Video: Nissan 370Z plays chicken

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Nissan 370Z races a chicken

Nissan 370Z races a chicken – Click above to watch video after the jump

The team at Nissan UK has worked up a new spot for the company’s 370Z that features plenty of wing-to-fender action. Set in a seedy underworld where poultry is pitted against sheetmetal in a dire race for bragging rights, the 370Z is seen battling the latest descendant in a long line of racing chickens. The chicken in question supposedly excels in the corners, though predictably enough, he’s no match for the tail-sliding action of the Z.

Does any of this make sense? Of course not, but neither do a bunch of rapping hamsters, and we still love those. Considering that Kia just walked away with the winning nod at the Nielsen Top Auto Ad of the Year awards for the company’s “This or That” spot, Nissan may be hoping to cash in on the animal craze in its own way, though we have to wonder if the ad might not ruffle a few feathers over at PETA.

Hit the jump to watch Nissan’s poultry in motion.

[Source: Nissan via YouTube]

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Video: BMW G450X plays chicken with a bobsled

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BMW G450X vs. bobsled

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Chicken – it may be the single most mindless game involving high-octane motor vehicles and low-IQ human beings. But the video you are about to see isn’t exactly a game of chicken in the classic sense. You see, one one hand there is a bobsled, which is indeed piloted by humans but is actually powered by gravity.

On the other end of the icy, winding chute is BMW-mounted stuntman Chris Pfeiffer, who’s riding one of the German marque’s G450X off-road motorcycles. At a predetermined point of the track, Pfeiffer and the bobsled team will cross paths, one going high and the other going low. Dangerous? You betcha.

But it’s also just about as cool as a staged game of chicken between a motorcycle and a bobsled can be. We suggest you see for yourself after the break. And don’t try this at home.

[Source: YouTube via Hell For Leather – sub. req.]

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Video: BMW G450X plays chicken with a bobsled originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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