Ken Block has officially released Gymkhana 5. This time, everyone’s favorite shoe-salesman has unleashed his 650-horsepower Ford Fiesta on the quiet streets of San Francisco. How’s that for an impressive venue? Cleared of traffic, the hilly terrain makes for a perfect playground. The video spends plenty of time getting up close and personal with the city’s famous trolleys before moving to the Port of San Francisco. There’s also an impressive bit of hotshoeing on a barge in the bay as well. This time, Block has brought along a special friend to help him send tires to their smoky graves. Funk Flex
Auto Talk: Ken Block gets own line of Hot Wheels in time for holiday season
Like floods, wildfires and tsunamis, the Ken Block marketing machine is a force of nature. The exhibition driver has partnered up with Mattel for a special line of Hot Wheels toys that include 1:64-scale die cast versions of Block’s WRC Ford Fiesta in either black or white liveries. As with most Hot Wheels toys, the cars are priced at $1, which means that just about everyone can afford to find one of these in their stocking this year. Funk Flex
(Video) Gymkhana 4: Ken Block’s Freestyle Drifts Megamercial!!!
35 million people saw Last year’s Gymkhana 3 freestyle drifting vid on YouTube. Today Ken Block tries to top that last performance by tearing up the Universal Studios Backlot. It’s got Block crashing through a building, a gorilla on a Segway, Epic Meal Time, construction equipment, explosions, Sasquatch, and merchandising. Hit the Jump to see the megamercial! Funk Flex
(Video) Car Talk: Ken Block releases first teaser of Gymkhana 4
The relentless Gymkhana hype-machine is ramping up yet again and the first teaser is officially upon us. Ken Block’s Hybrid Function Hoon Machine will play the lead roll in Gymkahana 4 and we get a brief (and appropriately loud) taste of the turbocharged rally machine’s anti-lag system. Nine GoPro cameras catch the two-foot-long flame projecting out the Ford’s titanium exhaust. Funkmasterflex
