Volvo Trucks - The Epic Split feat. Van Damme
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2013
- Watch Jean-Claude Van Damme carry out his famous split between two reversing trucks. Never done before, JCVD says it's the most epic of splits -- what do you think? Please share & comment!
This live test was set up to demonstrate the precision and directional stability of Volvo Dynamic Steering -- a world-first technology that makes the Volvo FM easier to drive.
Filmed in Spain on a closed-off landing field at sunrise in one take.
Directed by Andreas Nilsson
Soundtrack by Enya: Only Time
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This commercial convinced me to buy a jean claude van damme.
😂🤣
Hahahaha
💐😍
XDD
Most underrated comment 👍
When the Ad is so good that people search for it.
Indeed I searched for it.
I get recommended few times and I never skip a chance to watch it
60M views in January 2020
105M in January 2021
Cool
@@hklegomaster january 2021 and its almost doubled :)
I almost forgot to watch this today
Volvo liked your comment 😮🎉
@@outros5062 they did 😏
Best comment 😂
What's the name of song😅
@@karmenderbeniwal8524 singer is Enya
It's been ten years since this ad was shot. Ten years from now, we will open and watch this ad again and we will still be amazed.
For sure. Once in a while, bc I like Enya I remember this and come back here. I make sure to space my visits, bc I never, ever want to tire of this.
Does not matter. 50 years will still be the same
still cool
This is absolutely, without question, the most brilliantly executed marketing i've ever seen for a product.
Definitely one of the best ads ever made. An ad so good, I come back and just to watch it again.
@Your channel Elon groupie, take a hike!
Spencer?! You are so good at skateboarding and you are so creative, I love watching your vids!
Volvo makes really good marketing videos overall
@Your channel Not as an advertising for the product reliability or quality per say. But as a standalone marketing campaign it was very good!
It’s now 2020 and this is still the best commercial ever made
Movie Scenes nice copying from the top comment
@@kamyarzojaji3526 Exactly
Kamyar Zojaji he’s coping because of likes
See my comment
Legendaire JCVD
Stop Asking Who’s Still Watching!
We Never Stop Watching To This MASTERPIECE!!-
This commercial is like an anxiety relief, a nostalgia trip and an inspiration all in one.
Legend has it Van Damme was pushing those trucks apart with his legs.
Big deal. Chuck Norris was driving both trucks.
Im just freaken impressed that Jean Claude Van Damme can even do that.
philjohnson725 HAHAHAHAH love it!!!! Probably
Kaeaja Chuck can almost do it cannot go all the way down
Which legend? There is no such stupid legend.
If ads were like this, there's no need for a skip button.
yep
Probably wouldn’t know it was legendary because I would have pushed the skip button after 5seconds.
Right? Instead you get badgered with shit u don't care about
Until it starts to pop up every 15 minutes.
Exactly
After 11 years, it's still, in my opinion, the best commercial ad.
Well done ! 🎬
This video is randomly getting recommended to me after 11 years...
Hell yeah....
@@noobike7996I love that Volvo liked my comment.
It is such a celebration of JCVD, I come back once a year to see it... then I look for the all the meme versions for a laugh!!!
Sorte a sua eu tive a procurar, essa obra de arte
@@mtlil9313e eu aqui tbm tinha pesquisado kkkkk
This was the last time Epic was used correctly on the Internet.
This better get mad likes..
😂true
I like saffron tea and saffron cake
@@heyoilikecoffeebeans1161...
I thought you like coffee beans.
@@saffronblaze7763 I can like multiple things
This commercial is still legendary, even after 8 years
Lets be honest. Enya is Timeless.
And the trucks still look modern
they got the best commercials short but sweet not woke and no agenda to push propaganda down your throat companies should take note.
Jean Claude is gay
@@DISTER141 so is your mother !
This ad lives in my mind rent free.
The music, the narration, the setting, the stunt, the filming, the trust. One of the best ads I’ve ever scene. Surely Volvo feels they hit a home run with this ad. Would’ve been a great Super Bowl commercial.
