Video: Fiat 500 does 360-degree vertical loop at AutoRAI
 

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Stunt driver Steve Truglia loops a Fiat 500 - Click above to watch the video <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/15/video-fiat-500-does-360-degree-vertical-loop-at-autorai/#continued">after the break</a></div>
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If there's an automotive spectacle that rivals the jump in sheer visual excitement, it's got to be the classic vertical loop (aka loop-de-loop or loop-the-loop). There's just something special about seeing a car go vertical, then upside-down and back all in one swift motion that makes the crowds go bonkers... and Shell (purveyors of gasoline that they are) used such a stunt to good effect at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/autorai">2011 AutoRAI show</a> in The Netherlands.<br />
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Waiting for you past the jump are a trio of videos that include different angles (in-car and out, plus a bonus behind-the-scenes look) of a specially prepared <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/500">Fiat 500</a> coupe tackling the famed vertical loop, which looks like a giant spoked bicycle rim more than anything else. Most of the videos are in Dutch, but the stunt driver, Steve Truglia, speaks English... so you won't be completely lost.<br />
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<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/04/15/video-fiat-500-does-360-degree-vertical-loop-at-autorai/#continued">Click past the break</a> to see it all go down for yourself.<br />
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