James Bond Gets Another New Car

Janus · March 7th, 2006, 9:21 AM

Some new Bond (and car related) news for you all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Horizons

Ford have paid a reported 14 million pounds, seven times star Daniel Craig's salary, to get their car used by James Bond in the new 007 film "Casino Royale" reports Ananova.

Bond, who's usually seen in an Aston Martin, will use the vehicle for chase scenes in the Bahamas. The souped-up 140mph model will be seen, as will a new model Aston Martin.

In related news, shots of Daniel Craig and Caterina Murino shooting a scene with the classic 1960's Aston Martin DB5 model are up at 20min

Any ideas what it could be? Surely not the new Mondeo! images/smilies/ohmy.gif

There was also this very small picture of Craig as Bond.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/danielcraig.jpg

Although it is only very small looks bad. images/smilies/thumbdown.gif

jensked · March 7th, 2006, 10:07 AM

i read in a quality newspaper Ford paid the producers to let Bond drive the new Mondeo, but i can't tell if it's really true.

GraemeH · March 7th, 2006, 10:14 AM

I hope it's a Ka, because that's about the only thing that would make a new Bond movie more laughable.

teeb · March 7th, 2006, 12:30 PM

It was a Mondeo, I read. Probably an ST220.

This is confusing me, though. The Mondeo's showing up, there's the Aston DBS showing up, and a Q-modded Fiat Panda too?

Too many cars, Mr Blonde Bond.

STi Nut · March 7th, 2006, 12:36 PM

Ford...pft

Janus · March 7th, 2006, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STi Nut

Ford...pft

Exactly! It is like Bond rushing out from a shoot out and jumping into a family sedan with a couple of kids in the back, he then has to drop them at school....and defuse the atomic bomb!

un-dee · March 7th, 2006, 1:46 PM

dont start whining again, bond has driven and destroyed lots of boring, awful and crappy cars in his career

bartboy9891 · March 7th, 2006, 2:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STi Nut

Ford...pft

it would be alright if they let him drive a GT or one of those shelby GR-1 concepts

BlaRo · March 7th, 2006, 2:35 PM

Don't be so quick to judge, Bond really has had some less-than-stellar cars in the past. Remember the Citroën 2CV from For Your Eyes Only? How about the Renault 11 from A View to a Kill? Ok, they may have been stolen, but he's got the Aston as usual to make up for it, anyway. Who knows what crazy shit will happen with/to the Mondeo, anyway? Those two cars mentioned above were in some pretty awesome chases.

Daniel Craig kicks ass. Hair dye works wonders.

bartboy9891 · March 7th, 2006, 2:39 PM

but those cars got fucked up when he was done with them, im sure ford wont want that to happen

Plexface · March 7th, 2006, 3:57 PM

Why god, why?! There's only one true bond car (make), and that Aston..

No Boss · March 7th, 2006, 6:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plexface

Why god, why?! There's only one true bond car (make), and that Aston..

In the books he drove a Rolls....but i agree with you, Aston = Bond.

teeb · March 7th, 2006, 6:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plexface

Why god, why?! There's only one true bond car (make), and that Aston..

Whilst I'm not disagreeing, he looked rather smart in the Lotus Esprit, another low-volume British car maker.

Ethan · March 7th, 2006, 7:10 PM

And don't forget the Alfa GTV on Octopussy

GraemeH · March 7th, 2006, 7:53 PM

A Bond car should reflect the Bond character himself; Very British, classy, gentlemanly but when it's called for, all action.

Aston fits perfectly, Jaguar is probably the only other brand that could pull that combination off.

XYZviper · March 7th, 2006, 8:25 PM

I read in WorldCarFans that a new Aston Martin is being developed fo the new movie. They even had a skech (looked alot like a AM V8).

And they sed that it will be an Aston Martin as the next bond car. Maby Ford payed the money just for using the Mondeo (or any other) in the film as a everyday car or a car of the bad guys or stmh. Because Ford + 007 = @%$#^&%$ I think images/smilies/smile.gif

And yes AM is a real Bond-mobile. But I realy liked the Lotus Esprit and BMW he used. images/smilies/smile.gif

Kebab gud · March 7th, 2006, 8:56 PM

thats old news..
the AM DBS will be the new Vanquish .. a more powerfull DB9

toma_alimosh · March 7th, 2006, 9:28 PM

Hmm, one thing I can't get about bond cars is : a secret agent would never use most of those cars. For example, an Aston is way too rare to be used in a street race. So is a Lotus and a Noble. A secret agent would have a car model that looks so generic and has a very usual color, because if it attracts looks the bad guys would know something might be cooking .... and in the field of spying, that's not a very good thing. Also, the car should be modified.. as in be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Look like a base model but perform like a high-end model. So in a car chase Bond would have the power to outrun all of the bad guys and in the event that anything goes wrong, he can fit into the traffic like any other.
The best one would be a new-york cab in new york. If the bad guys started chasing that ... how many cars do they have to check before getting to the right one, really ? and by the time they do, he would have already gotten away.

