How Steep Can Ken Block's New Audi e-tron climb?

I finally get to put my new all-electric Audi e-tron SUV to the test at Swing Arm City! Swing Arm city is one of my favorite spots to hit, some of you may remember it from my off-road Gymkhana film dubbed Terrakhana. It will be interesting to see how the e-tron handles the wild incline of Knife’s Edge amongst other awesome features this place has to offer. Is 400ft lbs enough to party in an all-electric SUV? Hit play and find out, enjoy!
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[@DirtComplex]

This was an awesome video! It's amazing to see that Audi get air. For clarification, the Trail Swing used in this video was modified. This was not modified by Dirtcom. A 3rd party extended the hitch reciever tube and the extension failed at the welds. We'll have to get Ken a proper Trail Swing so he can continue to enjoy his charcuterie!

[@KenBlockHHIC]

Yeah, I might’ve gotten a little too sendy for the make-shift extension we hobbled together for the Trail Swing from Dirt Complex. I think we’ll let professionals handle the modifications next time. Ha.

[@edwardyoussef]

@@KenBlockHHIC any underbody protection?

[@egcoon2750]

@@KenBlockHHIC it looks way better without the 5th wheel

[@egcoon2750]

@@KenBlockHHIC 10:27 bro look at the crack on the underside of the edge of the side of the ledge . U might want to have a professional survey that and make Shure it's internal structural insides can handle u next time lol . I tryed to sound professional

[@nathanielordonez2257]

Electric cars suck all he’s doing is driving it in the dunes basically any petrol car can do if n do it better fuck electric

[@earthknight60]

Man, the advertising Audi is getting for a relatively small investment is phenomenal. Whoever in their marketing department came up with the idea of signing Ken onto the Audi team deserves a raise.

[@timknopf7935]

How do you know its a "small investment"?

[@2stroke4ever36]

@@timknopf7935 audi is shit and e cars are shit

[@tannerrood2980]

I agree with this. While to the average person the investment may be huge, say $1m worth of cars and parts another $1m in cash and flights and stuff... If even 1,000 people out of ken block and hoonigans multimillion followers are now inspired to get an Audi, say an average of $50k each, that's 50 million off of 2 million investment. Talk a big ROI.

[@tngdwn8350]

@@tannerrood2980 But the company only makes ~2.5k in profit per car, so it's only a profit of around 500k assuming the deal "only" costs 2 million and 1000 people buy a new Audi from a dealer because of those videos. (I doubt it a little bit). I guess this deal isn't something which Audi wants instant profit from and they probably won't get instant profit, but they can present their company to a young car enthusiast audience, which might pay off in a couple of years, when more of them are older and in the financial position to buy a new car.

[@umaikakudo]

And consider the demographic. How many Hoonifans are actually able to afford a new Audi in the next decade? Go hang out on an Audi lot for an hour on Saturday and you'll see the problem. Best case they are inspiring the next generation of Audi customers. Toyo and Rotiform are getting much better present value.

[@JE19900807]

Neil really seems to bring out the childish Ken, gotta love it! Have him over for more stuff!

[@Hidalgochrsxm]

Ken, you should and Neil should just make a whole series of you sending it, scaring the crap out of him as passenger- because this was just amazing

[@cirithduath7526]

thats what this has turned into.

[@nickcarophotography]

And Zach Hoonigan.. No one scares like him

[@jchrizzy6995]

@@nickcarophotography fr more ken rallying with random people codriving, also would be cool to see zac progress at it

[@conradpaul489]

RIP Ken Block. I will always remember what you did for Audi!

[@a1imagecapture866]

Ken's face is totally formed by the laugh the excitement brings out of him while driving :)

[@xtrim1993]

Broo, the 6 ep with Ken Neil were just so awesome to watch. always waited for the next adventure with the e-tron"s" xD

[@HereinLA213_Original]

liking this series, keep em coming !!

[@rallyty6005]

Incredible what that Audi can do, especially with Kens driving ability. Also I’m watching this video at St George Utah and keep thinking Swim Arm city looks like an absolute blast!

[@2stroke4ever36]

Audi is the biggest shit on earth

[@davygems]

ohhhhh man that was so freakin awesome; thanks for sending it once again Block!

