We’ve seen plenty of car manufacturers trying and struggling to push their car faster from zero to hundred, and at the same time having better emissions and safety to meet stricter regulations, and also to improve their mileage. But today we’re not going to look at that. Instead we’re going to look at a more classical visual excitement from cars and stuntmen. Some call it performance driving, others call it sheer precision driving, and that is the very classic vertical loop (aka loop-de-loop or loop-the-loop).

There’s just something special about seeing a car go vertical, then upside-down and back all in one swift motion that makes the crowds go bonkers despite that only lasting less than 10 seconds. Maybe everyone is hoping that the car will instantly dropped down like a turtle when reaching the top. Shell, the international petroleum hunters, is doing the same stunt again over at AutoRAI 2011 in the Netherlands.