Plexface · March 7th, 2006, 9:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vladmitu

Hmm, one thing I can't get about bond cars is : a secret agent would never use most of those cars. For example, an Aston is way too rare to be used in a street race. So is a Lotus and a Noble. A secret agent would have a car model that looks so generic and has a very usual color, because if it attracts looks the bad guys would know something might be cooking .... and in the field of spying, that's not a very good thing. Also, the car should be modified.. as in be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Look like a base model but perform like a high-end model. So in a car chase Bond would have the power to outrun all of the bad guys and in the event that anything goes wrong, he can fit into the traffic like any other.
The best one would be a new-york cab in new york. If the bad guys started chasing that ... how many cars do they have to check before getting to the right one, really ? and by the time they do, he would have already gotten away.

That's not the point of a Bond car at all. Bond isn't supposed to hide or escape, he's supposed to kick their ass and humiliate them, at the same time driving a really nice car and get all the nice girls.

toma_alimosh · March 7th, 2006, 9:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plexface

Quote:

Originally Posted by vladmitu

Hmm, one thing I can't get about bond cars is : a secret agent would never use most of those cars. For example, an Aston is way too rare to be used in a street race. So is a Lotus and a Noble. A secret agent would have a car model that looks so generic and has a very usual color, because if it attracts looks the bad guys would know something might be cooking .... and in the field of spying, that's not a very good thing. Also, the car should be modified.. as in be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Look like a base model but perform like a high-end model. So in a car chase Bond would have the power to outrun all of the bad guys and in the event that anything goes wrong, he can fit into the traffic like any other.
The best one would be a new-york cab in new york. If the bad guys started chasing that ... how many cars do they have to check before getting to the right one, really ? and by the time they do, he would have already gotten away.

That's not the point of a Bond car at all. Bond isn't supposed to hide or escape, he's supposed to kick their ass and humiliate them, at the same time driving a really nice car and get all the nice girls.

Well, that's in the case of James Bond, teh fictional character, but that would never happen in the real world. Bond movies are fun to watch though .... they're a nice satire of what real gov't spies actually do.

March 7th, 2006, 10:07 AM	#2
jensked Joined: Mar 31st, 2005 Last Online: 4:46 PM Location: Flanders, Belgium Age: 26 Posts: 4,056 Car: RIP Opel Astra -> 2006 Toyota Corolla Wagon Rep Power: 49	i read in a quality newspaper Ford paid the producers to let Bond drive the new Mondeo, but i can't tell if it's really true. __________________

March 7th, 2006, 10:14 AM	#3
GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 10:43 PM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,066 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	I hope it's a Ka, because that's about the only thing that would make a new Bond movie more laughable. __________________

March 7th, 2006, 12:30 PM	#4
teeb Joined: Sep 23rd, 2005 Last Online: 9:48 PM Location: Bordeaux, France. Age: 22 Posts: 2,940 Rep Power: 91	It was a Mondeo, I read. Probably an ST220. This is confusing me, though. The Mondeo's showing up, there's the Aston DBS showing up, and a Q-modded Fiat Panda too? Too many cars, Mr Blonde Bond. __________________ ...I'm meant to put something here?

March 7th, 2006, 2:35 PM	#9
BlaRo Lady GaGa's #1 Fan Joined: Aug 18th, 2005 Last Online: 9:45 PM Location: Assachusetts Age: 21 Posts: 11,256 Car: 1997 Yamaha Seca II, 1976 Honda CB550F Rep Power: 371	Don't be so quick to judge, Bond really has had some less-than-stellar cars in the past. Remember the Citroën 2CV from For Your Eyes Only? How about the Renault 11 from A View to a Kill? Ok, they may have been stolen, but he's got the Aston as usual to make up for it, anyway. Who knows what crazy shit will happen with/to the Mondeo, anyway? Those two cars mentioned above were in some pretty awesome chases. Daniel Craig kicks ass. Hair dye works wonders. __________________ "It is impossible to describe this kind of performance to the uninitiated. Telling a traffic officer or a safety crusader like Ralph Nader that 100 mph can be safe is like reading the Constitution to a Maoist; it is a strange and hostile concept." -Brock Yates. The body was accidentally unearthed from a shallow grave by construction workers. Because of Parkinson's.

