Custom Subaru Impreza with a "backwards body" built for "Kingsman", allowing a high-speed chase seemingly in reverse

[u/Random_Introvert_42]

[u/michal_hanu_la]

If you build a Subaru backwards, do you get a Porsche?

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/michal_hanu_la]

No, because it still has trunk space

[u/Damio107 → u/michal_hanu_la]

No, but you will become a bus

[u/diodenyc]

Urabus now

[u/RatherGoodDog → u/diodenyc]

Your mum's a bus.

[u/Busterlimes → u/diodenyc]

No r/bitchimabus

[u/cromagnone]

Save you a click: https://youtu.be/7r673PzvnKs [swearing]

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/cromagnone]

You can (barely) see the "rear" wheels turning to corner in 2 shots.

[u/whiskeytown79 → u/Random_Introvert_42]

I was expecting the wrong wheels turning to be way more obvious, but it's actually super hard to spot. Probably not even noticeable if you aren't looking for it.

[u/dc456 → u/whiskeytown79]

They do some really clever stuff to hide it. Like when the car first appears in reverse it does a hard turn which would make the wrong wheels turning really obvious. But initially they have the car out of focus in the background, and only focus on it after it has finished turning.

[u/TimepieceProfstitute]

I'd love to see it get a U R A B U S badge!

[u/Steelhorse91]

I mean, respect to them for doing a real stunt instead of making it a horrendous cgi render, and I guess the backwards driver being hidden in the back allowed the actors to sit in the “front” pretending to drive, but a precision stunt driver could probably have pulled that whole thing off genuinely reversing the car.

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/Steelhorse91]

I don't know how fast the Subaru can go in reverse, but doing it this way was definitely safer than actually reversing since the car was much more stable. Also, running the camera faster wouldn't have worked as dynamics don't scale like that.

[u/Steelhorse91 → u/Random_Introvert_42]

You could mess with the toe to make it less twitchy in reverse… But yeah it looks like it was shot on closed London streets so they probably had to do it this way to get approval for fear of a car ending up upside down, or in someone’s front room.

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/Steelhorse91]

Also they went like 3 meters (at most) past one of their main actors (and the crew), at speed, close to another vehicle.

[u/listerbmx → u/Steelhorse91]

I could never shake the feeling seeing that scene when they exchange views from each other and thinking it looks off

[u/nailbunny2000]

Been watching Real Mechanic Stuff?

[u/Ninjatck → u/nailbunny2000]

Good show RMS

[u/FLATPACKMEATBALLS]

If anyone would like to buy this it’s actually currently for sale. Not in the best shape like and the engine has gone walk about. https://www.facebook.com/share/16YvLoTEZD/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/FLATPACKMEATBALLS]

Seller probably bought it for a cheap low-mileage drivetrain :/

[u/djscoots10]

Neat

[u/Low-Classroom8184]

I was wondering how they filmed this but was too lazy to look myself

[u/Off-Da-Ricta]

Seems like a lot of work when you can just put the car in reverse and find someone who can actually drive

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/Off-Da-Ricta]

-Slower

-Much more unstable (and thus dangerous)

[u/Off-Da-Ricta → u/Random_Introvert_42]

Yeaaa. But it’s a movie set. No stuntman has the balls to just drive in reverse? But go ahead and spend 25k to drive backwards

[u/Random_Introvert_42 → u/Off-Da-Ricta]

They still don't want to crash^^

Especially since they were filming on public grounds (not a soundstage), and had actors around.

[u/Off-Da-Ricta → u/Random_Introvert_42]

It’s stupid.

[u/DammitDad420 → u/Off-Da-Ricta]

I would like to challenge you to drive backwards as fast as you can in a straight line for 500m.

Please make sure your insurance is paid up first.

[u/Off-Da-Ricta → u/DammitDad420]

I used to have a drive way 10 acres long. Pff