Shell's Ferrari ad fuels passion

While we have no love for evil oil companies, we do have to say that Shell has got the best TV commercials.

The latest offering comes in the form of a classic 1952 Ferrari 500, which is seen racing through empty streets around the Coliseum in the centre of Rome, New York's Times Square, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro and, of course, Monte Carlo.

And the Hong Kong footage is absolutely cool, with the Ferrari speeding through an empty Eastern Corridor, the Eastern Harbour Tunnel, Tsim Sha Tsui and then exits to Rio de Janeiro.

How they made the shots through empty streets in busy Hong Kong, though, has to remain one of life's great mysteries.