Jaguar Attempts an Insane High-Wire Crossing of the River Thames

Precarious stunt with lightweight XF sedan

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Did Jaguar's high-wire stunt above the River Thames in London make a big splash? You'll have to watch and find out.

Suspended about 60 feet above the murky depths at Canary Wharf, Jim Dowdall, a veteran Hollywood stunt coordinator, attempted to drive the new Jag XF sedan roughly 787 feet across a pair of tiny carbon-fiber cables, each about the width of a human thumb.

The car was fitted with specially grooved wheels and a safety "keel" on its undercarriage for Tuesday's crossing, which was, naturally, broadcast live online.

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