If youtube would show me this ad, I would watch the ad and skip the video ...
That cracked me up thanks mate XD
😆😆😆😆😆😆
Sure thing 🤣👍🏻
Made my day 😂😂😂👍👍👍
Lol
The trucks are not steering, they're pushed aside by Van Damme.
That comment just made my day :)
Hi
Hahaha you made my day too
😂😂
The trucks are also not accelerating, they are put in neutral on a downwards slope carried down only by the weight of his massive balls of steel.
The year is 2024 and this is still the most striking announcement. It's part of my life. Exciting. 2013 - 2024 😍
Here Jan 19 2024. Can and will never stop watching this. Never!
This isn't a commercial. This is pure art.
Facts
Van Damme is far my forever best hero ever. I'm 40. And since I was 10 nobody has ever beaten him 😍
😂😂😂may b.
@Super Hot Fire He falls.
Agree!
And everytime I'm sad or lose confidence in Humankind, I watch it and hope rises again! :)
6 years later, still the best comercial ever
Do you say me the name of the song ? Please
@@MaxKhonsu Enya-Only Time
@@wrednax8594 Thanks amigo 😎👍
Ok
💖💯
I've seen this years ago, and I'm still convinced that this is the greatest commercial of all time.
-Direct demonstration of technology (i.e. steering precision)
-Talented person
-Beautiful, simple setting.
-Excellent music
-Not overtly (visually) complicated/edited. It's just a guy, a road, trucks and white Helvetica font.
The simplicity, beauty, but amazing execution of the commercial is what makes it so great
Jean-Claude Van Damme is so talented he can do the epic split, while speaking to us, without moving a muscle. Just pure talent.
Just try to imagine being the person who pitched this idea. Imagine the power of persuasion involved here.
Guys, just hear me out here, what if we had Jean Claude Van Damme in the middle of two trucks doing a split???
@@hafa8635 guy 1: thats stupid
Guy2: wait wait wait, hes got a point. Just think about it.
Guy 1: holy shit, set this up right now.
Lol so true!! Im dying here 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
JeanClaudeVanDamme💪👊👍
And money, bunch of money. Like a lot of money from it.
van damme is a legend!
A shame he can’t act if his life depended on it.
@@jhegre That's part of the charm about him and his movies.
kkkk
All here know that. Lol
Legend dancer
2023 and I just searched for it
The best add in the history
The set was fantastic from start Tu finish
Thank you, Volvo for choosing the chosen one ❤
Эту рекламу уже никто и никогда не переиграет!!!! 🔥
9 years passed, and i'm still coming back watching this.
Jean Claude is gay
@@DISTER141 I'm not sure about this, but if he is, so?
@@DISTER141 Irrelevant, once you do that split get back to us
Is it 9yrs already!? Wow...
Bende öyle 😊
The only advertisement that I would not skipp...
You shouldn't skip ANY advert... that's how big companies survive in these difficult times...
@@Gerald0613 idgaf about BIG companies
@@Gerald0613 If times are difficult for big companies - what are they for individuals?
you guys can only think about yourselves smh
I got fool the first time, the second time I've noticed the obvious signs. There is no wind hitting his hair or clothes.
Answer: CGI
An ad so good that 10 years is not enough to get over it. Volvo and JCVD definitely did a thing with this one.
C’est la meilleure pub de l’histoire ,aucun débat possible ,ont évoque souvent les grands films et séries mais faut les pubs c’est aussi de l’art et avec cette pub le mot prends tout son sens ,de A à Z c’est du génie ,respect au réalisateur ,aux 2 camionneurs et bien sûr au grand JCVD 🙏🏼
It’s now 2021 and this is still the best commercial ever made
Lotta good ads out there! This one is in my top ten for sure!
Mercedes Benz with the weeknd? I mean blinding lights was written for the commercial
My Mind is Blown.... 🔥
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Totally agree...watching it first tome today
If every ad was like this I wouldn't skip them.
