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Jessica Hawkins vs. Karahnjukar Spillway [CW: advertising]
More about Jessica Hawkins: Jessica Hawkins becomes first female F1 test driver in five years [Grauniad; ungated]
Previous ad for Range Rover: the Dragon Challenge
More about Jessica Hawkins: Jessica Hawkins becomes first female F1 test driver in five years [Grauniad; ungated]
Previous ad for Range Rover: the Dragon Challenge
Great visuals, absolutely no suspense--like, they're going to put out a car commercial that's "yeah, she totally died in a pointless stunt. Buy a Range Rover!" Still want to go to Iceland, though, if just to meet the guy who acted like seeing the river monster was no biggie.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:37 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:37 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
So, what do giant Icelandic river monsters eat to grow so big and get around in style, anyway?
posted by y2karl at 7:15 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by y2karl at 7:15 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Serious question: what specific advanced driving skills are involved in something like this, besides flooring it and not driving into the walls?
posted by gottabefunky at 7:35 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by gottabefunky at 7:35 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Car porn. *Good* car porn, but car porn.
posted by conscious matter at 8:11 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by conscious matter at 8:11 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
What a fucking stupid thing to do.
posted by flabdablet at 9:12 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by flabdablet at 9:12 AM on December 12, 2023 [2 favorites]
Wow, that's a lot of colour grading.
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:52 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by seanmpuckett at 9:52 AM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
Stunning film, completely pointless activity for a completely pointless vehicle.
It's a quarter of a million (NZ) dollars for a 2.3 tonne machine that emits 292g CO2/km. If there's any SUV that says "eco-activists, please set me on fire", it's this one.
posted by happyinmotion at 11:59 AM on December 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
It's a quarter of a million (NZ) dollars for a 2.3 tonne machine that emits 292g CO2/km. If there's any SUV that says "eco-activists, please set me on fire", it's this one.
posted by happyinmotion at 11:59 AM on December 12, 2023 [5 favorites]
Serious question: what specific advanced driving skills are involved in something like this, besides flooring it and not driving into the walls?
driving up rocks like that requires some real skill, but it's not anything a half dozen SUVs couldn't do. Also somebody had to walk (maybe some drone) the tunnel and spillway first to make sure she wasn't going to hit anything.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:23 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
driving up rocks like that requires some real skill, but it's not anything a half dozen SUVs couldn't do. Also somebody had to walk (maybe some drone) the tunnel and spillway first to make sure she wasn't going to hit anything.
posted by The_Vegetables at 1:23 PM on December 12, 2023 [1 favorite]
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