29.12.2009
Last week we launched our Christmas competition, in association with Spirit Level Films, Club GT and ROAD magazine. The competition is based on the cult film C’était un Rendezvous, with the stunning prize of a weekend in the Nissan GT-R to be won.
If you haven’t already done so, then head on over to our competition page and have a go, but we are also running a second competition asking you to recreate your own version of Rendezvous and win the chance to join a photo shoot with ROAD magazine.
Either our timing is impeccable or perhaps Jay Leno has heard that Phil Royle is such great company and is desperately keen to win the prize, because he’s just released his own rendition of Rendezvous filmed on the roads around Los Angeles.
In the short film Jay seeks to prove that there’s a great race track hidden in every city and proceeds to show us the roads of Mulholland Drive, Laurel Canyon, Sunset Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.
It’s not a bad film to watch, especially with the glorious sound of the SLS AMG as a backdrop. It’s easy to cringe at Jay’s comparison between Mulholland and the Nurburgring, but perhaps there’s some truth in his theory that there are some great roads in the most unlikely of places.
The film is directed by the British broadcaster and journalist, Jeremy Hart, who also narrates the second video below.
Take a look and see what you think, then perhaps suggest some roads in your city or town that would be as memorable to drive.
You can watch the “Making of the Fast and Famous” in the panel below.
About Steve Davies
Steve is a media, venture, and technology advisor and a former Partner at KPMG Consulting, PriceWaterhouse Coopers and Managing Partner at EIM - his clients range from global web and media companies to small start-ups. He formed Drivers Republic (DR) in 2007, the UK's first digital automotive magazine, with a team of EVO and Autocar writers before creating SkiddMark, and also writes as a guest contributor on Unruly Media’s Meme Machine blog and for Econsultancy’s digital marketing blog.
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10 Comments
Milan
December 29, 2009as much as I despise Jay I adore the SLS great corse/road selection indeed but nowhere close to be used in the same sentence as the big green.
Milan
December 29, 2009as much as I despise Jay I adore the SLS great corse/road selection indeed but nowhere close to be used in the same sentence as the big green.
Milan
December 29, 2009as much as I despise Jay I adore the SLS great corse/road selection indeed but nowhere close to be used in the same sentence as the big green.
Steve Davies
December 29, 2009He almost lost me at that point when he drew a comparison between Mulholland Drive and the Nurburgring, but the rest of the video is worth watching just for the sounds and the images from the bullet cams.
Steve Davies
December 29, 2009He almost lost me at that point when he drew a comparison between Mulholland Drive and the Nurburgring, but the rest of the video is worth watching just for the sounds and the images from the bullet cams.
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Javi M
December 30, 2009I enjoy more this short movie than almost any other car or racy movie on the last 10-20 years!, remember me a little of Le mans movie , just a bit!
Javi M
December 30, 2009I enjoy more this short movie than almost any other car or racy movie on the last 10-20 years!, remember me a little of Le mans movie , just a bit!
Cameron Davies
January 4, 2010Wow, very nice. Have to say i didnt really pay much attention to the SLS when it was first announced. However having heard that engine note, my eyes are firmly fixed on new about this car.
would be great if Mercedes or AMG would provide a download, would love to have this as my iPhone ring tone.
But for now looks like I have a new car for the bedroom wall
Cameron Davies
January 4, 2010Wow, very nice. Have to say i didnt really pay much attention to the SLS when it was first announced. However having heard that engine note, my eyes are firmly fixed on new about this car.
would be great if Mercedes or AMG would provide a download, would love to have this as my iPhone ring tone.
But for now looks like I have a new car for the bedroom wall