The inaugural FIA World Rallycross Championship is set to open its season this weekend at Montalegre, Portugal, and just ahead of the start of this new series, one team has already dropped teasers on the car it plans to use for the year. EKS is competing in the World RX Championship and its got a driver in Mattias who has won just about everything he's competed in. More importantly, Ekström and EKS are preparing a hellacious race car->ke148 in the name of the EKS Audi S1 Supercar.

The car itself is based on the Audi S1, except that this one has been modified and customized for the sole purpose of turning it into a powerful race car. Preparations to turn the EKS S1 Supercar->ke177 into a full-fledged racer are already underway, and the early returns are nothing short of incredible. One of the details that has been divulged about the S1 is its powertrain, which comes in the form of a 2.0-liter turbo four with 600 horsepower, all-wheel drive and a 0-to-60-mph time of 1.9 seconds.

Ekström will be debuting the S1 Supercar in time for the World RX stage of Great Britain, the second race of the World RX season. The Swedish driver is going to compete against an impressive lineup of drivers that include Tanner Foust, Ken Block, and Jacques Villeneuve. But with a car like the EKS S1 Supercar at his disposal, we're confident that Ekström and EKS will field a competitive team in the first season of the World RX Championship.

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2014 Audi S1 Supercar By EKS

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Audi S1 Supercar By EKS in detail

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While it does look like a standard S1, this specially built race car does have plenty of race-spec aerodynamic components. The most prominent, as you can plainly see on the rear of the race car, is the huge two-layer rear wing that helps add some extra downforce.

Even front end of the S1 has had some interesting modifications, particularly the new lower front bumper with the larger air intakes and what looks like underbody protector to help the car navigate through some unpleasant terrain this year.