{"id":112573,"date":"2009-12-29T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T19:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T00:26:00","slug":"video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-speed-zone-a-k-a-cannonball-run-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/112573","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Mythbusters tests skipping Lambo from <i>Speed Zone<\/i>, a.k.a. <i>Cannonball Run 3<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/etc\/\" rel=\"tag\">Etc.<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/videos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/lamborghini\/\" rel=\"tag\">Lamborghini<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/pontiac\/\" rel=\"tag\">Pontiac<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/#continued\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2009\/12\/lambo_skip_mb.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Mythbusters car skipping test &#8212; Click above <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/#continued\">to watch video<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p> In the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0098369\/\"><em>Speed Zone<\/em><\/a>, familiarly known as <em>Cannonball Run 3<\/em> and ripe for an award for one of the most incredible ensemble casts ever, the opening sequence ends with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/lamborghini\/\">Lamborghini<\/a> Countach eluding the police by skipping over a lake. You know, like a rock. <\/p>\n<p> Mythbusters&#8217; new gearhead Kari Byron wanted to see if that could really be done, so they tested the stunt out on a scale model Lamborghini over an appropriately scaled body of water. Then they tested the stunt again with a full-sized car &#8211; Pontiac Fiero, not a Countach &#8211; over a real pond, and the results made us go something along the lines of &#8220;That&#8217;s awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/#continued\">Follow the jump<\/a> for the videos, which are broken up into a couple of segments. The scale model Lamborghini segment is cut short &#8211; they want you to watch the show &#8211; but the final test of the Pontiac Fiero Water Skimmer Edition is at <a href=\"http:\/\/dsc.discovery.com\/videos\/mythbusters-car-skip-high-speed.html\">Mythbusters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> [Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zF_w2vt1yc&amp;feature=channel\">Mythbusters<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>VIDEO: Mythbusters tests skipping Lambo from <i>Speed Zone<\/i>, a.k.a. <i>Cannonball Run 3<\/i><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/29\/video-mythbusters-tests-skipping-lambo-from-i-speed-zone-i\/\">VIDEO: Mythbusters tests skipping Lambo from <i>Speed Zone<\/i>, a.k.a. <i>Cannonball Run 3<\/i><\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:26:00 EST.  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