He then added a rally-style hydraulic handbrake, necessary for all the sideways gratuitousness, and used five S8s for the entire shoot: three modified stunt cars, and two ‘standard’ S8s. We got rid of the power steering too, as well as the anti-skid and ABS systems.”
“We blocked the differentials to allow the car to drift and burn. “We turned the S8 into a rear-wheel-drive car,” Michel told. Now if only we could remember Audi's famous name for its four-wheel-drive system… Modifications which the eagle-eyed car enthusiast will spot the first time it flagrantly oversteers at high and low speeds.
All three have racing experience, which came in handy in the specially modified S8. The stunt drivers included Michel’s son David, and some chaps named Christophe Roblin and Pascal Lavanchy.
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