Almost all are. But you don't give a damn to watch them for even first time
if every ad was like this, it would be bored man..
@@_duh_factor of course not. The most awkward ads I see on CZcams are tiktok ads, which are made for dumb teens, and that wish.com ad with the girl doing gymnastics with absolutely no reason and no message unless "hey you see this is a nice girl, so come buy things on our website"
@@_duh_factor No the hell they are not. Boy bye 🙄
@@_duh_factor czcams.com/video/Pr8_SbSDibU/video.html What was that you were saying?
A good ad doesn't tell you "we are the best" and force all the statistics they have in your face, they just present their product in the best possible manner they can, and if it speaks to you, you become a loyal Customer. This my friends is that type of presentation!
Volvo, keepin it 💯
Many ads I have already seen but this is still the perfect one!
Let's all take a moment and appreciate the skill of the drivers.
Dynamic steering bro
Hahaha
Skill of electronics. Drivers are just there to look pretty
It's the dynamic steering not the drivers cuzzo 😂🤣
You’re joking right?
Volvo found out after shooting this that " the dynamic steering" mode was in fact turned off. Lucky JCVD was able to control the trucks steering with his legs. :) love this ad!!
HAHA!!
lol
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Best commercial and its production I have seen in my 50 years.
Almost ten year passed but this ad is still the best I have ever seen. Well done Volvo!
10 years later, this video still gives me goosebumps
Enya does that.
10 years? Wow. I was thinking that it was a recent video and that it's so sad that Van Damme has gotten older.
deliver the message with no weird music or cgi. simple , efficent and epic.
Me too😂
It's been 10 years? :O Oh, my God, time flies move freely than JCVD's legs go.
7 years on and it’s still the most epic of splits.
I don't know, Chuck Norris does a pretty epic split on wing tips. 😉
Rob Van Dam's dumbell lift while split between two chairs is pretty dope also
@Yepac Man Yes, it is 100% CGI and entirely meant as a joke.
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@@Biggie2829 you really brought up a split done between 2 chairs when this man really did a split between 2 big ass trucks while they’re being driven. That’s like seeing someone do a backflip off of a 100 ft tall cliff and then mentioning how someone else did a cool backflip into a swimming pool.
I came back to re-experience this masterpiece! Its officially in legendary status!
Here May 2024 still watching Volvo Ad , with the voice of the legend actor Van damme, and Enia
I just watched it again today Mon 10 June while I'm about to the Darkness of Man
Ei gatão eu aqui também 😂😂
do you know name of this song from Enya?
@@jedilady4485 only time
Still the best commercial...10 years later. Well done...
Just watched Blood sport, if you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it.
Indeed
By far the best commercial ever made❤
Amazing! I've lost count of how many times I have seen this. Before the Volvo one, this here was my favorite commercial: czcams.com/video/gSmLwYV6K5M/video.html
It's still the best.
No commercial will ever beat this masterpiece.
czcams.com/video/fbL9QdWWJzo/video.html hahahahah
hmm...there's also an incredible commercial with Emirates . 👍
@@dv5625 crap…
@@dv5625 k
Here you have old van damme and split on truck soo noo f way to beat this comercial!!! Haters gone hate ;) fuck that!
Listening to Enya always brings me back to this ad. A perfectly crafted moment in history. This is the bar for any ad for me.
Jean-Claude Van Volvoberg = Power and Precision united as one!
nostalgia hit hard with this one
I come here and just see the milk gang dude, sadly I'm the orange juice gang tho.
Takes me back to the 90s in Germany
Same here!
'_'
Same here
Disclaimer: No Volvos were hurt in the making of this Van Damme commercial.
Disclaimer: No boings Airplane, Crewmans, passangers and paratroopers where hurt in the making of Chuck Norris's Commercial.
Excellent...
I gave you 1000th like
Not really a bad one
@@armanreyaz170 Thanks bro. Appreciate it.
