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[zencat]

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Fiat Panda Gets Cameo in 'Casino'
"A versatile, practical and stylish small car"

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UPDATE 2 Aug

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Fiat Claims Panda Will Be Bond's Car in 'Casino Royale'
"It will be a fully armed miniature fortress, as indestructable as the other Bond cars."

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Source:

http://www.iht.com/a...siness/fiat.php

The Grande Punto will be featured in a new video game and another Fiat car, the Panda, will make an appearance in the next James Bond movie.

What's a Fiat Panda?

[zencat]

Oh, okay...



It just gets better and better, doesn't it?

[bryonalston]

O...kay. Can someone say FYEO car chase #2 anyone? (Just because CR is supposed to be a down to earth Bond movie doesn't mean they should copy successful elements from that movie.)

[Loomis]

[quote name='zencat' date='28 July 2005 - 22:13']Oh, okay...



It just gets better and better, doesn't it?

[k13oharts]

Fiat Panda or Fiat Punto?

The Panda is seemingly for families and the Punto is used for races (that's what I know anyways).

http://www.puntopower.com/

Edited by k13oharts, 28 July 2005 - 10:27 PM.

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I'd rather have Jinx than that car.........oh God what am I saying?

[zencat]

This one looks better. I could see this treking across South Africa.

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[Bondian]

We've have owned in the past a Fiat Panda and a Lada.

They're great cars from going from A to B, but to go from A to Z you can forget it.

They're very economical cars, but should James Bond even be seen dead in one of these?.

[bryonalston]

I doubt that this is going to be James Bond's official car in CR. Isn't EoN under a 3 picture contract with Aston-Martin? This could be Rene Mathis' car, like how Jack Wade had his little car in St. Petersburg.

[zencat]

Does no one ever read our stories? We're not saying this is Bond's car. We say the Vantage is confirmed and obviously this is a secondary character's car.

Or maybe as bryonalston says, the Vantage get blow to bits and Bond has to drive this? I wouldn't mind that -- just stay off the ice lakes.

[Agent 76]

Jack Wade had his little car in St. Petersburg.

..."James Bond: In London, April's a spring month.
Jack Wade: Oh yeah? And what are you, the weatherman?"

[Bondian]

I doubt that this is going to be James Bond's official car in CR. Isn't EoN under a 3 picture contract with Aston-Martin? This could be Rene Mathis' car, like how Jack Wade had his little car in St. Petersburg.

Ah, my mistake.

Does no one ever read our stories? We're not saying this is Bond's car. We say the Vantage is confirmed and obviously this is a secondary character's car.

Or maybe as bryonalston says, the Vantage get blow to bits and Bond has to drive this? I wouldn't mind that -- just stay off the ice lakes.

Sorry zen. You're very correct. I "just dropped in for a quick bite" and didn't read the article.

Still busy over at IBUnique with customers.

Still. If Bond ever had to drive one of these cars over a long distance, he would certainly save MI6 some money.

Cheers,


Ian

[doublenoughtspy]

Does it have a special compartment for Conflict Diamonds?

[Bondian]

Does it have a special compartment for Conflict Diamonds?

"that's extra man!".

[Agent 76]

I doubt that this is going to be James Bond's official car in CR. Isn't EoN under a 3 picture contract with Aston-Martin? This could be Rene Mathis' car, like how Jack Wade had his little car in St. Petersburg.

Ah, my mistake.

Does no one ever read our stories? We're not saying this is Bond's car. We say the Vantage is confirmed and obviously this is a secondary character's car.

Or maybe as bryonalston says, the Vantage get blow to bits and Bond has to drive this? I wouldn't mind that -- just stay off the ice lakes.

Sorry zen. You're very correct. I "just dropped in for a quick bite" and didn't read the article.

Still busy over at IBUnique with customers.

Still. If Bond ever had to drive one of these cars over a long distance, he would certainly save MI6 some money.

Cheers,


Ian

i remember Bond driving one of these:

[Bondian]

Now, that was a car and a half. The old column change Citroen CV.

"phew yuk!".

Good post Agent 76.

i remember Bond driving one of these:

[zencat]

You know, I might be crazy, but I would rather see Bond driving this car that that Aston Martin Vantage. He is going to South Africa, so Q gives him this completely tricked out bad- little car the flies along at 200MPH. We expect to see guns flip from behind the headlights of a Aston because, well, we've seen it a zillion times. *yawn* But Bond pulling up in this thing and people chuckling...but then later on we reveal a bazooka behind the grill and a rocket for an engine...the thing can somersault through a house and roll down a mountain and still drive away without a dent...that's Bond!

