Watch a Ferrari F430 Make Music in the Mountains

Detour Life

Oct 8

YouTuber gtoscud is living his best life. Wearing driving gloves to match his yellow Ferrari F430 Scuderia, he’s taken a trip up one of Detour’s favourite Swiss mountain passes and brought back a film highlighting not just the epic scenes, but the incredible sounds of his car.

It’s equipped with a Kline Iconel exhaust system that amplifies the already awesome aural thrills of the Ferrari’s V8 engine, and each gearshift is snatched with a flick of the wrist so flamboyant he could almost be the conductor of an orchestra. Which in a way he is.

Enjoy the five minutes of alpine entertainment as he climbs the Furka Pass and then why not discover the Swiss mountain passes you can drive all year round and compose your own tune?

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Bond fans will recognise this from the movie Goldfinger, where 007 runs Tilly Masterson off the road.

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Watch a Ferrari F430 Make Music in the Mountains

YouTuber gtoscud is living his best life. Wearing driving gloves to match his yellow Ferrari F430 Scuderia, he’s taken a trip up one of Detour’s favourite Swiss mountain passes and brought back a film highlighting not just the epic scenes, but the incredible sounds of his car.

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