I saw this pop up in my CZcams feed, realized I had seen it before, and watched it all over again. 100% worth my 1 minute and 16 seconds.
I remember this one back in the day, such a perfect ad to showcase how precise and smooth Volvo trucks can be.
Absolutely brilliant.
A rare comment from me to explain why this stunt is actually 100% real and give people a better appreciation of this video.
Rewatch this a few times after you read my post.
1) The trucks are driven in reverse for two reasons. People who've driven anything with a trailer know how difficult it is to keep it completely steady in reverse. The secondary reason is there's less possibility of JCVD being run over, if he were to have fallen off.
2) The trucks are _NOT_ identical. The truck on the left of the video is 3 axled and the truck on the right is 5 axled. What this means is the truck on the left is a box truck, while the truck on the right is a truck + trailer. This is important as it explains why the truck on the left is the one that moves. If you turn while reversing a trailer, the trailer WILL turn in the opposite direction. This means if the truck on the right had done the spreading, the trailer would have moved closer to the other truck and made the stunt impossible. If you want to try this in real life...push and pull a kids wagon or a pallet jack while turning. You'll understand why this is so significant.
3) There are 4 people you can see in the trucks. Two of them are watching the solid lines to understand spacing. The other two are observing the dotted lines...notice the right truck occasionally has a white spot show up near the right side of the right truck. The dotted lines and spots are used by the other two people to gauge their timing/speed.
This is an absolutely amazing and creative stunt. Hats off to whoever designed the stunt in it's entirety; they really thought it out.
It's incredible.i still remember my amazement the first time I saw this,as he was lowering into the split.I will never forget that.
It is transcential art expressed through the intelligence that designed and engineered the technology, jcvd's talent,skill and strength, and enya's beautiful music.
My interpretation is ; THIS represents and encompasses the things we(our civilization ,in the new millennium)value, and strive for; beauty,knowledge,innovation,determination, love, PEACE.
That the majority of humans are not narcissistic, greedy, cruel, war mongerers portrayed by the mainstream media.
The other way you can tell this stunt is absolutely real...
Because Jean Claude says its real.
u r stupid lol
I think u d one designed this
Worth my time reading this comment
Best ad ever, 1000% sure
I wish my life was as stable as those Volvo trucks.
Be good, be safe
And die in 15 years? No thanks
That will be too boring my friend ;)
HAHAHAHAHA indeed!!!
To have your life stable, you do not mind the instability of the life. There is rain? Use umbrella. Do not stop facing problems.
Van Damme doing the splits between two massive trucks driving backwards into the sunset in sync with Enya pretty much defines the entire internet.
This is what humanity needs for a brighter future.
Well said
This is art...🎨🎭🌄
No se Rik me parece falso
@@JoseGonzalez-qb9lehijo, hay un vídeo del making off de este video en CZcams, no es tan difícil.
2024 and I still think its the best ad ever
Wow, it's been 10 years since this masterpiece, the only ad I wouldn't skip if it appeared to me on CZcams.
My love for Volvo started from my childhood and didn't end until I own one of VOLVO❤🔥
This will go down in history as one of the Best commercials ever.
Agreed!
indeed
It's all ready.. over 100M views for a commercial..
The trucks
Van Damme’s voice
Van Damme’s legs
Enya’s voice
The music
The sun
And even the words
Perfection.
Don't forget background setting
Yes absolutely so beautiful
It's magic... Truly. Van damme is one of my fav people ever and that song my god... Chills everytime. Combine those with what he does pure magic.
Your forgot to mention the colour of the trucks
Yes to all those, ☝🏼and I’m still enjoying it every time I come back
Came back to watch this masterpiece 10 years later and it's still the best commercial of all time.
Always brings a tear of joy to my eyes. The dialogue, the music, the epic scene/split and then the information you need. Perfection. Pure perfection.
Have you ever seen a advertisement with 100 million views where people come back to see it again
No you haven't
Thanks volvo
Greatest commerical in the history of mankind
Thanks! :-)
It’s actually 98 million views but it’s nearly at 100 million.
