Ken is a professional rally driver but his natural talent for car control is out of this world he appears to be at one with his car.

Traditional drift cars are usually rear wheel drive meaning the only wheels that are drive the car are the rear ones. This means it’s easy to get the car sideways and keep it in that sideways motion through a corner. The most common cars that you’ll see drifting are mainly Japanese imports such as Nissan Silvias, Mazda RX-7’s and Toyota Levins.

Car Drifting

These drift cars can run from 400 BHP Upwards.

Ken Block uses a Subaru Impeza WRX STI in his drifting his is a bit different as its 4 wheel drive meaning all wheels have power going to them. Just watching Ken on YouTube videos you can see his talent before your eyes.

This is a clip that was on BBC’s TopGear show, and you can see by the look an James May’s face how talented Ken is and how well he keeps his car controlled