The Mercedes SLS AMG attacks the Isle of Man in the capable hands of DC
David Coulthard drives across the Manx Mountain roads in a Mercedes SLS AMG for a 3D video shoot at speeds over 160mph.
UK readers and those outside the UK who play silly games to get their hands on the world’s second favourite motoring show – Fifth Gear – may well have seen Tiff Needell pop off to the Isle of Man to borrow a Mercedes SLS AMG David Coulthard was playing with.
What David was doing in the Manx Mountains was driving the SLS AMG as fast as he could on the Isle of Man’s unrestricted roads (which were also shut for his convenience) to produce what the film makers are calling ‘The Fastest 3D film ever shot on Land”.
The short film – ‘Manx Meister’ – has DC blatting across the top of the IOM at speeds in excess of 160mph. Which is all very well, but short of using a helicopter for all the shots how on earth did the filmakers manage to do the tracking shots on the ground at those sorts of speed?
You’ve probably already worked out you’d need a second, equally quick car and a second, equally skilled wheel man. So former WRC driver Robbie Head was drafted in to run the cameraman round to get the shots of DC strutting his stuff across the land of the triskelion.
We’re not sure this is the finished edit; it’s not hugely dynamic. Some nice shots, but it gets a bit same-y. Apparently the real deal is in 3D and will be turning up soon on the Sky 3D channel, by which time it will probably be ready to blow your socks off.
Still, worth the watch even as is.
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