Audi’s custom electric S1 ‘Hoonitron’ will visit the states for Monterey Car Week

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Ken Block, an American precision driver, was the inspiration for the creation of the S1 E-Tron Quattro. The EV is going to be brought to the US during Monterey Car Week. Walter Rhrl set a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record in 1987 with the help of the 1985 audi sport quass S1

Block's latest production dubbed Elektrikhana is a play of words between electric and gymkhana and will feature the new performance E-Tron from AUDI. A series of Gymkhana films were produced by Block and his crew. In the past, Block had built a relationship with Ford Performance and would often test custom Ford vehicles like the FocusRS with a drift stick and a 650-hp Fiesta that he plunged through sand for the Gymkhana series.

Ken Block had his first electric car drive experience when Ford let him test-drive a preproduction mustang mach-e, but the ride-along representatives didn't let him test the car's limits To make up for it, Ford Performance built a high-powered 1,400-hp mustang mach-E and Block got a taste of the EV's power. With the relationship with Ford over, Block decided to give his famous Ford mustang to his daughter in December.

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The S1 Hoonitron was the first electric vehicle that Block had tried. There were a lot of new things for me to learn here and I was familiar with a wide variety of cars using internal combustion engines and transmissions. In December, Block said that spinning into a donut at 150 km/h directly from standstill was a new experience for him.

From August 17th to August 21st, the AUDI S1 E-Tron Quattro Hoonitron can be seen in Monterey, California. Ken Block is making a film called Elektrikhana, which will be out in the next couple of months.