cliff.b Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 After watching another programme with Martin Shaw in, my Wife has just started The Professionals series 1 and I had completely forgotten they were all driving Triumphs. Bodie & Doyle in TR7s, Cowley in a Dolomite and the girl in the story driving a Spitfire. Makes it much more interesting 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 They would have carried on with them, but BL couldn't deliver the same cars every time so Ford took over 🫣🙄🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliff.b Posted January 31 Author Report Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, andybeau said: They would have carried on with them, but BL couldn't deliver the same cars every time so Ford took over 🫣🙄🤷♂️ That explains the Capris and Escorts I remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Ford were always good a product placement. In the Sweeney they had a clause that said no Ford to be driven by criminals, therefore the Jags were the baddies. It changed after 1989 though. Look at the latest James Bond films and Ford and it's then product line were all over them. Even a new Mondeo before they were released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I'd forgotten Bond drove a Z3, but that was pre-Craig days so doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 11 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: I'd forgotten Bond drove a Z3, but that was pre-Craig days so doesn't count. Cheapest James Bond car you can buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 22 minutes ago, andybeau said: Cheapest James Bond car you can buy If it wasn't, I wouldn't have one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 There is only one James Bond car as far as I'm concerned, DB5. Goldfinger was the first film my dad took me to see as a father and son thing. I was too young to see it according to the rating but being tall there wasn't any problem. The car is a bit out of my price range - by about six zeros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I work in hotels around the West End, a while ago they had the previews for the last bond film, including the Aston with mock scuffs along the side. Later films not my cup of tea, haven`t watched any since Sean Connery or Roger Moore. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Mock scuffs in paint quite clever at a distance. Imagine the mess it would be, if it were real, with an aluminium body😭😟 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 I'll take it off their hands, scuffs and all 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Bond also used an Alpine but they dont comand the same following Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Submarine Lotus`. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 Citroen 2CV, may be the cheapest? Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 13 minutes ago, Graham C said: Citroen 2CV, may be the cheapest? Graham Nope they've gone through the roof, the BMW is the cheapest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham C Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Did they have a roof or a canvas cover? Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Maybe the Stag ( was it diamonds are forever) could be the cheapest nowadays! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 James Bond cars From sources across the web Aston Martin DB10 Aston Martin DBS Aston Martin V12 Vanquish Sunbeam Alpine Citroën 2CV Toyota 2000GT Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante BMW Z8 BMW 750iL Lotus Esprit Ford Mustang Mach 1 Jaguar XKR Renault 11 AMC Hornet BMW Z3 Mercury Cougar Ford Fairlane Lotus Esprit S1 Aston Martin Valhalla Ferrari F355 Jaguar XF Land Rover series Mercedes S300 Alfa Romeo GTV6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Back on topic The Professionals cars And the rest is television history – Sunshine. Rover 3500 SD1. ... Triumph TR7. ... Triumph Dolomite Sprint. ... Other BL Vehicles. ... Ford Escort RS2000 Mk. ... Ford Capri Mk. ... Ford Granadas. ... Ford Cortinas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, andybeau said: James Bond cars From sources across the web Aston Martin DB10 Aston Martin DBS Aston Martin V12 Vanquish Sunbeam Alpine Citroën 2CV Toyota 2000GT Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante BMW Z8 BMW 750iL Lotus Esprit Ford Mustang Mach 1 Jaguar XKR Renault 11 AMC Hornet BMW Z3 Mercury Cougar Ford Fairlane Lotus Esprit S1 Aston Martin Valhalla Ferrari F355 Jaguar XF Land Rover series Mercedes S300 Alfa Romeo GTV6 Sean Connery drove a Stag from Dover to Amsterdam whilst impersonating smuggler Franks in Diamonds are Forever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 (edited) Bond cars? DB5/S/10/12, Z3, Lotus and possibly a 2CV as a joke, etc. etc? A Stag??? Pah! Toute arriviste! Contemptible! The one, the only James Bond automobile is so clearly described in the very first book: "Bond’s car was his only personal hobby. One of the last of the 4½-litre Bentleys with the supercharger by Amherst Villiers, he had bought it almost new in 1933 and had kept it in careful storage through the war. It was still serviced every year and, in London, a former Bentley mechanic, who worked in a garage near Bond’s Chelsea flat, tended it with jealous care.” Perhaps, this one, although he did rather lose it when the fiendish LeChiffre dropped a 'stinger' in front of the car later on in that book. Edited February 7 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, JohnD said: 2CV as a joke, One 2cv that had to do stunts required modifying and became a 4 wheel drive with 2 engines, one for the front wheels, one for the rear. I gather they weren't ' synchronised ' and it was lethal to drive and not a joke. Yes in the film it was ' surprisingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigolf Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Fastest lorry in the world- according to Bugatti, IRC ! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 And of course, accepting the Bentley 4.5L story as recounted in Casino Royale, that makes Bond at least 111 years old. Or young. No less likely that anything in the Bond oeuvre! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Back in the 80s we were on holiday in Iceland and pulled in for a break at a point where the outflow from a glacier went into the sea. Purely by chance there was a technical crew filming a (large) model submarine deguised as an ice burg with a model helicopter buzzing around. Forget which Bond film but think the one with Grace Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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