A sporty hatchback crashing through 2738 water balloons? Thankfully you don’t have to grow out your fingernails to secure a Guinness World Record these days. All you need is a healthy marketing budget and a clever PR stunt.
That’s exactly how Alfa Romeo managed to secure the “most amount of water balloons burst by a car” world record which I’m pretty sure didn’t actually exist prior to this stunt. I’m inclined to be morally outraged at Guinness’ choice to sell out to ad agencies and marketing departments in recent years, but watching slow-motion Epic Red footage of an Alfa MiTo Quadrifoglio Verde sliding through thousands of water balloons is enough to satiate my discontent. [YouTube via Autoblog]
Chris
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 9:43 AMMost amount of water balloons burst by a car. What a ridiculous stunt – not that there aren’t other ridiculous stunts out there… But still!
A 10 year old with enough volunteers could beat this one.
JonBOY
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:06 AM…meh.
Sean
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 12:06 PM+1
Josh
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 11:35 AMReminds me of Angry Boys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6oOxnT53Rg#t=01m08s
Kent
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 5:48 PMThis is actually remarkable driving considering this is a FWD car.