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Poll: James Bond Cars
Published 08/09/2007 @ 20:47:21, By MBSL65fan
I know it may not have all of them but these are the ones I remember. This topic could be discussed about all 007 vehicles.
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Published 08/09/2007 @ 21:26:13, By antp
The Lotus Esprit Turbo Too bad that it was not much used
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Published 09/09/2007 @ 00:58:20, By Neptune
I absolutely adored the BMW 750iL used in (TND)
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Published 09/09/2007 @ 08:08:56, By ford_guy
C'mon, you can't go wrong with the definitive Bond car! The Aston Martin DB5 from Goldeneye (one of the best Bond films, in my opinion). I also agree with Neptune's choice, that was a nice car.
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Published 09/09/2007 @ 13:20:54, By G-MANN
Come on, this is a complete no-brainer, the DB5, of course!
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Published 09/09/2007 @ 14:44:51, By antp
I agree that Aston Martin fits better to James Bond image, but Lotus being an UK car works as well IMHO. But the BMW is not really the same thing, even if the 750iL was quite nice.
Poll: James Bond Cars
Published 09/09/2007 @ 20:57:33, By Leoz
The Aston From Goldfinger!
But You Should Have Added The Mustang mach 1 From Diamonds are Forever Dude!
But You Should Have Added The Mustang mach 1 From Diamonds are Forever Dude!
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Published 09/09/2007 @ 22:17:25, By MBSL65fan
But You Should Have Added The Mustang mach 1 From Diamonds are Forever Dude!
Sorry. Like I said, the ones that I can remember.
Poll: James Bond Cars
Published 09/09/2007 @ 22:27:41, By MBSL65fan
Well, I just felt that I had to vote for the Casino Royale DBS. I actually have the 1:18 scale model from Joy Ride. I also have the Vanquish, Zao's Jaguar XKR, The DB5, and the Autoart BMW Z8. Also have a small 750il because I can't find a 1:18 of it. Anyone know of one?
Poll: James Bond Cars
Published 10/09/2007 @ 17:14:21, By Leoz
The DBS got Totalled too! but I suppose it must have been a mock-up for the film, not the real thing. You Can't throw cars away like that!
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Published 10/09/2007 @ 19:18:53, By G-MANN
Apart from the legendary DB5, other Bond cars I liked were the Esprit, the Vanquish and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage that Timothy Dalton drove in The Living Daylights, I'm suprised that hasn't been mentioned here. The Toyota 2000 GT in You Only Live Twice wasn't really James Bond's car, it was driven by Aki (the main Bond girl in that film), unlike the rest of these cars which were given to Bond by Q Branch. I also liked the BMW 750iL used in Tomorrow Never Dies, even it isn't as much of a classic as the Astons and the Esprits, it's still a nice car (I'd rather have one of them than the ugly 7-Series that is made today) and it featured in a great car chase. The BMW Z3 was the lamest Bond car (unless you want to include stuff like the Citroen 2CV in For Your Eyes Only and the Renault 11 Taxi in A View to a Kill), not only did it have a puny 4-cylinder 1.8 litre engine but the car saw no real action in the film, it was only driven in one scene, down a dirt track in the Caribbean then Bond gives it away to CIA agent Jack Wade in exchange for a small plane.
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Poll: James Bond Cars
Published 11/09/2007 @ 14:01:20, By antp
The DBS got Totalled too! but I suppose it must have been a mock-up for the film, not the real thing. You Can't throw cars away like that!
I doubt that it was a fake one. Maybe not a completely finished one, but it was at least working as a car since they broke a record for that stunt if I remember well.
Also note that even for non-crash scenes they damage cars: I have read that one (or some?) db5 were damaged in the chase scene between the db5 and a Ferrari in one of the JB movies of the 90s, I do not remember which one.
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Published 12/09/2007 @ 00:05:04, By MBSL65fan
Also I'm trying to remember, did a real Z8 actually get split by a helicopter in The World Is Not Enough?
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Published 12/09/2007 @ 01:33:12, By ford_guy
I doubt that it was a fake one. Maybe not a completely finished one, but it was at least working as a car since they broke a record for that stunt if I remember well.
Also note that even for non-crash scenes they damage cars: I have read that one (or some?) db5 were damaged in the chase scene between the db5 and a Ferrari in one of the JB movies of the 90s, I do not remember which one.
Goldeneye (1995)
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Published 12/09/2007 @ 17:05:50, By antp
Also I'm trying to remember, did a real Z8 actually get split by a helicopter in The World Is Not Enough?
From what I remember:
There were no real Z8 at that time. The car was not ready yet.
So BMW provided a preproduction model for the movie. This probably explains why the car is really not much used, especially not in a chase.
BMW was not very happy about what happened to the car
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Published 14/09/2007 @ 04:11:37, By MBSL65fan
So why did BMW give the car to them in the first place?
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Published 14/09/2007 @ 13:01:02, By G-MANN
Two words: Product Placement.
With the Z8, I imagine for the sawing-in-half bit they built a complete replica out of fibreglass or something that would split down the middle. In real life I don't think any kind of saw would slice through a car that easily.
Maybe BMW just didn't like the fact that their car (even if it wasn't a real one that was destroyed) was disposed of so quickly and randomly.
With the Z8, I imagine for the sawing-in-half bit they built a complete replica out of fibreglass or something that would split down the middle. In real life I don't think any kind of saw would slice through a car that easily.
Maybe BMW just didn't like the fact that their car (even if it wasn't a real one that was destroyed) was disposed of so quickly and randomly.