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Audi vs rock climber
We'd heard good things about Audi's new four-wheel drive RS4, not least that 60 per cent of its ample power was directed to the back wheels to make the handling more exciting. So we decided to send Jeremy down to the Verdun Gorge in France and one of the twistiest, most challenging roads in the world. Then, to make things more interesting, we got hold of a couple of wiry free climbers to race him to the top of the gorge. Warning; this film may contain scenes of adrenaline junkies going nuts, and that includes Jeremy.
Some very important Germans at Audi headquarters were so excited when they saw this majestic film they wanted DVDs of it for their personal collections. Unfortunately, this didn't stop them from being a bit cross with us when we then borrowed one of their Q7s for the Winter Olympics special and, erm, broke it a bit.
When our heroic climbers are in urban areas and haven't got any awesome cliff faces to scale they amuse themselves by climbing up buildings instead.
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