Maaan Volvo is real chill! Why hasn't anyone noticed that they've replied lol?
BTW, my Volvo S60 is still the greatest car I've ever owned (and still own)
@@volvotrucks now give that boy a car 😂
@@mehmetayhan7367 I'll send you a piece of it if they manage to give me one😅
One of the greatest ads of all time. I still keep coming back to watch it eight years later. Well done Volvo 👏 👏 👏
Agree!
And everytime I'm sad or lose confidence in Humankind, I watch it and hope rises again! :)
Me too!
Same here 😅😅
Wow cool that you like it so much
İs this real
10 years ago i was 14🥹…there will never be be such a epic ad..the music the sky the voice…
Thumbs up if you agree that this is the best ad.... ever!!
Mind-blowing, one of the best commercials ever made!
Jean Claude is gay
@@DISTER141 and you are yourself gay if you think this
@@DISTER141, who cares?
I just said that to my daughter!
Computer based commercials are mind blowing?
Imagine if CZcams ads are like this? I will never click skip ad.
Takumi 🔥
I remember this was a youtube ad
Veynnn TIK TOK TIK TOK TIK TOK
Hhh
just download ad block you dumb
absolute greatest and coolest commercial ever made
The moment when an ad makes you go back to look at it, not just skip it, is priceless. For everything else, Mastercard! (and its 2024!)
It's almost been 10 years since this commercial came out.
During that time NOT A SINGLE commercial has managed to top this.
Absolutely perfect. This is how you market your products.
The jack links commercial with the Sasquatch growing out of the guy’s back in a nasty public restroom and unleashing a powerful stream of piss, destroying the urinal across the room is up there
ikea lamp commercial is good too.
Chuck will not tolerate disrespect!
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I can't believe it was 10 years ago wtf
Yes, not a single one anywhere in the world because you've seen them all
Ah, the good old days!
:-)
I feel ya, mate.
Truly, I remember showing this to my brother at Thanksgiving with my family in 2013. I’d love to be there again...
This was before marketing got taken over by SJWs and crazy feminists. This was back when companies actually wanted you to buy their products.
@@billywashere6965 yeah when advertising was still somewhat creative, now its just "PEPSI STANDS WITH YOU IN FIGHTING "INJUSTICE" WHILE UR PROTESTING DRINK PEPSI HEHE" 🤦♂️
The drivers are amazing too! Masters in their craft.
Still awesome 5 years later
still awesome 5 days later))
its a reverse
This one's gonna be awesome like forever!
@Tokyo Drift
how can you be so sure??? only if you were driving the trucks... the illusion is complete and it was all done backwards and they were driving ahead.. much easier... much less risk
And still fake.
Possibly the greatest commercial ever made.
Jean Claude is gay
Who's Jean Claude?
@@DISTER141 yeah, that's just your wishful thinking
Video never dies❤
Don't care how they did it...THE most badass commercial ever!!
Even the sun refuse to go down to see this masterpiece.
It was actually filmed at dawn.
@@she-hulkSMASHES Jean Claude is gay
@@DISTER141 fuck off with the homophobia, troll.
@@DISTER141 why u keeping spamming this shit?
@@charlie_orion Jean Claude is gay
I think this is actually the best commercial I've seen in my life and, quite probably, the best commercial ever. Whoever came up with this idea should get an award or something. Jesus!
if you love this one, you will like this one too:
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They won many awards
Most they scholar that the justice swindle 7800 salary not pay the shame with randstat one my steal volvo randstat France like not Arabic
Viktor Medina
Ok
i like his coors beer adverts
Best CZcams video of all time
Legendary. Iconic. Best commercial I've ever seen.
Indeed 👌
Jean Claude is gay
@@DISTER141 Pretty sure he's married to a woman
@@DISTER141 U are gay
@@DISTER141 No he's normal
“I’ve had my ups and downs. My fair share of bumpy roads and heavy winds. That’s what made me what I am today.”
