Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron Is Electric And Made With Ken Block
Rally driver Ken Block teamed up with Audi to create a one-off electric Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron.
About 10-15 years ago, Ken Block exploded on the scene with a promising rally career and he popularised the whole gymkhana scene – a form of autocross that involved a lot of drifting, spinning, reversing and more. His popularity has not quite waned and he still commands a rather large audience. Now Audi have delivered to him a one-off all-electric gymkhana prototype that takes inspiration from the original Audi Sport Quattro S1 Pikes Peak race car.
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The Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron went from concept to reality in just four weeks. Normally the process would take at least a year, but Audi’s design team was so enthusiastic about it that they skipped building a scale model of the thing. The vehicle has already been driven by Ken Block, but no footage of this was shown. It will be used in an upcoming Electrikhana event.
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Here’s the press release with more information.
PRESS RELEASE
Audi has presented the Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron that it has exclusively and uniquely developed for American drift artist Ken Block. This all-electric one-of-a-kind car will be the protagonist in a new video that Block is producing together with his team for release in the next few months.
Two electric motors, all-wheel drive, power galore, a carbon fiber chassis, and the full safety standards as prescribed by motorsport’s top governing body, the FIA – these are merely the S1 Hoonitron’s statistics. In November 2021, the driver got to know the car for the first time.
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The entire development, including the technology, of the S1 Hoonitron was conducted by Audi Sport at the Neckarsulm location – a perfect fit for the project, because that’s also where the Audi RS e-tron GT is produced. Audi Design in Ingolstadt was responsible for the styling, which has been anything but a run-of-the-mill job for Marc Lichte and his team.
Fans will be able to see the US star’s success with the project for themselves: under the working title Elektrikhana, Ken Block and his team are going to produce a video of his famous Gymkhana series featuring the S1 Hoonitron.