Ferarri in Paris

[NW_Rider]

I searchbarred and didn't find anything, but anyways this video is aclassic. Anyone with a passion for cars should enjoy it. Def. worth the8 minutes. It was made for a short film and it is all real.

On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a
gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend,
a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart
of Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons
to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine, through the Louvre, to
the Basilica of Sacre Coeur. No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable
to obtain a permit. The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes,
reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running
real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way
up real one-way streets.
Upon showing the film in public for the first time,
Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and
the film went underground.
If you haven't seen this before it is a classic,
if you have seen it I apologize, but it's still a classic. Turn on your
sound and enjoy...

 

[charmander]

sooo much balls to blow reds like that, legit.

 

[geteducated]

good post man.

it reminds me i have this movie on dvd somewhere in the house.

people that like cars should watch this.

 

[Half-Blood]

that is basically a dream of mine right there..

 

[hey-dude-its-me]

Pretty sure it was a Mercedes

 

[hey-dude-its-me]

Also, not to shit on the thread, but he never goes over 85 MPH, and they added the sound of a Ferrari engine to the video...

 

[CypressGrove]

that was awesome. esp the end.

 

[vincepru]

watch ghostrider videos, boosted liter bike= much more badass than a slow ass old ferrari.

 

[geteducated]

you're right about the mercedes part, but the 85mph thing is speculation.

 

[shragler]

wanna do this just once.

 

[ride_on]

i feel like this just wouldnt be as fun in my 4 runner.

 

[powday]

holy fuck! I've had dreams like that before....but thats fucking nuts....sweet post.

 

[ski-swagga]

that is sooo epic!!! fuck haha

 

[Funnel]

So dope. That takes balls to drive and run red lights like that. Thanks for that.

 

[Kmania]

mythreads

 

[pmills]

 

[TURTLEMAN1]

sick!!!

 

[the.hellion.]

claim: my dad has this on dvd and so I watch it in hd tous le temps. /claim. I also told my driver's ed teacher to watch it. He was slightly less than impressed. It's a great video. Nice post!

 

[dbstar]

its not a ferrari its a mercedes 450sel 6.9, with the sound of lelouche's ferrari dubbed over

 

[shredables]

check out the ISLE OF MAN .. blows this out of the water

 

[Runthered]

ha i now have a new goal in life i am so damn suprised that he never got arrested thats just incredible and the sound is just orgasmic!

 

[yourthemannowdog]

what a great way to waste 8 minutes. What year is it?

 

[N-John360]

Doesn't anyone else think this is foolish/incredibly stupid? He put the lives of many innocent drivers at risk. He had a couple close calls. This might be "cool", but if he hit someone it would have simply been a shame.

 

[skiierman]

harden up pussy. he did it in the name of making movies.

 

[T-Holt]

My threads for when my internet isn't really slow.

 

[connoroh]

are you 90?

 

[NomenClature]

Yes the IOM TT is the sickest motor sport event in history.

Guy Martin tearing it Up:

But more in the spirit of C'etait un Rendezvous (The OP movie) check out:

Get Away in Stockholm



Ghost Rider is sick as well:



http://www.vimeo.com/2840720

 

[pounds.]

Dude i definitely agree with you.... he could have fucked up so many people. but it was still a cool video

 

[the.hellion.]

yeah, but he didn't, and that's why it's awesome.

This happened over 30 years ago, I see so many kids doing things that are so much worse than this - at least this guy was a professional driver who drove cars that fast for a living.

They tried to take all the proper precautions, the police could have let it happen safely and decided not to, so they did it as safely as possible. Much better than stupid kids driving their parents cars on populated highways street racing.

 

[prontocuts.com]

but remember, he was harming french people.......

and i really thought this thread was going to be about a new paris hilton porn

 

[ElbridgeGerry]

No, it's real. My Dad knows Csaba Csere(Car and Driver writer) and he knows whoever the fuck that french guy is. They were talking about it a while ago. I have it on DVD somewhere(the video, not my Dad and Csaba talking)

 

[prontocuts.com]

"Calculations made by several independent groups showed that the car never exceeded 140 km/h (85 mph)[3],"

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