Oh, but maybe that would be too "Roger Moore" and too much fun. We now take our Bond soooo seriously. Yes, we do.

But if I heard they had dumped the Aston for a Panda

[Agent 76]

...the thing can somersault through a house and roll down a mountain and still drive away without a dent...that's Bond!

the good old fun days...

[k13oharts]

I would really like to see him drive around in a vintage model
(not with a vintage model!)

We don't see the classics anymore nowadays apart from vintage motor shows.
(lolz, it's like wanting to see Marilyn Monroe over again!)

[zencat]

...the thing can somersault through a house and roll down a mountain and still drive away without a dent...that's Bond!

the good old fun days...

God I miss them.

[Johnboy007]

I can see one (or fifty) of those chasing after Bond. It's gonna be painted black anyways, doesn't really matter what it looks like. Funny things like this get leaked, but not who the frick is playing Bond.

[Agent 76]

[quote name='Johnboy007' date='29 July 2005 - 00:35']

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[quote name='zencat' date='28 July 2005 - 23:25']You know, I might be crazy, but I would rather see Bond driving this car that that Aston Martin Vantage. He is going to South Africa, so Q gives him this completely tricked out bad- little car the flies along at 200MPH. We expect to see guns flip from behind the headlights of a Aston because, well, we've seen it a zillion times. *yawn* But Bond pulling up in this thing and people chuckling...but then later on we reveal a bazooka behind the grill and a rocket for an engine...the thing can somersault through a house and roll down a mountain and still drive away without a dent...that's Bond!

Oh, but maybe that would be too "Roger Moore" and too much fun. We now take our Bond soooo seriously. Yes, we do.

But if I heard they had dumped the Aston for a Panda

[K1Bond007]

You know, I might be crazy, but I would rather see Bond driving this car that that Aston Martin Vantage. He is going to South Africa, so Q gives him this completely tricked out bad- little car the flies along at 200MPH. We expect to see guns flip from behind the headlights of a Aston because, well, we've seen it a zillion times. *yawn* But Bond pulling up in this thing and people chuckling...but then later on we reveal a bazooka behind the grill and a rocket for an engine...the thing can somersault through a house and roll down a mountain and still drive away without a dent...that's Bond!

Exhausted in Die Another Day when Bond requests a "fast car" and gets a 1950's Ford Fairlane.

I'm gonna say that if it is in the film it'll have a very very minor role. The entire Brosnan-era has proved to me that unless a car is there for the enemy to get its kicked in (and I'm not talking Zao - Jaguar = Ford), the car is going to be one by whomever has the big deal. Die Another Day = all Fords; GE, TND, and TWINE = for the most part all BMWs with a couple exceptions such as the Ferrari and the Aston Martin DB5.

I am somewhat skeptical if Aston Martin (Ford) still has the next deal. I mean yeah, I remember Fisker saying that it would be, but that was back in early 2004 and I haven't heard anything since. With the film being released in late 2006, is this still the case? Suppose it's not and this Fiat surely is in, you might be able to surmise that Bond's next car might be a Ferrari (owned by Fiat). Speculation is fun and yet stupid. Very very stupid.

[zencat]

Who owns Fiat now?

(BTW, my first car ever was a 1980 Fiat Spider 2000)

[Bondian]

Hey zen. now, that would be an awesome idea.

And as you say, if "he is going to South Africa" this is indeed the car he should be driving.

I would love to see some Mooresque fun-and-games with this car trooping along defiantly.

Are you sure you don't want to write Casino Royale?.

Good post as usual my man.

Cheers,

A Ford Mondeo Owner ( who's just spent

[Johnboy007]

How well do these explode?

[zencat]

How well do these explode?

LOL.

Certainly the first words out of Mickey G's mouth.

[Bondian]

How well do these explode?

Usually when the MOT's due my friend.

[bryonalston]

Come to think of it, I would rather see Bond in a practical car instead of some tricked out Aston-Martin. I can imagine the Q/R scene right now (Bond getting all of his gadgets, then asking R for his car, expecting an Aston-Martin, and sees this tiny little little car.
Bond: "You MUST be joking..."
R: "Consider this payback for all of the cars that are resting in pieces because of you. Now despite how it looks, this practical car has all of the usual refinements...blah, blah, blah."

I think that scene would be hilarious to watch. It's about time Bond is given a practical car.