This ad for Honda was NOT created on a computer.  It was shot, and was all done in one take.
Well, actually took several hundred takes to get it right, but the end result was not pieced
together.  It was all done at once.  You can read about it on Snopes at:

http://www.snopes.com/autos/business/hondacog.asp

Very cool ad.  The snopes article explains how the tires rolled up the ramp and other
interesting tidbits.  My favorite is at the very end when the remote is tripped, shutting the
rear hatch, which changes the center of gravity just enough to make the ramp tilt and the car
roll off.

Bill in the Southwest

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: 2 non vanagon links...

>
> > The other is something that I was reminded about reading the thread about
> > the Honda Element.  This is an incredible setup that the engineers at
> Honda
> > derived.  I'm not sure if this has been posted here before, but if not, I
> > know some of the fine volks on here will appreciate it.  check out:
> >
> > http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html
>
> The tires rolling up the ramp?  4 steel balls outweigh a battery?  This is
> not a set up by Honda engineers, but a fake make-up by geeks sitting by
> their CGI machines.
>
> Chris S.
> '85 Westy
> www.knology.net/~vw/
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers
>
>