---
title: "Ford Uses the Mustang to Recreate a Classic Chase Through Paris in Virtual Reality"
description: "Hang off the front of a new Ford Mustang as it claims Paris as its own for a VR version of C'etait un Rendez-Vous."
date: "2017-02-21"
modified: "2017-02-21"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/7775/ford-uses-the-mustang-to-recreate-a-classic-chase-through-paris-in-virtual-reality"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Ford"
  - "movies"
  - "Mustang"
  - "paris"
  - "sports car"
---

# Ford Uses the Mustang to Recreate a Classic Chase Through Paris in Virtual Reality

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Could you think of anything more romantic than ripping across Paris in a loud red muscle car, in a race to meet up with your lover at the break of dawn? Probably not. And apparently, Ford feels the same way.

Ford is recreating [Claude Lelouch's classic short film *C’était un Rendez‑Vous*](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/704/claude-lelouch-father-of-fast-film>) using [a new Mustang](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7348/ford-shows-off-what-makes-the-2018-mustang-different>) and 360-degree virtual reality cameras to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary. In the new clip, you get a tour of Montmarte, the Arc de Triomphe, and Sacré Cœur Basilica as the sun comes up. Oh, and also a very close-up view of the front-end of a Mustang.

“I had goose bumps watching *C’etait un Rendez-Vous* forty years later in virtual reality," said Lelouch. "At the time, my movie was about the feeling of freedom and the pleasure driving generates. I knew that Ford would do more than just a tribute to the original in this new version. I am delighted to see the Mustang again and to close the loop 50 years after *A Man and a Woman*.”

Though it couldn't be seen in the original film, the car used for filming in the original's release was a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL. 40 years later, [the Mustang is now apparently the car of choice](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/6990/the-2018-ford-mustang-has-more-technology-more-gears-and-fewer-engines>) for a French rendezvous.

https://youtube.com/embed/BpKYid\_Gm5M

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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