Pagani vs. Lamborghini: Need for Speed Hot Pursuit
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Need for Speed | Published:
Sun Nov 21, 2010
Electronic Arts has just released a real-life, full-motion video, showing the Pagani Zonda Cinque and a police Lamborghini Murcielago
LP640 chasing up the majestic Italian Alps.
10 miles from Cortina D'Ampezzo, in
a mountain pass known as Passo di Falzarego, the two cars there drifting,
turning and chasing each other. After a few unsuccessful attempts from the
police Murcielago to bring the Zonda to a halt, a chopper was called in for
assistance. Check out the movie to see how it all ends (or, actually, doesn't
end).
With only five examples of the Pagani
Zonda Cinque in existence, getting one of the owners to give up their car was an
unlikely proposition, so an alternative was proposed. For the filming, the good
folks at Pagani built a Zonda Cinque prototype out of their workhorse
development Zonda - a process supervised entirely by Horacio Pagani himself, who
was involved in the project from start to finish.
Creating the Zonda's
chiseled exterior was only half the challenge. Replicating its trademark banshee
wail - one of the most unique and remarkable engine notes in the automotive
world - was done meticulously and appears in the video as well as in Hot
Pursuit. In fact, a separate audio recording session was done with the Cinque.
The Murcielago, originally painted slate gray, was affixed with cop lights
provided by a film studio in Vancouver and sent to Lamborghini's official body
shop in Modena, Italy to be wrapped in black-and-white Seacrest County PD
livery.
With about two million dollars in sexy Italian supercars roaring
around the Dolomites, they had a helicopter to film the chase, with a $500,000 Cineflex
camera - frequently used by news, police, military, and high-end film crews -
strapped to its nose. And since they had so much fun wrapping the Lambo in
SCPD colors, they gave the chopper the same treatment.
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