Budget Ken Block is better than the real thing!

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

1 min read

​While the term “gymkhana” has been around for decades before Ken Block slid a tuned-up Subaru around an abandoned air field, Block has really made it an art form... and hyper-successful video series. 

His latest video, where he tore up Pikes Peak, Colorado, in a 1400hp all-wheel-drive twin-turbo V8 Mustang pretty much broke the internet, but now he’s been beaten by one bloke in a 60hp 30 year-old 3-cylinder Fiesta.
 
Etienne Guerra has made “Gymkhana 0.9” as a budget tribute to Block, and it is not just hilarious – it’s downright awesome. He’s got so many of the details correct, from the clothing to the livery on the car, this is potentially the ultimate homage to Block’s epic video series.

Is this the best Gymkhana yet? Let us know in the comments below.

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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