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Aug 2012
Great drives - Behind the scenes of a supercar shoot
Yesterday and today MotorTorque has been down at a place called Bylchau found in the countryside of North Wales.
It's here where you'll find a driving route known as the Evo triangle, which has become popular with both motoring journalists and driving enthusiasts in general.
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It's here we find gathered an impressive selection of sport cars, provided by Car Dealer magazine as part of their Road Test of the Year feature.
We headed down to do some filming and get behind the wheel of the cars ourselves. And what a selection of cars...
The exciting line-up we find in front of us includes the Aston Martin Vantage S, the Nissan GT-R, the Morgan 3 Wheeler, the BMW M5, the Porsche 911 Carrera S, the Ford Focus ST, the Lotus Exige S...and the Renault Twizy.
MotorTorque was at the meeting yesterday with a camera crew and professional racing driver Annalese Ferrari, to film her as she tested each car at the gathering and gave her impressions of each driving experience.
We were also fortunate enough to sample the driving experience offered from the Twizy, the 3 Wheeler and the Nissan GT-R and separate features will be released on them soon.
Yesterday our filming work began with the Lotus Exige S. This short, wide and lightweight sports car is armed with a 3.5-litre supercharged V6 engine which produces 345bhp, allowing it to travel from 0-60mph in just 3.8 seconds and hit a top speed of 170mph.
The car certainly looked impressive, if also somewhat twitchy, speeding down countryside roads, Annalese felt though the car was far more suited for the racetrack.
As the day passed by we and the film crew were hard at work, getting footage shot of all cars available and marvelling at what they had to offer.
With the help of a far more modest Hyundai i30 hatchback, moving footage was shot of each car as they were driven through the Evo triangle by Annalese. There were also static shots taken with each car which involved them speeding past the sight of the camera.
With the variable weather conditions some shots were basked in sunshine, others in wind and rain.
The setting provided plenty of spectacular background shots and as did the cars, from the gorgeous Aston Martin Vantage S, to the striking yellow Ford Focus ST and the crazy but fun Morgan 3 Wheeler.
Whilst it required a lot of travelling and tolerance to the windy and cold weather, the event at Evo triangle provided some very interesting experiences and some fascinating cars money can buy now.
For a full breakdown of the cars, and what Annalese thought of them, keep your eyes peeled on MotorTorque over the next couple of weeks.