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A drift alongside the well-known Eiffel Tower, a spectacular bounce from the parking deck of a neighboring resort, or donuts on the legendary strip in entrance of spectating Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen: Ken Block, the Audi S1 Hoonitron, and different fashions from Audi Tradition’s assortment of treasures made a splash throughout the night-time movie shoot in Las Vegas. The US star in the Audi S1 e-tron quattro Hoonitron electrified the gambler’s paradise in Nevada’s desert for a number of days. Now Ken Block has launched the cinematic product.
“With the S1 Hoonitron we broke entirely new ground at Audi,” says Oliver Hoffmann, Member of the Board for Technical Development at AUDI AG. “Developing a fully electric prototype for the unique requirements of our partner Ken Block was a big and exciting challenge to which the whole team rose with flying colors. It is great to see how ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ is presented in an all-new environment.”
The Audi S1 Hoonitron has two electrical motors, all-wheel drive, energy galore, a carbon fiber chassis, and totally complies with the security requirements of the FIA, motorsport’s governing physique. Audi Sport developed it as a one-of-a-kind automobile completely for Ken Block. Its physique shell, for which Audi Design led by Marc Lichte is accountable, instantly evokes reminiscences of the legendary Audi Sport quattro S1 with which the 4 rings charged to the prime in the well-known Pikes Peak hill-climb race. Ken Block and his group engaged in shut change with the Audi departments throughout the growth of the car.
Alongside the S1 Hoonitron, the Electrikhana movie options transient visitor appearances by different fashions from Audi Tradition, equivalent to the Audi 90 IMSA GTO (1989), the Audi 200 Trans Am (1988), the Audi Sport quattro S1 Pikes Peak (1987), the Audi quattro Gruppe B A2 (1984) in addition to the Audi R8 LMP and Audi R18 e-tron quattro from Le Mans. Apropos Le Mans: Tom Kristensen, the report winner of the iconic endurance race with 9 triumphs beneath his belt, makes a short visitor look at a pink visitors mild as effectively.
Link to the Electrikhana video
Footage of testing the Audi S1 Hoonitron
