Wow, that is amazing. It reminds me of the movie "Grand Prix".
You don't hear those kinds of sounds on the road these days. The
closest I remember was one day I was out on my bicycle and a crotch
rocket motorcycle was approaching me from behind at full throttle. It
sounded like a really big and mad bumblebee flying my way.
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>> Turn it up and enjoy!
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>>
>> Here's a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe. Ostensibly they're
>> selling gasoline, but the Ferrari's
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>> used in the video steal the show.
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>> Ferrari pulled several of their race-cars from various ages out of storage,
>> flew them around the world, and filmed them running through the streets of
>> Rome, Rio, New York, Hong Kong and Monaco.
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>> No CGI -these are the original cars on the original streets.
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>> The best part is the sound - from the basso-profundo notes of the early,
>> front-engine era, each scene cuts to a later and later generation, ending
>> with the banshee-wail of a modern F1 car. The sounds alone bring a tear to
>> the eye. Even if you're not a gearhead, this video will stir the soul.
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>> There's just something about 3 litres and 14,000 RPM !
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kwxzU4wL4
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