[@jboive]

This was great! This content definitively deserves to be in 4K and not limited to 1080p. 😉

[@RicstasTech]

I loved this video purely for the fact that its so calming no loud car noises just a chilled video

[@eas5666]

Dude you literally 'jumped' the corkscrew....lol. That was awesome!

[@HRM.H]

I've been loving the partnership videos with Audi. One of my favorite car brands and rally drivers combined.

[@jellythemedic5659]

I'm glad to be a german and getting complements for our car manufacturers

[@nathangreene3869]

Niel is an awesome guy love his positive demeanor always joking and laughing with Ken made this series not only really informative but also really fun. Can't wait to see what happens with these new toy's ken's got!

[@yvesstocky9936]

Neil is a great guy.

[@krisnarefaagusta16]

@@yvesstocky9936 Definitely the longtime rallycross spotter, as you can listen in on Dirt 4, Dirt Rally 1 and 2 games, published by Codemasters.

[@YouTubeNazi]

Ken's laughter is maniacal, honestly 🤣

[@edwardyoussef]

Absolutely loved this video! Test drove one the other day absolutely loved it. Range isn't the best but everything else is on point! So glad you modified this to actually do what I have been thinking about. Love in Arizona and want to take it up to Flagstaff etc. Well done!

[@biff2bart509]

In my third year owning an e-tron: what you say is 100% correct and the wicked charging curve tries hard to offset the range (it's still one of the fastest road tripping EV SUVs). If you order one now, most likely you'll end up with the (yet to be officially released) MY23 facelifted e-tron which is expected to get a significant range increase (EPA 300+ miles) and a boost in overall power as well. BTW: this car is insane in the snow. It's clearly better than the previous AWD cars I owned: the electric drivetrain is phenomenally responsive.

[@dobberaaron6658]

I love going down there there's some big hills for the old CR500 awesome to see that car do all that stuff you guys take care Stay classy stay safe and God bless

[@EmilTheoneandonly]

Super cool and super well done! and sweet freaki' car!

[@philrowley4107]

Ken's facial expression @6:27, the somewhat yes/no/idk statements his face makes, priceless....

[@bryanluntz1603]

As usual Great driving Ken Great partnership Ken/Audi Those Rotiforms should be a factory option They look amazing on that ride Really like the looks of the Audi Nice lookin' ride Everything seems to be going the electric direction The E Tron making E Tracks for sure

[@R19Robbin]

Looks like a lot of fun 🔥🔥

[@newfdog45]

it was fun !!!! thanks Ken and the crew

[@pukyfm]

Love those subtitles when he climbed at 9:45 :[Engine Growling], lol.

[@Julianvolden]

Ken, you almost made the Audi rings in that dustcloud at the end 🤩

[@bigbird2451]

It would be fun to see you do a hybrid run up the Knife's Edge and go straight up as you did and then hoon a quick 180 at the top and go back down the way you came. Sort of an inverted tear drop instead of an arch like the rest.

[@neilcole]

NONE OF THIS REACTING WAS FAKE. I genuinely thought the e-tron was gonna tumble end-over end at times...

[@poplaurentiu4148]

Yeah but my concern on the knife-edge when Ken stopped up-there the heavy weight of this eTron EV might or could induce a huge crack & follow by a massive slide of the top of-edge trapping the boys in all that, potentially end pretty bad.. happy to see none of that happen and all things end up nicely.. (well except loosing rear gear) ;0)

[@jaredjones8373]

It’s all fake. Why do you think Block does these E Vids? He’s getting paid big money to make them look “cool”

[@BrodeyH]

yeah because all the stuff he has done with ford was for the love....

