Shell Gasoline Commercial

sptcoupe · Post by **sptcoupe** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:40 pm

Shell Ferrari Commercial

Here's a link to a Shell commercial shown in Europe.
Ostensibly, they're selling gasoline,
but the cars used in the video steal the show.

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, Honolulu, and Monaco.
No CGI -these are the original cars on the original streets.

The best part is the sound - from the basso-profundo notes
of the early, front-engine era, each scene cuts to a later generation,
ending with the wail of a modern F1 car.
The sounds alone are awesome

Even if you're not a gearhead,
this video will stir the soul.

There's just something about 3 liters and 14,000 RPM !

Click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=1_ ... &vq=medium

rlux4 · Post by **rlux4** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:01 pm

Caught myself leaning forward, tensing up and SMILING during that one. Wow, great videography.
Ron

IndyMark · Post by **IndyMark** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:41 pm

Awesome, I'm buying my gas at Shell.

grittracing · Post by **grittracing** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:43 pm

great ! Thanks for posting

spidernut · Post by **spidernut** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:52 am

Love the classic Ferraris!

Curly · Post by **Curly** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 1:13 am

spidernut wrote:Love the classic Ferraris!

The awesome mechanical sound of those early cars is beautiful, the editing superb and it must have cost a mint to make.
That curving road out over the water (between 40 and 49 seconds in) is the Sea Cliff Bridge, a section of the Lawrence Hargrave Drive at Coal Cliff, south of Sydney in Aus. - a spectacular piece of road.

tonyfromjersey · Post by **tonyfromjersey** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:46 am

Beautifully filmed and awesome cars.

narfire · Post by **narfire** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:54 am

Love it

That is such a great change as to the mostly crap commercials I see on the tube today.
I'll have to try some of that Shell fuel in my car,wonder if it will sound like the ones in the commercial after

Chris

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:17 am

Curly wrote: ... and it must have cost a mint to make.

When it was released, it was the most expensive commercial ever made. It has since been eclipsed by others (Google "most expensive TV commercials"), but the logistics must have been incredible.

I've often thought that all the car clubs in the US ought to have all their members petition Shell to run this during the Super Bowl. Crikey, they've got plenty of money, and think of the buzz!

manoa matt · Post by **manoa matt** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:34 pm

I've watched it about 10 times and still can't figure out what scenes were filmed in Honolulu.

ga.spyder · Post by **ga.spyder** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:26 pm

Thanks for posting that,Jeff.It is awesome!!!!

mdrburchette · Post by **mdrburchette** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:29 am

Love that commercial! Especially when everyone jumps at the sound of the car speeding by. I get that same reaction with the sound of my IDFs on my 72.

boogiedude · Post by **boogiedude** » Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:58 pm

Makes me want to get out and tear up the roads! Too bad my engine is in pieces

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