Everyman wrote..

Not so sure about that.  If you listen very closely there are some rather
erratic tyre squeels where there shouldn't be.  It all sounds rather cartoonish
at times.  I read somewhere (can't recall where) that the soundtrack was
damaged during the filming and was overdubbed later.

I wrote a reply to a similar post a while back, so I thought I'd repost.  

Claude Lelouch claimed (he was an owner of a fly yellow 275GTB/4) that the film
was shot off the nose of a four cam, but the people that were there aren't
talking so we'll never know.

Many people claim the film's sped up, but if you watch the birds and pace of
the flashing lights, you'll see that it's not overcranked.

As for how fast he really goes, I did the route in 1993 (at 4am behind the
wheel of Audi 80) and he's not going that fast, I didn't have the courage to
blow off the red lights like he did, but you can really go quicker in places if
you know what you're doing and where you're going.

The run from Porte Maillot Metro to the Arc just before the turn in takes him
40 seconds and it's only half a mile (45mph).

From the exit at Place De Gaulle down the Champs Elysees to the entry at Place
de la Concorde 66 seconds over 1.1miles (60 mph).

From the Concorde Exit down the Quai Des Tuileries to the Pont Du Carrousel he
goes his quickest covering .7miles in 38 seconds (67mph).  This is not
surprising as there's no risk of cross traffic until the bridge (Seine on the
right and the De Jardin Tuileries on the left).  

The rest of it isn't much more impressive (other than the garbage trucks and
the irrepressable white Mini!).  Actually his best driving is on the right/left
Rue Caulaincourt/Ave Junot section, but even there he's only going 35 mph on
average.

If any of you are interested in driving the route, here 'tis......

Off the motorway at Porte Maillot bear right
Join Avenue De La Grande Armee
Don't forget to turn before hitting the Arc and turn right in the traffic
circle
Rejoin Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Right at the Place De La Concord
Left Quai Des Tuileries
Left Port Du Carrousel (this was blocked off last time i was there) and past
the Louvre Pyramide
Out and on Rue de Rohan then quick left up the Avenue De L'Opera
Jink right around L'Opera on Rue Halevy through to Rue De La Chaussee and jink
right around Ste. Trinite on Rue Blanche
Quick right on Rue Pigalle.  
Left at Place Pigalle down De Clichy Blvd
Right Rue Caulaincourt, Hard right on Ave Junot becomes Rue Norvins, left past
Cimetire St. Pierre, right on Card Guibert (careful here, he's gone the wrong
way down a one way street, likely for dramatic effect) and right into the Place
du Parvis du Sacre Coeur.  

I was hoping a hot blonde would be there to meet me on the steps (but then
again Claude Lelouch's wife's a little long in the tooth now), but there was
just some bum sleeping next to the crepe stand to salute the end of my drive.

T308

(Who wonders why every time he comes back to this group there's always a
reference to this film.  The more things change the more they stay the same...)

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Yes, but I don't care anymore for this discussion, so I'm quitting here.