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[stromberg]

Or the talk about Bond driving a Fiat Panda in CR. We even had a member here who claimed that this was confirmed personally to her by Fiat's then Director of Marketing, the notorious Lapo Elkann. Of course, it was all bogus.

[JCRendle]

I don't have a problem with Bond driving a "lesser" car, so long as it's practical to the plot. I mean, we've had Bond drive a doubledecker bus, a Citroën 2CV, a Renault 11 TXE etc.

[jmarks4life]

Wow what a beautiful ride!! I just hope it has some gadgets in it.

[sharpshooter]

I don't have a problem with Bond driving a "lesser" car, so long as it's practical to the plot. I mean, we've had Bond drive a doubledecker bus, a Citroën 2CV, a Renault 11 TXE etc.

Indeed. And there is a difference between Bond merely using a car and Bond liking or personally preferring to use such a vehicle. If he has to fly a massive DC3 or drive a Ford Mondeo, he can and he will. The situation always dictates.

[JCRendle]

 

I don't have a problem with Bond driving a "lesser" car, so long as it's practical to the plot. I mean, we've had Bond drive a doubledecker bus, a Citroën 2CV, a Renault 11 TXE etc.

Indeed. And there is a difference between Bond merely using a car and Bond liking or personally preferring to use such a vehicle. If he has to fly a massive DC3 or drive a Ford Mondeo, he can and he will. The situation always dictates.

 

 

Exactly, I remember during production of Casino Royale that the fact that Bond would be driving a Mondeo was practically sacrilege, yet (whilst one big car advert) it was only a hire car and wasn't used that much

[Thevan7F]

I'm glad he driving a new Aston Martin again. Since his DBS. They say they don't know if going have gadget this time but I hope so. I see the 007 new Aston Martin it has a lot of changes from the current models. I like it.

[Blofeld's Cat]

With Aston Martin's propensity in naming their cars starting with the letter "V" what could the BD10 called?

 

Vesper doesn't sound grunty enough.

 

Vindicator sounds about right and is a nod to the Thunderball.

[Simon]

I think cars with a DB prefix don't get the honoured V nomenclature.  it appears to one or the other.

 

(I am sticking my neck out somewhat in this respect as I am not a car whiz)

[sharpshooter]

Judging by the trailer, Q Branch has a whole fleet of Aston Martins on hand for agents to use. 

[Blofeld's Cat]

I think cars with a DB prefix don't get the honoured V nomenclature.  it appears to one or the other.

 

(I am sticking my neck out somewhat in this respect as I am not a car whiz)

You're probably right and I too am not a car wiz, nor do I even watch Top Gear.

[Simon]

Ah, I do watch Top Gear though...  One of the UK's finest exports (or was, until Clarkson thumped someone)

[Navy007Fan]

I think cars with a DB prefix don't get the honoured V nomenclature.  it appears to one or the other.

 

(I am sticking my neck out somewhat in this respect as I am not a car whiz)

This is true for the most part, but there have been exceptions:

 

http://www.astonmart...els/db7-vantage

[Blofeld's Cat]

 

I think cars with a DB prefix don't get the honoured V nomenclature.  it appears to one or the other.

 

(I am sticking my neck out somewhat in this respect as I am not a car whiz)

This is true for the most part, but there have been exceptions:

 

http://www.astonmart...els/db7-vantage

 

Cool, the precedent has been set then! 

[Navy007Fan]

 

 

I think cars with a DB prefix don't get the honoured V nomenclature.  it appears to one or the other.

 

(I am sticking my neck out somewhat in this respect as I am not a car whiz)

This is true for the most part, but there have been exceptions:

 

http://www.astonmart...els/db7-vantage

 

Cool, the precedent has been set then! 

 

The Aston Martin DB 10 Vindicator?

[Blofeld's Cat]

With Aston Martin's propensity in naming their cars starting with the letter "V" what could the BD10 called?

 

Vesper doesn't sound grunty enough.

 

Vindicator sounds about right and is a nod to the Thunderball.

 

 

The Aston Martin DB 10 Vindicator?

 

 

 

 

But of course. 

[Simon]

Fair play on the DB7 Vantage.  Cheers.

 

No more neck exercises. 

[univex]

 

With Aston Martin's propensity in naming their cars starting with the letter "V" what could the BD10 called?

 

Vesper doesn't sound grunty enough.

 

Vindicator sounds about right and is a nod to the Thunderball.

 

The Aston Martin DB 10 Vindicator?

But of course. 

 

That would be awesome. Aston Martin DB10 Vindicator sounds very suitable. 

[oatesy]

Vantage typically denotes a high performance version of a previously existing car.

There has been a DB2 Vantage, DB4 Vantage, DB5 Vantage, DB6 Vantage and the DB7 Vantage. They were normally made in very small numbers hence they are not well known. The DB7 Vantage however was considerably more popular though and about half of all DB7s were made in the vantage format with the 6 litre V12 engine instead of the smaller inline 6.

Vantage was not used exclusively for DBX variants though. There were also Vantage versions of the 80s V8 (which appeared in TLD), and a Vantage version of the 2000s V8 baby-Aston.

[Navy007Fan]

Vantage typically denotes a high performance version of a previously existing car.

There has been a DB2 Vantage, DB4 Vantage, DB5 Vantage, DB6 Vantage and the DB7 Vantage. They were normally made in very small numbers hence they are not well known. The DB7 Vantage however was considerably more popular though and about half of all DB7s were made in the vantage format with the 6 litre V12 engine instead of the smaller inline 6.

Vantage was not used exclusively for DBX variants though. There were also Vantage versions of the 80s V8 (which appeared in TLD), and a Vantage version of the 2000s V8 baby-Aston.

I did not know this, very good!  Learned something today.

[Blofeld's Cat]

Yep, thanks for that oatesy.

[marktmurphy]

Vantage typically denotes a high performance version of a previously existing car.

There has been a DB2 Vantage, DB4 Vantage, DB5 Vantage, DB6 Vantage and the DB7 Vantage. They were normally made in very small numbers hence they are not well known. The DB7 Vantage however was considerably more popular though and about half of all DB7s were made in the vantage format with the 6 litre V12 engine instead of the smaller inline 6.

Vantage was not used exclusively for DBX variants though. There were also Vantage versions of the 80s V8 (which appeared in TLD), and a Vantage version of the 2000s V8 baby-Aston.

 

Well it's not a Vantage version of the baby Aston: that's just its name. Plus there was a big Vantage in the 90s, and I think the slightly less crazy AMV8 version of that came later.

[Navy007Fan]

The DB10 made its debut at the Pebble Beach Concours d' Elegance last week end.  This looks better and better every time I see it!

 

http://www.autoguide...etal-debut.html

Edited by Navy007Fan, 19 August 2015 - 10:31 AM.

[marktmurphy]

I think it still looks a bit... bendy

It's still wearing Bond's weird numberplate there too.

[stromberg]

This:

 

 

I don't think we ever had anything like this - an Aston Martin Bond commercial.

[Major Tallon]

I'm sold!  Ordered!

 

(Just kidding)

[The Dove]

Q: " Be careful 007...it's just had a new set of tires!! "

[Thevan7F]

This time it got gadgets. Remember the trailer.

[Emrayfo]

Stromberg, you beat me to it, I was just about to post this! Nice little ad.

[marktmurphy]

Not the Aston, but there are some nice pics of the Jaguars and Land Rovers in this film here: http://www.autocar.c...cased-frankfurt

[DamnCoffee]

Regarding the wheels of SPECTRE...

 

 

Think these are new. Certainly haven't seen them before.