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Still waiting for the triumphant return of Craig's ultimate hero car - the Ford Mondeo!
Maybe we'll get it in 2031 for it's 25th!
To be serious for a second: To me, Aston Martin currently best manages to fill the gap between super-sportscar and random saloon car. Jaguar: The F-Type is indeed too small, and the XJ or XF too boring; McLaren and Esprit are for my taste all much to sporty, they don't look like they should be on a street but exlusively on a race track (maybe the Evora or a 570S could work, but to me they are too flashy); Land Rover is a whole different discussion, but I don't really see Bond in an SUV as his primary car; Mini, Rolls Royce and Vauxhall are out for obvious reasons (too small, too grand, too blegh); that leaves only Bentley and while I think there is something strange looking with the Continental GT, I don't think it is a bad car and also straddles the devide between boring and too racy quite well.
Some sort of really top end Range Rover seems possible at some point.
Bentleys should work but I just find them a bit nasty: too much horrible chrome and quilted leather and cut-glass wine decanter headlamps. They have a bit of a tasteless feel to them. I guess I'd get used to it though.
The funny thing is that Aston is still really the natural fit for him.
Goldfinger:
DP/216/1, BMT 216A
"Trick car"
DB5/1486/R, FMP 7B
"Beauty car"
Thunderball:
DP/216/1, BMT 216A
"Trick car"
DB5/1486/R, FMP 7B
"Beauty car"
GoldenEye:
2 cars acquired through Stratton Motor Company in 1995, in poor condition but prepped for film work.
1 "hero car", "JB Z6 007"
on loan from a private owner, "Casino Square" scene.
Sold somewhere after filming to Orlando Motor Museum, Florida
post-filming, both stunt cars were properly restored.
Stunt car 1 (GES1 for clarity)
sold to Cars Of The Stars Museum, then on to a private owner who showed it at the Bond In Motion exhibitions at Beaulieu and London. Sold in 2018 to the SPYSCAPE museum in New York.
Stunt car 2 (GES2 from now on)
Retained by EON post-filming.
Tomorrow Never Dies:
GES2
The World Is Not Enough:
GES2 (Deleted scene only)
Casino Royale:
2 left-hand-drive examples sourced through Aston Martin, 1 rare automatic.
Skyfall:
Green/tan example (SFG for short)
repainted/retrimmed immediately before filming
lock-up scenes
GES2
"Skyfall" arrival scenes
Both were used for the attack scenes.
Porsche 928 as DB5:
for the explosion shots.
Spectre:
"Restoration" scene
Car and parts on loan from Aston Martin Works.
GES2
"One Thing I Need" scene
No Time To Die:
SFG
GES2
Both used as "hero cars"
2 gadget car mockups
2 "pod cars"
4 "stunt cars", mady to look like DB5's with fibreglass bodies over BMW engine/chassis'.
gadget cars:
DP/216/1, BMT 216A
"Trick car"
DB5/1486/R, FMP 7B
"Beauty car", tricked out after filming for Thunderball wrapped.
DB5/2008/R
Never registered, JB 007 plate
DB5/2017/R
Never registered, JB 007 plate
When you say '2 gadget car mockups' for NTTD, those were BMW replicas too?
Oh man! I was just thinking how much I'd love to ask Will Lawrence a few questions.
£500,000-£700,000 for the V8:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6385184
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6385180
But even better: look what else was there! I very much needed my photo with it :D
I love the colour of the DBS.
On the subject of this thread I guess it's vaguely interesting to read about one of those (three) NTTD Aston V8s: according to the sales page it started out life as a red 1981 Aston V8, registration number CGT 955X :)
https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/auctions/you-must-be-joking-its-sean-connerys-actual-aston-martin-db5
Some highlights regarding the car, from the Sotheby's website:
Four real Aston Martins and seven prop fiberglass shells are understood to have been used in the filming of The Living Daylights. The car presently offered, internally known at EON Productions as Car Number 10, is one of those four road cars.
Completed by Aston Martin on 27 October 1973, according to the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificate on file, this car was dispatched to dealer Plough Motors, Ltd. on 31 August the following year. A right-hand drive UK-market car, it was finished in Tudor Green metallic and equipped with fuel injection and an automatic gearbox.
Once acquired by EON Productions in 1986, it was modified to appear as the newer model with updated rear bodywork in fiberglass, a carburetor-specification hood, updated wheels, and a new color combination. For continuity reasons, a simulated sunroof was added to the roof to match the other cars. The updated tail portion of the car included a simulated rocket booster, and removable skis were attached to the sills of the car. A roll cage was installed to ensure the safety of the crew during filming, along with thick steel skid plates underneath.
Destined to be driven downhill and into snowbank at the conclusion of the film’s thrilling chase scene, the engine and transmission were removed to lighten the car for the stunt. A faded shipping label still present on one of the car’s windows further confirmed that it was EON Productions’ Car Number 10.
When filming concluded, the car remained in movie used condition and was retained by EON Productions until 1995. As documented by a letter from October 1995 on file, it was sold along with the DB5 from Goldeneye to well-known James Bond collector Peter Nelson of Keswick, England. Nelson had a special relationship with EON Productions, regularly purchasing vehicles and memorabilia from the company once filming of each Bond movie was complete to display in his Cars of the Stars Motor Museum. Of the four movie-used V8 Saloons from The Living Daylights, EON Productions retained ownership of one and sold the other three to Nelson.
After nine years as part of his collection, Peter Nelson sold this Aston Martin V8 to an American enthusiast who kept it on static display in his collection until 2021. Nelson sold his entire collection a few years later to another American enthusiast, who still owns the other two Aston Martins from The Living Daylights; they remain in his museum collection.
The current owner of V8/10596/RCA wished to finally bring the car back to the road. A carbureted V540 V-8 (with Vantage-specification upgrades), along with a proper ZF five-speed manual, were sourced and finally reinstalled 35 years after the original items had been removed for the movie stunt. Underside corrosion was repaired as necessary, the front was repainted, and all mechanical systems serviced and overhauled. A removable center console with dummy switches for the gadgets and a self-destruct button was made by the former owner for display use, and this remains with the car. During the extensive recommissioning, the dummy rear rocket booster was also modified to shoot real flames so the next owner can properly live the James Bond experience. With easily installable skis from the Q Branch and the aforementioned rocket booster, The Living Daylights V8 is sure to be a showstopper anywhere it is seen.
With one of the four The Living Daylightsfilm cars retained by EON Productions, and two sequestered in a large private collection, this Aston Martin V8 presents an all-but-unrepeatable opportunity to acquire a genuine James Bond Aston Martin complete with Q gadgets. It would be the ideal car for its next owner to bring to The Ice St. Moritz, once again returning the car to the frozen environment for which it was built.
And they put a Vantage engine in it, that's superb.
Bidding starts at 3:22.30:
https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2001-aston-martin-v12-vanquish-rec13027-1-nec-1123?pn=2&el=21898&pp=100
(Yeah I'm not sure why the numberplate is different either!)
The design is flawless.