We went to downtown LA this past Saturday night to watch the world debut of Ken Block’s latest ode to liquified rubber, Gymkhana 7. While the sixth edition of his Gymkhana series was slightly disappointing, let’s just say that Gymkhana 7 returns Block to the forefront of automotive bad assery. Eschewing the Ford Focuses he’s used in […]

Ken Block’s potent Gymkhana series just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger, with the stunts getting evermore tighter and complex. A little while ago he did his madness at the Battersea Powerstation, and now for the latest edition Block turns it up to 11. Gymkhana 4: The Hollywood Megamercial is about as over the […]

One of the best drivers on the face of the planet, Ken Block, unveils his brand new revolutionary racecar, the “Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle” (or H.F.H.V.). As he competes in three distinct disciplines of racing — Stage Rally, Rallycross and Gymkhana — the usual protocol is to have one (or more) dedicated vehicle for each […]

After releasing his Battersea Gymkhana video last month to promote the DiRT 3 video game, master rally driver Ken Block releases a tilt-shift version to get the eyeballs stimulated. Already a stunning visual feast will all his infamous Gymkhana videos, the tilt-shift photography application gives an entirely new look to the razor sharp precision stunts […]

Gizmodo went to the Lego Secret Headquarters and got to visit their underground lair / dungeon / vault / compression chamber of awesomeness. It has EVERY lego set ever created — a stunning 4,720 sets, from the 50s on. Wow. My pockets would’ve been so stuffed leaving there, I would’ve looked like Lindsay Lohan leaving […]