Killer Shell Commercial... Starring Ferrari

Reaganite Republican ^ | February 17, 2011 | Reaganite Republican

[Reaganite Republican]

What's better than morning coffee...? Try an adrenaline rush... now available online lol-

Here's a cool Shell commercial produced for the European market: ostensibly the Ferrari F1 racing team sponsor is selling gasoline here, but the historic Ferrari racing cars steal the show...

Scuderia Ferrari actually pulled several near-priceless Formula One veterans out of storage and flew them around the world to film them running hard through the streets of Rome , Rio , New York , Hong Kong and Monaco. 

And there are no special effects or dubbed sound here, just original 14,000+rpm cars tearing up the streets... as the genuine audio will attest. Do put on your headphones and/or crank the volume and enjoy that symphony of cylinders.

The sounds alone should bring a tear to the eye... 

a video that stirs the soul:

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[shadowcat]

Very nice!!!

[Larry Lucido]

Here, without popups.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_kwxzU4wL4&feature=player_embedded

[Reaganite Republican]

I just ADORE the sound of that old v-12, the one they run in Hong Kong... play it LOUD lol

[taildragger]

Outstanding! Oh my we will never hear that symphony from a hybrid.Check out this mad cap Italian inventor, he may have taken the swash plate drive and pistons from a air conditioner compressor and turned it into a 7 cylinder 2 stroke. That is 14 power pulses per rev. Closest sound to a Ferrari. My guess is he maybe around 10 to 20 hp.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpoRgjgXfk&feature=related

[DocRock]

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[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I'm watching Winning tonight!What an awesome commercial

[ThunderSleeps]

Favorite part: about mid-way through the downshift going into the left-hander... What a throaty roar...

[Notary Sojac]

The first 55 seconds or so bring tears to my eyes. From the days when it was called "streamlining" not "aerodynamics" and the cars were prettier than the boxes they came in.

Most beautiful race cars ever: D-Jaguar, Ferrari 330 P3/4, Cobra Daytona coupe, Lola T70.

[AFreeBird]

I wonder where they got the idea from?

Ferrari 275 GTB early morning in Paris 1976

Crank up the stereo and enjoy.

[stboz]

I remember the Shell commercials from fifty-odd years ago during the Ford-Ferrari wars....awesome. 330 P4 versus the Ford GT40s.

[Reaganite Republican]

Could be, Free Bird... a good one there