'Bond's first choice of car was a Bentley, so that is what he will be driving in my book...'
Sebastian Faulks Puts James Bond Back In A Bentley
#1
Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:42 AM
#2
Posted 16 September 2007 - 06:52 AM
#3
Posted 16 September 2007 - 08:36 AM
But isn't Faulks over-complicating things by introducing a new 1967 Bentley: was there anything wrong with the R-type Continental last mentioned by Fleming in YOLT and used in Colonel Sun?
#4
Posted 16 September 2007 - 10:25 AM
A fine - though obvious - idea.
But isn't Faulks over-complicating things by introducing a new 1967 Bentley: was there anything wrong with the R-type Continental last mentioned by Fleming in YOLT and used in Colonel Sun?
I definitely hear you, David, but perhaps (and optimistcally) Faulks will deliver interesting support for this change.
Equally worthy of consideration is the notion of him having a driver. Is Bond so damaged that he cannot drive himself? Or is this an arrangement ala Kerim Bey? One thing I am almost sure of is that it will not be Sir Godfrey Tibbet.
Edited by Solex Agitator, 16 September 2007 - 10:27 AM.
#5
Posted 16 September 2007 - 10:54 AM
The T series isn't my favourite but it fits, I suppose. I always rather liked the idea of Bond in an AC 428; seems to suit him. I wonder if it'll have any interesting coachwork, as Bond always seemed to go for.
#6
Posted 16 September 2007 - 11:04 AM
#7
Posted 16 September 2007 - 02:37 PM
#8
Posted 16 September 2007 - 02:56 PM
Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?
#9
Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:11 PM
Ho, baby! Nice find.
Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?
Either. Anywhere that isn't blighty.
#10
Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:19 PM
Oh hang on; if you read the Telegraph piece you'll see that Faulks doesn't mention a new Bentley; that's what the guy from Bentley the journalist talks to says it could be. So there's a good chance that Bond still has his Continental from the last Fleming books.
Seems mor logical.
And ties in with the fact that from what he's said, Faulks doesn't seem too ashamed to borrow from Fleming where it's essential.
#12
Posted 16 September 2007 - 03:35 PM
After those Gardner had him in a Mulsanne and Benson gave him a Turbo R, I think.
#13
Posted 16 September 2007 - 04:19 PM
Whoa! Excellent article. I'd never seen that before. Thanks.Check out this Wikipedia article.Is anybody able to provide a link to photos of Bond's past Bentleys, or at least the models most closely resembling them? I've always been curious to see the Bentleys described in Fleming's novels.
BTW, here's the 67 T1 suggested by the Bentley rep.
#14
Posted 16 September 2007 - 04:55 PM
#15
Posted 16 September 2007 - 09:53 PM
...that's what the guy from Bentley the journalist talks to says it could be.
Ah, right you are. Looks like I switched would for could. Thanks for catching that, markt.
#16
Posted 17 September 2007 - 12:51 AM
#17
Posted 17 September 2007 - 02:35 AM
I'm taking a wild guess that it will work about as well as me having one... not well.Bond having a driver? Hmmm. Let's see how that works...
#18
Posted 17 September 2007 - 02:46 AM
"I... I don't know what you're talkin' about..."
#19
Posted 17 September 2007 - 09:09 AM
Bond having a driver? Hmmm. Let's see how that works...
See the movies of Dr No, From Russia With Love, Moonraker, Casino Royale etc.
#20
Posted 17 September 2007 - 09:14 AM
He was taken for a ride in Thunderball briefly as well.
#21
Posted 17 September 2007 - 10:28 AM
'She turned and walked up the curved steps of the hotel. Bond looked at her thoughtfully, and then turned and got back into the taxi and told the man to take him to the Nazionale. He sat back and watched the neon signs ribbon past the window. Things, including the taxi, were going almost too fast for comfort.The only one over which he had any control was the taxi. He leaned forward and told the man to drive more slowly.'
(from 'Risico', 'For Your Eyes Only'; Ian Fleming 1959,1960)
OTOH the last time Fleming had Bond taken for a ride, Bond seemed to quite enjoy it even if he made a tremendous mistake at the time:
'James Bond got into the car behind Scaramanga and wondered whether to shoot the man now, in the back of the head - the old Gestapo-KGB point of puncture. A mixture of reasons prevented him - the itch of curiosity, an inbuilt dislike of cold murder, the likelihood that he would have to murder the chauffeur also - these, combined with the softness of the night and the fact that the 'Sound System' was now playing a good recording of one of his favourites, 'After You've Gone', and that cicadas were singing from the lignum vitae tree, said 'No'. But at that moment, as the car coasted down Love Lane towards the bright mercury of sea, James Bond knew that he was not only disobeying orders, or at best dodging them, he was also being a bloody fool.'
(from 'The Man With The Golden Gun', Ian Fleming, 1965)
So let's wait and see what Faulks comes up with when Bond has a driver at his disposal.
#22
Posted 17 September 2007 - 02:01 PM
Edited by Jack Spang, 17 September 2007 - 02:02 PM.
#23
Posted 17 September 2007 - 02:21 PM
Why a driver? Don't like the idea. I hope there is good reason for this as Bond loves his driving. If eh's in someone else's car then fine, he will be a passenger, but in his own car..?
[mra]So when the driver gets killed Bond has to drive from the back seat with the corpse
#24
Posted 17 September 2007 - 09:30 PM
#25
Posted 17 September 2007 - 10:32 PM
Ho, baby! Nice find.
Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?
Zen,
As you know, I'm not a Brit but I couldn't resist.
I could comment on what I mean when I say "a broad", but perhaps I shouldn't...
#26
Posted 18 September 2007 - 06:48 AM
Ho, baby! Nice find.
Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?
Zen,
As you know, I'm not a Brit but I couldn't resist.
I could comment on what I mean when I say "a broad", but perhaps I shouldn't...
LOOOL!
#27
Posted 18 September 2007 - 06:55 AM
Ho, baby! Nice find.
Okay, when you Brits say "abroad"...what do you typically mean? Europe, or the U.S?
Anywhere outside our front door. Particularly Liverpool.
Anywhere, everywhere.
#28
Posted 18 September 2007 - 09:08 AM