Making an unloved car cool again with death-defying driving skill

Stunt driver Ken Block's rabid following might take a cue from his next automotive muse, Ford's Fox-Body Mustang, writes Hannah Elliot

Ken Block is to the car world what the Kardashians are to makeup: influential, aspirational, cannily progressive, and emulated by millions. The 52-year-old stunt driver has nearly six million Instagram followers. His “Gymkhana” driving videos, named after the historic British motorsport events, command rapt attention from his legion fans. The latest one, “Climbkhana TWO”, set on the extreme edge of China’s serpentine Tianmen Mountain road, has 14 million views.

Every time Block hints he will make a new installment for his driving series — which combines death-defying driving skill on impossible roads, drifting as beautifully executed as Olympic dressage, and