Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz gullwing spoof video

Opinion was divided about the authenticity of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing’s alleged 380-degree tunnel-flip video that went viral in 2010. But we’re pretty sure about this one, performed by the ... err, Fahrradi Farfalla FFX.

The creators of the Fahrradi Farfalla FFX, MT Racing, are clearly but affectionately taking a swipe at both the Mercedes-Benz tunnel flip and everything Ferrari has ever done.

It’s not just how accurately they’ve channelled Ferrari design for their ‘car’ – which is really a four-wheel bicycle under that beautiful body. It’s the precision with which they spoof the overblown spin and manufactured gravitas of most supercar marketing porn.

Some people will remember their Ferdinand GT3 RS – the tape-bodied pedal-powered construction MT Racing billed as the world’s slowest Porsche. And the Fahrradi (from the German word for bicycle) takes that several steps further, adding in a Burt Reynolds daredevil driver for the tunnel stunt, to a soundtrack of somebody making V12 vroom-vroom noises.

The Fahrradi Farfalla FFX – created by Austrian artist Johannes Langeder -- is being exhibited at the Lentos Gallery in Linz, Austria. A somewhat convoluted artists’ statement on the car describes it as “a kind of clairvoyant anticipation of a vehicle that is not yet even on the market”. Not so far removed from most motor show concepts, then.