[@Andrushe4kanka]

@@jaredjones8373 yes but its still very scarry

[@yipmans]

Super clean 3 car setup there. fast 4 door EV daily, SUV for SUV things and a crazy weekend car. Would love to see a rs5 DTM or similar added

[@cbiser12]

Neil is an absolute hoot! All those little nervous noises he makes! 🤣

[@irevisibel9237]

So f***ing awesome! 👏 Especially Neils reactions 😆

[@David-uu1oj]

I want to shake the hand(s) at Audi that came up with the idea of approaching Ken........brilliance

[@paulwolfie4395]

Hi Ken & Neil, Great video!... just need to see these New Electric Audis on ' This vs That "!!..... hopefully 🙏 👌 would be some great racing 🏁 🏎 👍 👌 👏 😀

[@kylechapman502]

Waiting for the behind the scenes video showing the industrial generator used to charge the e-tron in the middle-of-nowhere Utah! 😁

[@annahenrietta9517]

If you don’t do multiple takes for filming like they probably did, I think you can get away with just one full charge for a day of fun. Provided you don’t live that far away, or that you leave enough to get to the nearest charge point.

[@ebogood4441]

That's what I call Fun... Thanks 👍👍👍

[@4literv6]

After years of wayyyyyyyyyyy to gd many murdered out rides. I'm ready for ken&Audi to drown us in the rolling whiteout whips. 👍🏻😎

[@krisnarefaagusta16]

Very happy with that. That's what Neil said.

[@volkerschulze3429]

Great car much fun, love it what you doing

[@porscheguy09]

I remember watching the Audi ski jump commercials on tv when I was a kid.

[@Dukes3677]

Shout out to Neil! He's a trooper. He knows he's gonna be scared but goes anyways! We all should have a Neil.

[@krisnarefaagusta16]

And the longtime rallycross spotter too.

[@cruzaguilar8543]

New récord for Ken Block 40 grates well job good done ✌

[@begood9531]

When you were doing donuts at the bottom of knifes edge at the end it totally was looking like the Audi symbol from the air view. That would be a cool commercial, you out hoonin around then 4 donuts at the end making there tag

[@warummussmeinnameangegeben6502]

Okay, the other Videos didnt impress me much, but man that just now did. Stock SUVs of any kind would struggle

[@CaptainJustify]

That looks fun!!!!

[@anthonystevens403]

YES YES YES. LOVE YOUR WORK KEN.

[@themittonmethod1243]

high-marking in an E-Tron... must be a hoonigan video! cheers!

[@OllieTT]

I love the fact that is what Ken considers 'stock' 🤣4:15

[@kaseycarpenter73]

Ken, Sctto & Co - @13:50 if you time those donuts just right, you'd recreate the coolest dirt iteration of the Audi logo ever...

[@anthonyarevalo8905]

Love watching Ken enjoying his time with Audi more than well deserved 🙌🏾🤟🏾

[@markco61]

love my 2021 Audi etron premium plus

[@donOmar1124]

Audi should have a ken block edition of the e-Tron same build as in this video. That would be super 😎

[@solo2r]

Just purchased an E tron and love it!

[@crocky1966]

Great videos, how about doing the Audi symbol in tyre skid mark/smoke. ie 4 cars going around together

[@user-cx5ni7me6l]

I'm going to visit Utah for sure, if I ever would visit the usa :) wow!

[@rickr5927]

awesome..... I'd llike to know what tires you used ?... thanks...

[@pe8268]

This is probably the only e-tron in the world that actually sees offroad use, looks like a ton of fun!

[@biff2bart509]

Not true: There are many of us working these cars hard. Not at this level but for sure deep snow in the winter and Forest service roads in the summer. One of the most under appreciated features of e-trons is the fact that they are a full on SUV that just happens to be electric. These aren't "iPads on wheels": they can handle some decent off-road, as much as you'd expect a stock SUV to be able to handle.

[@pe8268]

@@biff2bart509 oh, good to know!

[@thatsgottahurt]

Cant wait to see the hoonitron in action.

[@UncleManuel]

If this thing survived a real good Ken Block hoonage then it must be built very sturdy. I'm actually impressed the suspension held up that well! 😲😎👍

[@michaela3562]

This is great!

[@yuramokrousow2530]

Cool video! thanks audi =) Ken make happy people by audi =) (mazda nice in back =)))

[@julleboy90]

You need too do a dirtcana in Utah, and the new hooniepig vs that world 😁💪

[@alfredosaucn]

This is wholesome dude wow

[@NoExpert]

Welcome to the Family Ken 🤜🦎🤛

[@juniorpolanco3836]

I have an edition one e tron and I wonder if they got aftermarket suspension or just raised the suspension through the car.

[@flok1971]

Awesome Ken!

