2024 Author: Eric Donovan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 21:13
James Bond and Aston Martin - one heart and one soul. In the new film, he has to switch to a Ford Ka in the meantime. But 007 has already moved completely different Otto normal non-agent cars in his cinema life.
By Sebastian Viehmann
One day Matthias Tonn's phone rang. "You have to build us three cars for the new James Bond movie," said the chief engineer of the new Ford Ka. "Of course a dream came true," says Tonn. In the new Bond flick "Quantum of Solace" viewers can decide whose hip swing is more attractive: that of super model Olga Kurylenko alias Bond girl "Camille" or hers golden Ford Ka.
Engineer on board
Matthias Tonn and his team had to work hard. When the cars were ready, they were shipped to Panama for filming. The extravagant design with the golden paintwork and the tattoo-like patterns was created in the Ford European design center - together with Dennis Gassner, the production designer of the new Bond adventure.
So that Olga Kurylenko didn't have to concentrate on shifting while shooting, Ford equipped the Ka with an automatic (there is only one manual transmission in the production model). “It was also important that there was air conditioning on board,” explains Matthias Tonn. After all, all the headlights make it really hot on set. Ford hired an engineer to assist the film crew.
With Halle Berry in the Thunderbird
The collaboration between the Ford brand and the Bond makers is nothing new. The chase in “Diamond Fever” through Las Vegas with a red 71 Mustang Mach 1. In “Casino Royale”, the brand-new Ford Mondeo celebrated its debut alongside Daniel Craig, and Halle Berry drove a Thunderbird in “Die Another Day”.
Both cars could only be seen on the screen for a few moments, but what counts in a Bond film is: everything is there and the advertising effect is enormous. The Lotus Esprit, for example, might not be remembered today if it hadn't been able to show itself at its best as an agent runabout with an integrated submarine option in “The Spy Who Loved Me”.
Long tradition
Of course, the Aston Martin DB5 will forever remain the secret agent's most famous official car. And in “Quantum of Solace”, too, Bond engages in wild car chases in an Aston Martin DBS. But the thrifty look that Bond throws at Camille's golden Ford Ka is not an isolated incident. Often times, 007 had to descend from the Aston Martin, Lotus and Bentley Olympus and, like everyone else, squeeze into very common means of transport. Here are our top 5 underdog bond cars:
5th place: Sunbeam Alpine (James Bond chases Dr. No):The very first vehicle Sean Connery drives as 007 on the big screen is a rental car. After all, in the small British roadster in Jamaica, Bond can shake off the villains who (fittingly in a hearse) plunge into the abyss for their own funeral.
4th place: Renault 11 (In the Face of Death): When 007, alias Roger Moore, chases an assassin who has just parachuted from the Eiffel Tower, he has to resort to an ordinary Paris taxi. In the course of the hunt, the Renault first loses the roof and is then split into two parts. But as long as there are front-wheel drive vehicles, Bond can continue to drive cars with two wheels.
3rd place: ZAZ 965-A (Goldeneye):In Moscow, Bond (Pierce Brosnan) is picked up by a CIA agent. But while 007 was expecting a stretch limo with a martini bar and lots of pretty women, he has to make himself (un) comfortable in a dented Russian small car the size of a Fiat 600. Incidentally, the engine of the ZAZ was located in the rear like the Beetle.
2nd place: Tuk-Tuk-Taxi (Octopussy): What is good for millions of Indians cannot be bad for Bond. On his India adventure, Bond (Roger Moore) is chased by villains on a tuk-tuk. Fortunately, his three-wheeled motorcycle rickshaw has a few more horsepower than the standard version and can even ride on the rear wheels.
1st place: Citroën 2CV (On a deadly mission):What a descent! Still on the road in the Lotus Esprit, 007 (Moore) should switch to Melina Havelock's duck (Carole Bouquet). In the wild chase in the mountains, the duck has to endure a hail of bullets, rollovers and countless rams. But in the end it still drives. Citroën was delighted with the agent PR and even brought out a special duck series with the 007 logo and "bullet holes" to stick on.
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