Gymkhana 12 Is Here With an 865-HP 1983 Subaru GL Wagon and Travis Pastrana

Back in 2020, Gymkhana 11 featured a heavily modified Subaru WRX STi, marking a return to the over-the-top series’s roots after several years of Fords. For Gymkhana 12, Hoonigan stuck with Subaru but decided to build something a little more old-school: a 1983 Subaru GL wagon.

Called “The Family Huckster,” the GL now has “a carbon-clad spaceframe,” makes 865 hp from a Subaru boxer engine, and rides on a custom set of gold KMC wheels. It also got active aero and “a long-travel rally suspension” that should allow it to do some pretty sweet jumps. And according to the release, “The all-wheel-drive monster also features a functional carbon-fiber roof rack that directs air to the rear-mounted radiator, one of a few homages to US Ski Team Subaru GL wagons of the 80s.” So that’s pretty neat.

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As with Gymkhana 11, Ken Block is no longer behind the wheel. In his place is Travis Pastrana, and Hoonigan promises he won’t be a disappointment. “Travis Pastrana is a mad man, and that makes him the perfect wheelman to take these films to a different level,” said Gymkhana Director and Hoonigan Co-Founder Brian Scotto in a statement. “Travis stepped up big time for this film, really improving his driving style and proximity control. But what makes Gymkhana 2022 stand apart, is Travis’ flat-out, just-ain’t-care approach that created some truly unforgettable, and downright sketchy moments for this film.”

In order to go even wilder and more over-the-top than the previous, already wild and over-the-top Gymkhana videos, Gymkhana 12 features all sorts of stunts set in various locations around Florida. That includes 160-mph jumps, tandem donuts with a helicopter, a Monster Truck donut, BASE jumpers, and more.