequel to Block’s highly successful Gymkhana Practice flick from last year.
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Artist Lars Martensson aka GRID has come up with an interesting Subaru Impreza concept that “has a handle on what the STI needs to be: Squat, mean, and purposeful.” Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.
Okay, so perhaps the cut-down greenhouse wouldn’t leave much room for taller folks (much less a helmet), but if one of these were parked in our driveway, well… we’d happily squat a little.
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This Subaru Sambar micro truck on eBay is “about as far from Ferrari spec as you could imagine: a 660 cc, 2-cylinder, 2-stroke engine sits way back in the rear, with a pickup truck bed where you’d normally find the powerplant in an F430.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
It does have a ball shifter and Momo pedals, though. Even though the bidding’s over, the truck didn’t meet reserve (which is somewhere north of $12,800) so you can start saving for its eventual relisting.
In this Subaru Rally Team video, we get a time-lapse look at what it takes to transform a WRX STi into a full rally car. Video after the break.
The complete transformation takes an amazing 800 hours of labor. It’s no secret that running a motorsports team is a lot of work, but probably most of us don’t know how much time and effort it really takes.
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The 2009 Subaru Impreza WRX features a number of upgrades, including a “retuned 2.5-liter boxer four-pot producing 265 hp and 244 lb.-ft. of torque � a 41 hp and 18 lb.-ft. increase over the outgoing model.” Click here for first picture in gallery.
The suspension has been revised to include stiffer springs, uprated dampers, upper strut mounts cribbed from the STI and larger anti-roll bars fore and aft.
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