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Mercedes SLS AMG Driven Up Side Down In A Tunnel – By Schumacher?

Remember the video of the Mercedes SLS-AMG driving upside down in a tunnel?? Well there wasn’t much information about it, in fact there were also those who doubted the authenticity of the video, well we can’t prove that the video is real and neither can we prove that it’s fake but what we can do is shed some light on the driver behind the wheel.

In the first video that was released, there was some random test driver who we could not recognise but thanks to this new video, we know it was actually seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher who was actually behind the wheel the whole time. Great publicity stunt for sure, but why not reveal Schumacher’s identity in the beginning? Well, we’re guessing that he was still contractually bound to Ferrari and could not be seen driving a Mercedes. Still a great video and it still makes u go wow.

Source: AutoBlog

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    Yoyo
  • Jan 28, 2010
Wah, M.Schumacher becomes so young and handsome!
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    PocketRocket
  • Jan 28, 2010
looks CG-ed...they can do 'avatar' so well...too life-like edi we dunno how to tell the difference
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    netmatrix
  • Jan 29, 2010
Even Michael needs Botox® for ads. Or probably those those times he spent most of it behind the race helmet kept his complexion flawless? Maybe Some cosmetics company will manufacture a F1 style helmet as a beauty product for guys. hahaha.
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    Speed
  • Jan 29, 2010
its a sure fake video la, because they wont do that risky stunt with a road car without proper safety exe: roll cage and etc... and furthermore its michael schumacher driving they wont risk a f1 driver to kill himself if anything goes wrong.

its a publcity stunt.
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    BlackSamurai
  • Jan 29, 2010
not Schumi I believe, you need a stunt man for this act, not a F1 driver.

Schumi is simply for the marketing.
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    drMpower
  • Jan 29, 2010
hahaha i dont now whether the video authentic or not

but what i know is, mercedes acted very fast regarding publicity on this car.

the moment they are permitted to use micheal for this advert, see, they dont waste any time whatsoever.

sooo good.
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    Marv
  • Jan 29, 2010
Alright.. there u go. That final *wink* just got the price revised and will now cost you another 20k...
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    iskett
  • Jan 29, 2010
I thought it was fake at first..
But now I'm SURE its real considering Schumacher drove it!
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    patrick
  • Mar 7, 2010
I've made a video of this showing that the car does a U-Turn in the tunnel.

It's very fake, and poorly executed.

Graphics are fine and great - it's just all the rest of the production values. Reflects on all involved I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3iDF3EinEQ
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Thanks for that news, coming back soon
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