[@salimsanchez89]

Can't wait for Gymkhana E 🙂

[@jamestullis4648]

OH MY FREAKING GOD!!! I wanna trade in my Q7 S6 and S4 to laugh at myself as much as you all did. Now we need 1000+ version to beat other EVS.

[@chriskonrad3713]

“Everything’s fine”, has to be a Hoonigan T-Shirt and sticker!!

[@mo-hammadabunaser1367]

This is the beavis and butthead car duo, the laughter was so contagious!

[@TheRobert7878]

Ken you are a maniac and I love it!

[@nealfitzgerald343]

How many times did it have to be recharged during this?

[@Javierm0n0]

So when are yall droppin that synth track from the intro as a song to buy? My bandcamp account is waiting.

[@2S1L3NT]

I've lived in Utah my entire life, and felt like I had explored and seen all of it, but had never heard of this location...

[@jasonbowman7190]

Is the car good for over landing right out of the press? Any good mods?

[@gregsurf4647]

15:35 what happens at desert, stays at desert😆 Audi made a really good and good looking car.

[@ole-martinlundefaret5876]

This is so much steeper than it looks!

[@fastpacedcheese]

Love the cars o:

[@sixdegrees6434]

That thing really needs some rebound control in the rear.

[@kaidenjames9766]

That's an impressive car for sure

[@ken_heine]

Ich frage mich, woher der Strom gekommen ist? Nach etlichen voll Gas Sprints im Gelände wird er leer sein und dann?

[@danI43541]

Imagine how the tri motor e-tron S would do there, proper fun machine! The „regular“ one isn’t bad either

[@larryc1616]

nah, you need quad motors or a motor at each wheel to see Individual Wheel Torque Vectoring and crabwalk up the wall!

[@Mr_Eyeholes]

I’ve ridden that place on my dirt bike and can’t really imagine doing it in a car, lol. It’s rougher than it looks!

[@BrianHurry]

your a legend. I hope you know

[@Oladavol]

6:19 listen closely "Please, please, No! No! Ahh! Ahh!" Ahahahahahahahaha

[@randomkindness1470]

quick question, was the food in that front compartment the whole time... not that it matters but

[@Kaminoextragalactic]

Absolutely love how Ken is at the forefront of technology and embracing the electric motor superiority 👏 impressive

[@SternLX]

Swing Arm city more legit than the official Audi Testing Grounds.

[@jr7414]

Ken is amazing man on earth!!

[@jrcook78]

I would love to be in that car with Ken going through there

[@scottburrow8717]

Loving the videos when Ken scares Neil to death.

[@yvesstocky9936]

The rear dampening on the eTron should be revised ;) The rear axle jumps like a Kangaroo

[@bjornebekk2]

Ken what is the range in the suv?

[@bobfrode]

Wonder if they brought a portable charger since this would drain the battery quite fast on a heavy car like this and on my car you only get boost if battery is at 80-100% :) And if the battery overheated at all (i have a Q4 e50). Loved the video though :)

[@Marclinuxtr]

Odd maybe specific to Q4 because I have the same model as in the video and I still have access to full boost even at 44%..

[@bobfrode]

​@@Marclinuxtr well...the fat etron is the bigger brother so maybe Q4 specific :)

[@steveafanador6441]

I've said It many times. I wouldn't do shit like that with ANYONE but YOU ken.

[@TURBOMEH]

Gooood💥

[@the305hauler]

Booyah 👊🏽😁🇺🇸, Ken that guys 👀 😂

[@sidhu704]

Idk if its just me, but something about custom off road luxury SUV's that really gets my engine roaring

[@Greystone76]

Damn I so wish I could PA on Ken’s Prodution crew!

[@FurionAlchemist]

What are the noises coming out of Neil? 😂

[@mentat1341]

Everything's fine, Niel

[@Dukes3677]

11:57 *causal wipe off of the e-tron for product placement* lmao

[@greggreg2263]

Super scary I had butterflies 🦋 in my stomach watching this I think I would pass out if I was in the passenger side on the other hand the electric ⚡️ Audi performed flawlessly!

[@Neojhun]

I hate the air time feeling as a passenger. Rally school being shown the lap by a crazy instructor is not fun.