Any real gearhead, auto/speed junkie will tell you that is you want pucker the "ass dyno" you look no further than the 1976 film C'était un rendez-vous. This cinéma-vérité classic shows a stabilised camera mounted on the bumper of a Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9

C'était un rendez-vous ("It was a date") is a short film (under 10 minutes) made in 1976 by Claude Lelouch, showing a high speed drive through Paris. ~ Wikipedia

Others that have taken a page from this classic include The Ghostrider and even Jay Leno!