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In 1978,
a ten minute short-film was produced that left petrolheads slack-jawed and
liberally dribbling. It was called C'était un Rendezvous and saw a Ferrari 275
GTB thrash around the streets of Paris in the early hours of the morning. In
reality it wasn’t a Ferrari 275 GTB, but a Mercedes-Benz
450SEL 6.9 – still a very cool car – with a camera mounted on the bumper and
the sound of the Ferrari’s screaming V12 dubbed over. You can watch it here.
And now, 33 years later, Lamborghini has taken the themes of C'était un
Rendezvous to promote their awesome new **deep breath** Gallardo LP570-4 Super
Trofeo Stradale and its screaming 562bhp 5.2-litre V10.
This sounds like great news, and a fine excuse to link you once again to pictures of the hit car of the recent Frankfurt Motor Show.
Two problems with the video, however. The car doesn’t feature at all (except for some fine engine noise). And it’s nowhere near as good as the original it steals from. Although it does have lots more sexy women in it than the original, so swings and roundabouts...
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Michael16 commented on this article
at 01:37 pm on 01 November 2011
@Gavron so sad, much like many people, that you have put 'first comment'! Nice car, but very strange advert to promote their car, I think.
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Pot_Wheels commented on this article
at 02:18 pm on 01 November 2011
A great example of how not to re-hash an old idea. I find this incredibly cheesy and out of date. I expected much better from a company like Lamborghini. It also brakes the two biigest rules of car advertising 1. always show off the car 2. Don't drive it fast (Sounds silly but think about it, how many car ads do you see where the car is tearing around)
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Gergo commented on this article
at 02:23 pm on 01 November 2011
This video has nothing to do with the original. Its like a Hollywood remake of a eupean movie. What a pile of s**t.
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WooDz commented on this article
at 03:19 pm on 01 November 2011
Understatement of year nomination "not as good as the original" The whole film is a mess.
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gogmorgoaway commented on this article
at 03:58 pm on 01 November 2011
If you hadn't said it was based on C'était un Renddez-vous, I never would have guessed it. That's how bad it was. I've seen more convincing video game remakes.
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