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Gymkhana 2020 Is Here: Pastrana Hoons 862-HP Subaru STI to Make Ken Block Proud

Crazy STI-branded engine hood double exhausts? Check. Aerodynamics that can make a car “fly?” Done. Lateral carbon fiber winglets looking like steps? Sure, why not. Passing of the baton from the resident HHIC (Head Hoonigan In Charge) - a.k.a. Ken Block - to his friendly decade-long rival Travis Pastrana? Yes, right now in the Gymkhana 2020, please.
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Yes, that special moment in time when we get to see another Hoonigan Media Machine film of the Gymkhana variety has finally arrived. It’s been teased by the Japanese automaker and on Hoonigan’s YouTube channel, preparing us for sideways, jumping, and even some flying action.

What else can be said?! Oh, right, that new car for the “ultimate hometown shred” is a bonkers, unrestricted, 862-hp Subaru WRX STI. But you already knew that, of course. Well, some of its other technical specs – such as the 2.3-liter billet block boxer engine, the 664 lb-ft (900 Nm) maximum torque rating, or the 8,000-rpm rev limiter and 50 PSI of boost were just released during the intro.

Probably no one will remember them after the nine-and-a-half-minute video (embedded below), so we’re writing them down for you to easily check them all at once. Don’t worry, it happened to us as well, because this installment of Gymkhana has been dialed up to eleven - pun intended since it’s the eleventh edition.

We have it all, from a seriously stressed-out look on Pastrana’s face to lots of Subaru and a few other companies' product placements. Actually, we didn’t understand what was up with Travis until seeing the stunt he pulled at the 3:40 mark... that one was either rehearsed to absolute perfection or a very close call that got through the editing room – well, you’ll see and then decide for yourself which is which.

Other than that, it’s regular Gymkhana business through and through. They have managed to set up the bar so high we've come to take for granted things like flying over a river while a boat passes underneath, a Red Bull stunt plane on a collision course with the STI, and jumping a ramp at 150 mph (over 241 kph)!

By the way, we even liked one of Subaru’s product placements – the 2022 BRZ went for tandem donuts with the STI around a couple of utility poles...


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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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