If I had one of these things, I’d never get any work done. Unless I was a rally driver, in which case I’ll I’d be doing was work, work, work. Unfortunately (in this case at least) I’m just a blogger, so I don’t won’t be getting paid for zooming around the mountains in a cross between a tricked-out Subaru and a snowtank. Yes, I know there’s no such thing as a snowtank, but you know what I’m talking about.

This beast isn’t exactly unprecedented (they need vehicles like this to get around at resorts, for filming, etc) but it is reportedly the fastest one out there. And once you get over the weird look it has (triangle-wheels) it’s actually pretty attractive.

Incidentally, there need to be more snow-racing games. Driving down a freaking mountain, there’s something you don’t get to do in real life. No more “Need For Speed” on regular streets. I want to drive down the Matterhorn, people!

[via Neatorama]

So Ken Block the rally driver is known for the views he scores on YouTube. So what happens when he enjoys the support of BBC’s Top Gear? A really well-edited and polished video, of something called Gymkhana, full of slow-mo goodness:

I know Block just started participating in the World Rally Championship, but why only now? What, did he have to develop his skills at Rally America or something, before going to the big leagues? This driver has props, and the unsophisticated rally fan in me thinks he can give Sébastien Loeb a run for the money.

Courtesy Ken Block Racing

The course is actually within an operating airport in South California, the Inyokern airport. Fittingly, it used be a very old drag strip (second oldest until it was closed down apparently), until the killjoys at the FAA decided that racing cars beside planes went against some rules.

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