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I agree with you a nice sporty & exotic cars Well it great to give Jaguar a turn. But nothing said yet. It driving me insane what he issued car be?
If you look at many of the premier cars from car manufacturers, you'll see that almost every nation has its own design philosophy. Italian car manufacturers, like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Pagini, have this flamboyance about them, with fantastic design shapes. American car manufacturers go in for engine sounds and raw power. And British car manufacturers have more of a subtle dignity to them. They're beautiful cars, but they don't draw attention to themselves. The Fisker Karma has this brash, eye-catching design - if Bond were using it to follow a suspect, it would stand out almost straight away simply because it is so distinctive.
I wouldn't mind if EON signed with Volkswagen Corp. Bond could drive a Continental, and it would be a good chance to get some Audi S7 cameos. Maybe a MkI GTi cameo, similar to what the old Beetle did in QoS.
-upwards frontwheeling..?!..BondCar..?
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It's also known as the Toyota 86:
And the Scion FRS:
The only real difference between them is the styling - under the skin, the whole thing is a joint Toyota-Subaru project (Scion is Toyota's American arm).
There's a scene in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL where Tom Cruise jumps into a nearby car for a chase in Dubai. And while there are no lingering shots of the car's badge, it is, in retrospect, really obvious product placement - the Cruiser always gets into BMWs; the one in Dubai is just the first time he does it.
So I think that if ever Bond were to be in a position where he needed to jump straight into a car, I think a BRZ/86/FRS would be a good choice. The cars look phenomenal, but they're only about a third of the price of an Aston Martin.
Q: Here's your car Bond, it's a Toyota.
Besides, the GT86 is being homologated for GT racing, so it's not your ordinary Camry or Corolla.
*Carte Blanche Spoilers*
Bond jumps into a VW Jetta decked out as a police car, and it makes a pretty interesting sequence. I'd love to see Bond in a Jetta, only because I own one, but I like the idea of (if not being in his own car) being in an enforcement vehicle.
If Bond is in need of a car, he's going to take the first thing on offer. Especially if a moment's hesitation over the car he uses means the bad guys get away.
Yes, Bond has commandeered old trucks (FRWL, QoS), old vans (TSWLM), a double decker bus (LALD), a Citroen (FYEO) and other vehicles when needed. It does not always need to be a flashy car if it is something he picks up during a chase.
It´s fun to see Bond commandeer old cars and try to push the hell out of them because they´re in the other end of the spectrum. You don´t think Bond would pick the sporty car over a citroen 2cv if he could? Just look at octopussy, that alfa wasn´t too shabby was it?
I just think vws, the BR7, the 86 and the scion aren´t exotic, nor fun, but that´s a personal opinion. Bond driving an iQ or a mito, now that would be fun. Imagine him commandeering a toyota iQ, or a cygnet for that matter, and pushing it to max, trying to outsmart a, say, jaguar.
I´m not saying Bond shouldn´t commandeer (lol, like that word a lot) any car that shows up in a street, but hey...It´s a freakin Bond movie, it has to be fun and exotic. If I want to see a spy drive an audi, I´ll wait for the next Bourne flick. I had enough with those bmws in the nineties.
Just look at QOS, they didn´t have toyotas pursuing the DBS, they had Alfas 159. I know they were in italy, but anyway, that was a classy choice.
Make it fun and/or exotic, that´s what I´m saying. Toyota iQ=fun; Toyota 86=WTF?! leave it to the next Fast and the Ugly or furious or whatever.
Just saying ;) Cheers
Oh, btw, off topic but hey, I thought I´d ask: What are your favourite scuderias Shadow? Out of curiosity and because I know you like motorsports.
He should jump into a Blower Bentley ;)