March 7th, 2006, 2:39 PM	#10
bartboy9891 I'm not Moe Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: November 17th, 2009 Location: University of Michigan Age: 20 Posts: 8,810 Car: 1996 Grand Am SE sedan, and dad's 2006 S60 2.5T Rep Power: 79	but those cars got fucked up when he was done with them, im sure ford wont want that to happen __________________

March 7th, 2006, 12:36 PM	#5
STi Nut Joined: Dec 30th, 2005 Last Online: November 18th, 2009 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 988 Car: 2008 Toyota Yaris 1.3L 5 Door Auto Rep Power: 17	Ford...pft

March 7th, 2006, 1:46 PM	#7
un-dee I hate your sig! Joined: May 21st, 2004 Last Online: November 16th, 2009 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Age: 25 Posts: 1,482 Car: Mazda MX-3 Rep Power: 35	dont start whining again, bond has driven and destroyed lots of boring, awful and crappy cars in his career

March 7th, 2006, 3:57 PM	#11
Plexface Joined: Jan 25th, 2006 Last Online: July 26th, 2009 Location: Hideout in Norway Posts: 214 Rep Power: 16	Why god, why?! There's only one true bond car (make), and that Aston.. __________________ "Brain; an apparatus with which we think we think."

March 7th, 2006, 7:10 PM	#14
Ethan Joined: Dec 13th, 2004 Last Online: 10:49 PM Location: Caracas, Venezuela Posts: 723 LFS Status: Rep Power: 0	And don't forget the Alfa GTV on Octopussy __________________ Member of the Chris Harris' Fan Club

March 7th, 2006, 7:53 PM	#15
GraemeH Joined: Apr 19th, 2005 Last Online: 10:43 PM Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 2,066 Car: Toyota Corolla. Rawrr. LFS Status: Rep Power: 34	A Bond car should reflect the Bond character himself; Very British, classy, gentlemanly but when it's called for, all action. Aston fits perfectly, Jaguar is probably the only other brand that could pull that combination off. __________________

March 7th, 2006, 8:25 PM	#16
XYZviper Joined: Aug 14th, 2005 Last Online: 5:46 PM Location: Lithuania Age: 25 Posts: 270 Car: TOYOTA Yaris Rep Power: 19	I read in WorldCarFans that a new Aston Martin is being developed fo the new movie. They even had a skech (looked alot like a AM V8). And they sed that it will be an Aston Martin as the next bond car. Maby Ford payed the money just for using the Mondeo (or any other) in the film as a everyday car or a car of the bad guys or stmh. Because Ford + 007 = @%$#^&%$ I think And yes AM is a real Bond-mobile. But I realy liked the Lotus Esprit and BMW he used.

March 7th, 2006, 8:56 PM	#17
Kebab gud Joined: Apr 2nd, 2005 Last Online: June 29th, 2008 Location: somewhere in yupe Posts: 1,511 Rep Power: 0	thats old news.. the AM DBS will be the new Vanquish .. a more powerfull DB9 __________________ The Kabab Hut: http://the-kebab.blogspot.com/ (working on a better layout)

March 7th, 2006, 9:28 PM	#18
toma_alimosh Joined: Mar 14th, 2005 Last Online: 10:16 PM Location: "Meeting Place" Age: 22 Posts: 3,275 Car: none as of yet Rep Power: 76	Hmm, one thing I can't get about bond cars is : a secret agent would never use most of those cars. For example, an Aston is way too rare to be used in a street race. So is a Lotus and a Noble. A secret agent would have a car model that looks so generic and has a very usual color, because if it attracts looks the bad guys would know something might be cooking .... and in the field of spying, that's not a very good thing. Also, the car should be modified.. as in be a wolf in sheep's clothing. Look like a base model but perform like a high-end model. So in a car chase Bond would have the power to outrun all of the bad guys and in the event that anything goes wrong, he can fit into the traffic like any other. The best one would be a new-york cab in new york. If the bad guys started chasing that ... how many cars do they have to check before getting to the right one, really ? and by the time they do, he would have already gotten away.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

Welcome to the FinalGear.com Forums!