I felt that
This jlhits different now
We were happy back then... we just didn't know it.
Fuck you
Rehim Humbetov Whats yo frustration my guy
@@rehimhumbetov9227 I see you're in your up and downs.
10 years later it’s still a hit!
still the best ad ever made and it's 2023.
2024 ❤
Dont be fooled, this is not the precision of Volvo Dynamic Steering. But simply Van Damme's legs, keeping the trucks in line.
:D
Filmed in Spain on a closed-off landing field at sunrise in ONE take.
@Lethargica it's not, the trucks are going backwards. Watch the bts
WOW
If there will be a second take we don't see van Damme in the ad he would be in hospital.
@Lethargica They are going backwards so if he falls off he doesn't get run over by the trucks.
@Lethargica watch the bts
What makes it much, much crazier and even more impressive is that JCVD does this with a MoM hip resurfacing prosthesis that was fitted 1 year earlier in Ghent (which to my knowledge is not mentioned here). In preparation for my own identical resurfacing surgery by the same surgeon, I've been watching the video more often for a great relief. Thank you!
How did your surgery go?
After 10 *TEN* years, Van Damme it's still crafted to perfection.
Jean claude van damme doing the splits on two volvo trucks going in reverse to enya is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I wonder if they have a cruise control in reverse or were the professional drivers THAT professional not to fluctuate speed for jean claude.
@@robosing225 maybe it was not made in reverse...
@@LoSpotItaliano that is what I'm thinking. He started from the splits position and transitioned to upright - but the footage is played in reverse.
I agree.. Plus the sunset at the background
@@TheAjitto87 it's sunrise not sunset (it was filmed someplace in Spain, early in the morning). And it's real, the trucks are going reserve.
Imagine the look on everyone elses face when some marketing guy came up with this idea. "OK so look, we're gonna have two trucks side by side. Then we get Jean-Claude Vandamme standing with one foot on each sidemirror and then the trucks part slightly and he does a split between them".
Lol! I bet they all laughed at that guy and still took his idea.
Lol
AND the Trucks are goin backwards!!
One word : drug
And then drive them BACKWARDS.
the person who thought of this idea for their ad deserves a raise. Maybe even a bump to cfo. Can't be topped.
This is best commercial i have seen in my lifetime.
Who ever thought hey lets get Jean-Claude Van Damme to do the splits between two trucks for a comercial deserves a raise.
Phenomenal concept for sure! :-)
And the guy who choosed the soundtrack, daaamn this must be the best advertising agency in the whole world!
Paula Allen
Ok
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No. Not really. Is that you the person who make this happen?
A friend of mine worked on the production crew for this commercial and was told that Van Damme did this in ONE rolling take. The set up took forever as one can imagine, but all in one shot on the first try?! Van Damme's a freaking boss.
H.J. S K
Good
im here at 119 m views will edit at 120m views. Congrats volvo on making a commercial I willingly watch
Its so good its like an orchestra on its peak of majesture. The music fits so well to the whole mood of this videobthat it almost brings me to tears everytime I watch it. A masterpiece.
The person who runs the marketing department of Volvo is a genius
Such an under rated comment. You right about the hard work behind video as well
I don't need a truck, but they have a bunch of awesome videos!
They probably have an agency
@@overallchampion539 volvo is underrated
Please tell me name of this song..
The epic split, the sunset, the perfect truck alignment, the narration, the soundtrack, the clear sky, the shooting angle changing to enhance the sunset.. So many factors that combine together making this a masterpiece! Still SO satisfactory to watch, even 9 years later!
Absolutely!!! 👍👍👍
It is epic because of all the things you state. I haven't seen it in years, but it still generates the same strong emotional response as it did years ago.
Trucks are also driving in reverse
I'm sure you're forgetting something. Lol
Ended a bit abruptly though.
omg i cannot beleive this was already 10 years ago O_O how and where did time go? this is truly still one of the best ads ever made! so simple so clean so elegant and just pure amazing!
I watch this every year.