It features Jean-Claude Van Damme performing a split on the wing mirrors between two backwards moving trucks set to the music "Only Time" by Enya.

[8] It was the sixth advert released in the series called Live Tests which Swedish advertising agency Forsman & Bodenfors had created for Volvo Trucks.

[4] The runway of the closed Ciudad Real International Airport in Spain was selected as the shooting location during the five-month planning period.

[12] Enya's music "Only Time" re-entered the Billboard Top 100 reaching number 43, thirteen years after the original release.

[14] In December 2014, the advert received six prizes including the Film Grand Prix at the Eurobest awards in Helsinki, Finland.

[15] An initial international follow-up market research survey by GfK found Epic Split to be the most attention grabbing of the six adverts in the Live Tests series, but less effective than the other five in causing immediate action of the viewer.

[1] Less than a week after Volvo released the advert, a face-swapped variant was distributed, with Van Damme replaced by then-Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford.

[18] In November 2013, during the filming of 22 Jump Street, a parody was created with actor Channing Tatum performing the splits between two food trolleys.

[12] In December 2013, a parody was created showing Chuck Norris as Walker, Texas Ranger, performing a similar manoeuvre between two aircraft to the opening lines of Hamlet.

[19] Five years later, the director of Epic Split, Nilsson, would go on to film a commercial for Toyota Tacoma pickups featuring the real Chuck Norris.