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When Auto123.com's own Mike Goetz first blasted across the parking lot, with Block at the helm, from a brake-torque launch, he couldn’t believe the acceleration. "It was like being shot out of a cannon" Goetz recalled. That should not have been surprising considering the 2.0L turbocharged race engine makes over 600 horsepower, and the little Fiesta only weighs 1,200kg.

Ontario Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Oct. 15, 2013, 10:29 a.m. burned rubber from drifting Auto123.TV 2013 Photographer: Mike Goetz | © auto123.com