Gymkhana is again: meet the 670bhp, 9,500rpm ‘Brataroo’ that may FLY

“This BRAT’s completely unhinged, in the best way possible,” mentioned famous motoring fanatic Travis Pastrana. “It’s got the soul of a vintage Subaru with the tech to do things no Gymkhana car has ever done.”

Yes, Gymkhana automotive. So, a heat, smoky and distinctively ute-y welcome again to everybody’s favorite web car-film franchise. Gymkhana will return with a brand new movie referred to as Aussie Shred, with Pastrana on the helm of this modified 1978 Subaru Brat.

And quite unsurprisingly given you’ve simply learn the identify, he’ll be actually very helming it in Australia.

Hence why the automotive’s nicknamed ‘Brataroo’. Bit on the nostril there, fellas. And talking of noses, this 1978 Subaru Brat – constructed by Vermont SportsCar – will get a “highly pressurised” 2.0-litre four-pot in its beak, crikeying out a mammoth 670 horsepowers and 680 torques.

It additionally revs to 9,500rpm, which… nonetheless gained’t be a match for Australian wildlife, however there you go. It’s the highest-revving Gymkhana automotive ever constructed, channelling these livid Japanese horsies by means of a six-speed sequential gearbox to all 4 wheels through motorsport spec diffs.

So, it’ll be pointy. And drifty. And, as you possibly can see, fighty. VSC has constructed the Brataroo’s physique solely out of carbon fibre and bolted it over a roll cage and VSC-engineered chassis constructed to WRC requirements. Hoonigan and Subaru additionally drafted within the providers of 1 Mr Khyzyl Saleem to reimagine the Brat right into a ‘radical’ widebody, with a retro livery that includes kangaroos. Sure, why not.

Unusually for a Gymkhana automotive, there’s lively aero at play right here. Like a pair of interchangeable rear wings – one for top velocity, one for top jinx – and movable entrance arch louvres, which might pivot forwards or backwards “to fine-tune the car’s airborne attitude during high-flying manoeuvres”. Fighty and flighty, then, as a result of this child can FLY.

When on the bottom, it rolls on a set of cast monoblocks that apparently pay tribute to Nineteen Seventies rallying, and inside there’s a carbon fibre sprint with wooden grain accents.

“Every part of it is designed to take abuse, fly big, and come back for more,” added Pastrana. “It’s hands down the craziest Gymkhana car we’ve ever built.”

It’s coming to a cell phone display close to you – presumably the wrong way up, as a result of Australia – in early December, proper after it’s completed wowing everybody at this yr’s SEMA present.