Real Or Fake? Mercedes SLS Tunnel Stunt
Take a look at the following video that shows a Mercedes SLS AMG doing a complete loop in a tunnel.
While it’s almost certainly a fake, is there a chance it could be real – is this sort of thing possible in the real world? And is the Mercedes SLS AMG possibly the ugliest car available to buy at the moment? Having said that, I do love the gullwing doors!
UPDATE - if you’ve watched the first video above, now watch the second video below … notice anything different about the driver? You might not have recognised him before but now he seems to have changed into someone a bit more famous. Looks like Mercedes are trying to rewrite the laws of time and physics with this stunt.
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Could be real. Its not impossible. Top Gear did it last season. Admitedly not elegantly but they did do it at only 37 miles per hour.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWbSldJEFs
When I first watched that episode of Top Gear I wasn’t sure the tunnel stunt was genuine, but having rewatched that clip (thanks Alastair) I think they really did do it – in typical Jeremy fashion! It’s not like they were worried about trashing the Twingo, seeing as they drove it into the harbour at the end … poor Twingo, I would have given it a good home.
Ok for all you unbelievers, This stunt is absolutely real. It was filmed in Boston Bar, British Columbia, Canada in a tunnel called Alexander Tunnel on the Number 1 Highway about 2 and 1/2 hours away from Vancouver. I am from that area and I made sure I went and watched it being filmed. They prepared the tunnel with lights on the bottom and an on-ramp as well as an off-ramp. They really did use the car because i drove past it about 60 times in the 2 weeks they were preparing for the stunt. I admint It looks pretty unreal and I wouldn’t believe it for a second if i didnt personally watch it happen. I Know you people probably wont believe this, but it was truly just a good stunt that took lots of preparation and a lot of money for closing the main Highway down for short periods of time. I hope this Is cleared some of it up. And who ever wrote about this saying its fake should actually do some research before posting their opinions.
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The driver was different at the end, because they filmed that part in a different location and they just put it together to look good. Just like ALL movies and commercials are made.. but the actual stunt going around the tunnel was very excitingly real
Hi L Forman, thanks for stopping by. Now please don’t take this the wrong way but did you actually see the car do the loop with your own eyes, or did you just see them filming the opening and ending sections of the video?
And yes, I know they’ll have added Herr Schumacher on the end to make it look good, but that’s kind of my point – bits of video stitched together with a some CGI wizardry can be extremely convincing. I just didn’t like the way they replaced one driver with another, more famous face that might appeal more to the German audience.